In book "Software Project Management" by Bob Huges on Chapter 3: Project Planning, it describes an approach called "Stepwise Project Planning" in contrast to PRINCE2 approach which was developed in UK as a government standard for information system projects.

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There is a good history about PRINCE2 which can be read on Wikipedia or prince2.com.

What I am curious about is: Where did Stepwise approach come from. who developed it and how it is different? I read some articles on web but there is no clear answer to that.


My academic research skills came in handy. The answer is Robert Tamblyn Hughes (also the author of the book you referred to, I believe) in 1996. He published a conference paper titled "The 'Step Wise' Planning Approach to Software Projects."

Check out this link: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/3630458_The_step_wise%27_planning_approach_to_software_projects

If you read that 3 page article, it clearly states how is it different to PRINCE.

Please tell me this is not for a school project!?

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