In yesterday's post, the notion of Systems Engineering was suggested as one solutuion to project failure. Here's the next step. The Agile notion started with a manifesto that turned into many interpretations and practices. In the standard project management paradigm, there is a set of principles, practices, and processes described in a variety of ways through several organizations. ITIL, PMI, APM, DOD, DOE, and other owners of project management activities.
When we take the Systems Engineering approach, we can put a wrapper around ALL project management, technical development, and deployment processes, that can be use to assess each practice and process to assure it is providing value. Here's a short overview of this paradigm.