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The new PMI Agile Community gets officially launched at the August 2009 Agile Conference in Chicago. To some people this may seem an unlikely alliance, to many it will bring useful connections.
Just as agile zealots like to berate the command-and-control nature of some PMI approaches, old school managers condemn the seemingly unstructured techniques practiced in agile. In reality, projects and organizations are complex and a smart mix of approaches is required to be successful. Really, who does only pure agile and who does only pure waterfall or command-and-control projects, anyway?
Yet as humans we are drawn toward others with similar mindsets, and factions of opposing views can result from collections of perfectly reasonable individuals. The magnetic attraction to like-minded people is a strong force as we reinforce ideas and build our knowledge from each other. Bringing another group together with the first group often results in magnetic polar repulsion: “They’re not like us! Look at the ridiculous practice they follow! We are much better!”
It is easy to retreat to your own group, but some great things have been built by balancing opposing forces (linear propulsion, electric motors, etc.).
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