Both traditional and modern project managers have often wondered which would be the best project management methodology to use. The traditional method of developing software is so complex such that most of the times it does not work or it takes you a longer time to do it. The program, however, that most people prefer is the Agile methodology that has suggested theories to explain this concept.

The control theory suggests that there should be a lot of planning before you can undertake a certain project. You will have to plan beforehand on what you think will be the most likely thing to happen; check all the conditions and enforce the plan you have regardless of the outcome. The control theory makes use of the fact that you can control the outcome and make all the necessary changes that you think will be relevant.

The other theories mostly rely on the use of empirical processes whereby as you continue to undertake the project. Unlike the control theory where you have to plan beforehand, the other theories suggest that you adapt to the situations that you will encounter while undertaking a certain project. There are three pillars that help to carry out the empirical process. These are cost, time and quality. As a project manager, you will have to work around these three pillars to ensure that you will deliver the project on time, use the best budget and at the same time ensure that you have presented the best quality work.

There are other pillars that have been suggested like transparency, inspection and adaptation. Transparency means that you will have to keep all means of communication with all members that are in the project team while adaptation means that you will have to make some certain enhancements to the project to make it suitable to the situation you are working on.

In any methodology that you choose, it is important as a project manager to make the decisions that will be the best to ensure that you will complete the project in time. You do not necessarily need to have a lot of managerial experience to know what you will go with. All you need is to know what you will be working with and you and the team will have to make the program that will ensure that everything will go according to plan and achieve the objectives.