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Not Sure? Try It Out

Preston G. Smith

December 1, 2008






As our world is apparently becoming more chaotic, we need better ways of managing projects in a volatile environment. In part, the literature has come to the rescue. Also, the entire field of agile software development is aimed at managing better under chaos.
 
Specific aids--such as Doug DeCarlo’s book eXtreme Project Management--are helpful in specific circumstances. But a broader approach is to build a modus operandi that is especially effective when change is the norm. An important part of such a modus operandi for turbulent environments is experimentation.
 
Why Experiment?
There are many definitions of experiment, but they all have two elements in common: you do something, and then you observe what happens. For instance, you mix two chemicals together and notice how much their temperature rises.



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