Adaptive Project Framework: Managing Complexity in the Face of Uncertainty (Paperback)

A Breakthrough Framework for Adaptive Project Management from Project Management Guru Robert K. Wysocki

For an increasing number of critical projects, traditional project management models simply are not appropriate. In many cases, complete requirements and objectives cannot be specified up front, and significant changes cannot be avoided. What’s needed is an entirely new framework for project management: one that combines agile methods with the profession’s most enduring best practices. In this book, Robert K. Wysocki provides that framework–the Adaptive Project Framework (APF)–and shows how to apply it in any domain.

Wysocki, one of the world’s leading project management consultants, has spent decades helping large organizations succeed with complex projects. Drawing on everything he’s learned, he explains why a fundamentally new framework is needed and introduces all five phases of that framework. He covers artifacts, processes, and deliverables, and shows how to utilize each phase most effectively in your environment. Through four detailed case studies, you’ll discover how APF can help you adapt to unexpected events, encouraging creative responses based on open partnerships between clients and project teams.

Coverage includes

• Bringing greater flexibility and speed to any project, regardless of its goals or context
• Moving forward successfully with projects that have vague requirements
• Discovering what clients really want, not just what they say they want
• Managing ongoing scope changes throughout a project
• Customizing APF to your own environment
• Integrating APF with existing agile software development methods
• Using APF to overcome the obstacles to success
• Preparing for the future of project management

This book is written for every project participant–project and program managers, software and product developers, process designers, and business analysts–who needs to deliver results in a world that won’t stand still.

一本由專案管理專家羅伯特·K·懷索基（Robert K. Wysocki）所撰寫的《適應性專案管理的突破性框架》提供了一個全新的專案管理框架，結合了敏捷方法和專業最佳實踐。對於越來越多的關鍵專案來說，傳統的專案管理模型已經不再適用。在許多情況下，無法事先確定完整的需求和目標，並且無法避免重大變更。本書介紹了適應性專案框架（APF）的五個階段，並解釋了為什麼需要一個全新的框架，以及如何在任何領域應用它。懷索基是世界領先的專案管理顧問之一，他通過四個詳細的案例研究展示了APF如何幫助您適應意外事件，並鼓勵客戶和專案團隊之間的開放合作，以產生創造性的回應。本書適用於所有專案參與者，包括專案和計畫經理、軟體和產品開發人員、流程設計師和業務分析師，他們需要在一個不斷變化的世界中交付結果。