Successfully managing projects, no matter the domain, the size, the development or engineering method starts with a set of Principles, Practices, and Processes.
Here are those Principles and Practices. The Principles are Immutable. The Practices are universal. The Processes need to be tailored to your domain.
When hearing about some new, supposed innovative way for delivering value in exchange for money, ask does that idea fit into any known set of Principles and Practices of project success?