Chapter 10 – Evolutionary Project Management: How to Manage Project Benefits and Costs

Publisher Summary This chapter deals with evolutionary project management. The management of projects identifies that none of the existing well-known project management methods really enable sufficiently good control of projects. The chapter outlines that the way forward must incorporate evolutionary methods. In fact, Evo exists and already has a track record of success; it is just not widely known and practiced within the systems engineering and other engineering communities. This chapter explores the basic concepts of Evo. Evo is the application of the Shewhart process control cycle, “Plan-Do-Study-Act”. It is learning from doing and acting on that learning. It is adapting to the complex and changing realities of a project. Evo is concerned with controlling risks. By insisting on small steps, Evo demands early delivery of the high priority improvements. This gains credibility for the project and should attract resources to continue to do so.