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Boehm & Turner: Balancing Agile with Plan Driven

According to Boehm & Turner, there are some key characteristics that determine the development style.

This tool can be used to generate their polar chart which illustrates which method should be chosen.

If the values are close to the centre, then an Agile approach should be used. If the values are close the perimeter than a plan driven approach would be best suited.

Personnel Level

Mostly Level 1B
Mostly Level 2&3

Percentage of Requirements that Change per Month

0%
50%

Culture

More Ordered
More Chaotic

Number of Staff

0
300

Criticality if Defect Occurs

Extremely Low
Extremely High