The Handbook of Project Management, 6th Edition

Chapter 22 Predictive, adaptive and hybrid project approaches

Dagmar Silvius-Zuchi and Gilbert Silvius

DOI: 10.4324/9781003274179-25

Introduction

A recent study into agile and traditional approaches in projects (Gemino et al., 2021) found that a combination of these approaches, identified as “hybrid”, was applied in most projects in the sample of the study. Also Serrador and Pinto (2015) concluded that the hybrid approach was found in “by far, the majority of projects” and that this approach “should be further investigated” (1050). Hybrid project management is an emerging approach in project management practice and literature (Gemino et al., 2021), however, many questions about what defines a hybrid approach, when it can be applied, which ...