What is it? Agile software development methods require different management approaches from those used to control more traditional development lifecycles. Project managers who use Agile development methods need to be confident that they have effective monitoring and control mechanisms in place to establish whether genuine progress is being made, and whether the business case continues to be viable.

What it is not? Agile is neither a project management nor a programme management method – it is another approach to developing software and systems, where requirements are difficult to establish.

What’s different afterwards? Only those software developments that would benefit from the use of Agile deploy it. When Agile is used, the governance groups charged with guiding the project are confident that real progress towards an acceptable completion state is being made.