Are You Still Using the Wrong Control Levers in your Agile projects? Part 3: The Iron Triangle vs. The Gang of Four
Welcome back! Or, if this is the first time you visit, welcome! It’s been awhile since I wrote the first two parts in this series about high level project control levers, their use, and abuse. This is the third and final part. In it, we will have a look at two control lever systems, the classic Iron Triangle, and the somewhat less well known Four Lever system from the first edition of Extreme Programming. First, a brief recapitulation of the first two parts of this series: In the first part I wrote about how using Cost and Capacity to control an agile software project can trap an organization in a hire and fire cycle that increases project duration and cost. In the second part , I wrote about how to optimize a project for delivering maximum business value. I also wrote about a common mistake companies do, which will disable the Business Value lever, so it no longer works as intended. You can read each part, including this one, as a standalone article. To get as complete an under...