The PMBOK was originally developed for management of big projects such as constructing a building or some other physical or engineering product, which tend to be predictive projects. Many of the principles apply to software development, but some do not fit as well.

Discuss the following questions with your classmates in the Class Discussion section:

Take three of the nine areas of the PMBOK and compare software development concepts against constructing a building. Which approach do you lean toward and why?

List 2 or 3 examples of questions you, in the role of project manager, might ask during a retrospective.