How to manage Projects with Design Loops

Question

we are working on product development and as you know in the design phase we have many loops and iterations(we do works and it iterates till the final and optimized point of design). Tracking these kinds of projects is so difficult with classic project management and also agile management.

 I couldn't find any solution for optimizing these processes and tracking them, so I was wondering if anyone has any experience in this problem and share the knowledge.

Answer 1

We use iterative, incremental, and iterative-incremental (with Scrum) life cycles using MS Project (in the past, now we are migrating). My experience is you have to make a separation between the life cycle, the method, and the representation of it. Think about what you need to show to your stakeholders and map it into the tool. That´s could be independent of the way your monitoring and control things.

In such projects where the scope is very fluid, you may be better off locking down cost and time which will then define how many feedback loops can be run.