Incremental software development methods have been traced back to 1957. In 1974, it was introduced an adaptive software development process. So ... micromanaged, waterfall model of development.

Dealing with any form of product management that champions incremental and iterative approaches may make consistency of user experience and brand integrity seem impossible to maintain.

I took Managing Iterative Software Development Projects, by Kurt Bittner and Ian Spence (Addison-Wesley, 2007, 672pp, $49.99, ISBN-10: 0-321-26889-X) home to read over the Memorial Day weekend ...

In theory, agile is supposed to be an organic, hierarchy-free method of software development. But if you’re outsourcing–particularly offshore–you need to actively manage it.