Speed and Agility
The latest way that the tech sector could impact legal lives comes not in the form of software or gadgetry, but project management. Could agile catch on in-house? GC speaks to converts to find out more.
Business is full of buzzwords, and among the buzziest of the last few years is ‘agile’.
The traditional project management approach is ‘waterfall’. But, in contrast to the dynamism of the term, the waterfall process can actually be quite rigid. After a long period of requirement gathering and planning, the project is developed in a linear way, journeying through multiple phases and functional silos. A final product is delivered after an often lengthy process, perhaps measured in months or years, but with little opportunity for adaptation once the process has begun.
