Publised On:Aug 09, 2021
Update (11 December 2024):
This article was written in 2021 with Agile Project Management (AgilePM) V2 as baseline. In October 2024, Agile Business Consortium announced the launch of Agile Project Management V3 (AgilePM3). Though parts of the article below are still relevant, the topics covered may not be referring to the latest guidance on Agile Project Management.
In comparison to the traditional project management where all requirements are treated as MUST Have, Agile Project Management have very different approach towards prioritisation of requirements.
MoSCoW is a prioritisation technique for helping to understand and manage priorities of deliverables. The letter stand for:
Dynamic System Development Methodology (DSDM) based Agile Project Management (AgilePM) needs to create contingency within prioritised deliverables/ requirements. MoSCoW is therefore applied at three different levels (meaning requirements have three different levels of priority):
By applying the MoSCoW technique correctly at all above levels, a project achieves 40% contingency at each level.
Agile Project Management (AgilePM®) Handbook provides guidance on timeboxing in sufficient detail.
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