Introduction

Effective Project Management: Traditional, Agile, Extreme, Sixth Edition (EPM6e) represents a significant change from the Fifth Edition. All of the pedagogical and organizational strengths of EPM5e are retained and expanded in EPM6e. EPM6e offers five different project management life cycle (PMLC) models (Linear, Incremental, Iterative, Adaptive, and Extreme) to managing a project. The choice of the best-fit PMLC is based on the characteristics of the project and the business and organizational environment in which the project will be undertaken. These approaches recognize that major differences exist among projects and that those differences require different management approaches if the project is to be managed and successfully completed. Those differences become obvious through an analysis of the Requirements Breakdown Structure (RBS).