3.3 Agile project management
In any software business, managers need to know what is going on and whether or not a project is likely to meet its objectives and deliver the software on time with the proposed budget. Plan-driven approaches to software development evolved to meet this need. As I discussed in Chapter 23, managers draw up a plan for the project showing what should be delivered, when it should be delivered, and who will work on the development of the project deliverables. A plan-based approach requires a manager to have a stable view of everything that has to be developed and the development processes.
The informal planning and project control that was proposed by the early adherents of agile methods clashed with this business requirement ...
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