Types of project management
As a bit of a history buff, I'm always curious where some of the designations and best practices came from. This isn't in any way part of the exam, but it's interesting, nonetheless. Winston W. Royce was one of the significant influencing factors in project management. He began his career working on spacecraft projects as an aeronautical engineer. In 1970, he published a very influential article called Managing the development of large software systems, in which he presented several project management models, including what are known as waterfall, iterative, and agile.
The best practices you will learn about in this guide and your training program mostly fall under the category of waterfall or predictive project management. In Chapter 5, Introduction to Agile Considerations, you will cover some Agile best practices and standard frameworks. Why?
These days, it is a critical skill to be able to designate what best practices will work for...