Extreme project management (XPM) refers to the method of managing very complex and very uncertain projects. method (from Greek methodos, met hodos literally way across). The word entered English in 1541 via French and Latin. ... Management (from Old French ménagement the directing, from Latin manu agere to lead by the hand) characterises the process of leading and directing all or part of an organisation, often a business, through the deployment and manipulation of resources (human, financial, material, intellectual or intangible). ... A project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product or service. ...

Extreme project management differs from traditional project management mainly in its open, elastic and undeterministic approach. The main focus of XPM is on the human side of project management (e.g. managing project stakeholders), rather than on intricate scheduling techniques and heavy formalism. Project Stakeholders are those enitities within or without an organization which: a) Sponsor a project or, b) Have an interest or a gain upon a succesful completion of a project. ...

Other names for extreme project management are:

• radical project management
• agile project management.

Extreme project management is a generalization of extreme programming. Extreme Programming (XP) is a software engineering methodology, the most prominent of several agile software development methodologies. ...

Advanced approaches to extreme project management utilize the principles of human interaction management to deal with the complexities of human collaboration. Although the initial focus of Business Process Management (BPM) was on the automation of mechanistic business processes, this has since been extended to include support for human-driven processes focused on human collaborative activity. ...

Key authorities on extreme project management are:

• Doug deCarlo
• Rob Thomsett
• The Cutter Consortium

Books

• Ajani, Shaun H. Extreme Project Management: Unique Methodologies - Resolute Principles - Astounding Results. ISBN 0-595-21335-9

• DeCarlo, Douglas. eXtreme Project Management: Using Leadership, Principles and Tools to Deliver Value in the Face of Volatility. ISBN 0-7879-7409-9

• Highsmith, Jim. Agile Project Management: Creating Innovative Products. ISBN 0-321-21977-5

• Thomsett, Rob. Radical Project Management. ISBN 0-13-009486-2

• Wysocki, Robert K., Rudd McGary. Effective Project Management: Traditional, Adaptive, Extreme, Third Edition. ISBN 0-471-43221-0

• Harrison-Broninski, Keith. Human Interactions: The Heart and Soul of Business Process Management. ISBN 0-929652-44-4

External links

• Agile Project Leadership Network homepage

• C2 Entry Page to Extreme Programming

• Project Management Tutorial

• Books, articles and white papers on Human Interaction Management

• TargetProcess - Agile Project Management Tool

• XPM for architectural projects

• Doug DeCarlo's eXtreme Project Management Department on Gantthead.com