The Declaration of Interdependence
A while ago I asked the Gartner PPM exchange community on linkedin to answer a couple of questions about their PPM methodology. One interesting outcome to this survey is that the majority of respondents answered that they had a separate methodology for Agile. I’m guessing that they meant they had a separate SDLC for Agile rather than a separate PPM method for managing an agile project since my experience is most organizations haven’t spent a lot of time truly considering what and why agile is different.
Back in 2005 a group of us who had been in the “agile” space since before we even knew to call it agile got together and spent a few days attempting to articulate exactly what we meant by Agile Project leadership. Our output was entitled the Declaration of Interdependence.
The list as you can find it on the Agile Project Leadership web site is as follows:
- We increase return on investment by making continuous flow of value our focus.
- We deliver reliable results by engaging customers in frequent interactions and shared ownership.
- We expect uncertainty and manage for it through iterations, anticipation, and adaptation.
- We unleash creativity and innovation by recognizing that individuals are the ultimate source of value, and creating an environment where they can make a difference.
- We boost performance through group accountability for results and shared responsibility for team effectiveness.
- We improve effectiveness and reliabilitythrough situationally specific strategies, processes and practices.
While the statements have value in and of themselves they have more value when used as a basis for defining how Agile Project Leadership actually operates. In future blogs I intend to explore the statements in more detail.
