Methodology

In this chapter, the authors Jürg Kuster, Christian Bachmann, Mike Hubmann, Robert Lippmann, and Patrick Schneider provide the reader with a comprehensive introduction to the methodology used for successful project management. Along with the most important project phases, the relevant procedures, methods, and tools are explained for both agile and traditional project management, set in relation to each other, and illustrated with practical examples. In this Project Management Handbook, the traditional and agile approaches are not treated separately. In the sense of hybrid project management, the elements of the traditional and agile approach are explained and deepened on the basis of the phases of traditional project management (project commissioning, initialisation, concept, realisation, and introduction). Hybrid project management leaves open how the elements of the traditional and agile approaches are combined. This chapter deals with this question in depth.