Overview of the eXtreme Project Management Model

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Overview of the eXtreme Project Management Model

by Doug DeCarlo

November 29, 2005


Note: This article contains major excerpts for the author’s book, eXtreme Project Management: Using Leadership, Principles and Tools to Deliver Value in the Face of Volatility.
 
To succeed on extreme projects, requires that we think and act in a change tolerant way. We need to adopt a quantum mind-set. Adopting a quantum mind-set is step number one. For a discussion of the quantum mind-set, refer to the Chaos, Complexity and the Quantum Mindset channel.
 
In this document, I will summarize the key components of my own model for succeeding on extreme projects; that is for putting the quantum mind-set into practice. There are other practitioners of agile project management who have their own models and these will be documented as time goes one. So, here I am speaking for my own brand of extreme project management.
 
Two Success Factors
Adopting a quantum worldview—one compatible with complexity and chaos—is the first success factor.



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