Responding to Change over Following a Plan

This value emphasises the fact that the world around a project is rarely frozen in time.We live in an increasingly VUCA world one characterised byVolatility,Uncertainty,Complexity andAmbiguity.

The pace of change in the world of business is now so fast that adopting an approach to building solutions that does not accommodate, or ideally embrace change, is unlikely to lead to a successful outcome.

Considering that significant change in short timeframes is a fact of life in the modern world, creating detailed, long- term plans becomes a waste of time. In our fast-moving business world, the high-level ‘light touch’ and ‘guiding’ plans, focused on short to medium term goals, better meet the project and, ultimately, the business need. Longer term planning horizons are valuable for providing direction and focus, particularly for a context wider than pure product development.