1. Introduction
Methodologies in today’s professional work environment are means of guiding
people, resources and processes in a defined and repeatable manner. The more people
are researching methods, the more clearly common patterns emerge which are
becoming a guide to develop new methodologies. The Dynamic Systems
Development Method is a framework which embodies much of the current
knowledge about project management. DSDM is rooted in the software development
community, but the convergence of software development, process engineering and
hence business development projects has changed the DSDM framework to become a
general framework for complex problem solving tasks.
The aim on this paper is to describe the DSDM framework and show how it relates to
the agile movement principles. In the end a short overview of the success of DSDM
and relates to similar development methods like SCRUM or Crystal in the conclusion.
[SUTH03], [COCK02]
The reference material for this paper is the book by Jennifer Stapleton DSDM
Business Focused Development.