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Part III — Development Frameworks

This part applies the same product line analysis to development and project management frameworks, revealing that the "methodology wars" are really about different binding decisions at four well-defined variation points.

The Frameworks

Framework Orientation
Waterfall Plan-driven, sequential
V-Model Plan-driven, verification-focused
PRINCE2 Governance-focused PM
Scrum Adaptive, iterative
Kanban Adaptive, flow-based
Design Thinking Human-centered, exploratory
DevOps Continuous delivery
SAFe Scaled adaptive

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