Managing IT Projects: How to Pragmatically Deliver Projects for External Customers

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M. DąbrowskiManaging IT Projectshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9243-3_13

13. Approaches to Project Management – Academic Discussions vs. Real Life

Marcin Dąbrowski¹  

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Nowy Wiśnicz, Poland

 

In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not.

―Albert Einstein

It is a common belief that a management methodology or method is a magic recipe for most problems that can come up during the project. Thus, we have various standards, recommendations, certification organizations such as the PMI, PRINCE2, Scrum, SAFe, etc. Some of them are considered complicated and obsolete, whereas others are thought to be trendy, more effective, and modern. There ...