Chapter 1
Foundations of Project Management
Course: Pmp Test Prep
Subject: Pmp
Chapter: Life Cycles Development Approaches And Focus Areas 5506 10738
Choosing predictive, adaptive, or hybrid is not a matter of preference or fashion — it is a reasoned judgment weighed against the specific characteristics of the deliverables, the project, and the organization. This lesson works through the three categories of selection factors that guide that judgment, showing which conditions pull toward predictive and which pull toward adaptive. It then turns to delivery cadence — the rhythm of when value reaches stakeholders — distinguishing single, multiple, periodic, and continuous delivery. The throughline is that approach selection is a multi-factor decision that can even vary by deliverable within one project, and that cadence is a related but separate choice about the timing and frequency of delivery.
Key Objectives:
- Understand that development approach selection weighs deliverable, project, and organizational factors.
- Identify the deliverable variables that pull toward predictive versus adaptive.
- Identify the project and organizational variables that influence the choice.
- Recognize that different deliverables in one project may use different approaches.
- Distinguish the four delivery cadences: single, multiple, periodic, and continuous.