Variations on a Theme

While PMBOK is the leading methodology for project management, there are others that are tailored to particular industry sectors. These include:

• Agile – great for projects that need extreme flexibility and speed

• Scrum – iterative Agile in short repeating sessions

• Waterfall – prioritizes sticking to the scope and traditional PM processes

• Critical Path – step-by-step method for projects with interdependent tasks

• PERT – Program Evaluation and Review Technique

• Critical Chain – for projects with many constraints and interdependent tasks

• Extreme Project Management – focused on the fastest possible results

• Six Sigma – focused on data driven process improvement

• Lean Development – focused on delivering more value with less waste

• Kanban – focused on minimizing work at any moment within constraints

• Joint Application Development – team and clients interact freely throughout

• Adaptive Project Framework – works with a fluid scope but fixed time and costs

• Prince2 – methodology as central, rather than knowledge