Rolling-wave planning is the process of project planning in waves as the project proceeds and later details become clearer; similar to the techniques used in agile software development approaches like Scrum..
Work to be done in the near term is based on high-level assumptions; also, high-level milestones are set. As the project progresses, the risks, assumptions, and milestones originally identified become more defined and reliable. One would use rolling-wave planning in an instance where there is an extremely tight schedule or timeline to adhere to; whereas more thorough planning would have placed the schedule into an unacceptable negative schedule variance.
The concepts of rolling-wave planning and progressive elaboration are techniques covered in the Project Management Body of Knowledge .
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External links
- Rolling Wave Planning
- Rolling Wave Planning and Progressive Elaboration
- Rolling Wave Planning in Project Management
- Rolling Wave Planning
- Starting with Rolling Wave Planning
- PMBOK 4 - This Time It's Iterative
- PMBOK Define Activities Process
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