Agile governance
Agile planning incorporates a strategy for dealing with change and uncertainty, whereas a ‘command and control’ governance structure such as Prince2 views change as an ‘issue’ to be managed in an ‘issues list’. Issues indicate problems that must be quantified to understand the risk posed.
Firm planning gives management a sense of security at the beginning of a project. As the project progresses however, changes are seen as jeopardising the plan, leaving the project in a constant state of having to react. It is common that events constantly show the real situation to be at variance with the plan. Another anomaly occurs where progress metrics indicate conformance with the plan, yet the reality of the progress is something else entirely. Therefore a plan is only as good as it is a representation of the true state of affairs and the ability of the team to adapt it to changing circumstances.
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