Adaptive life cycle

Definition

Adaptive life cycle in plain English

Imagine a kitchen that plates food every two weeks: the menu (backlog) gets clarified before cooking, the chefs only commit to what fits the shift, and the plate doesn't leave until it meets a shared "done" checklist. Adaptive life cycle is one of the rules that keeps that kitchen from chaos. Hold onto this precise job description: A development life cycle that is iterative and incremental, with requirements elaborated continuously and delivery in short timeboxes. Affinity diagram. On a stem, name whether Adaptive life cycle is about timing, ownership, measurement, or delivery style — then eliminate the answer that borrows a cousin concept from the wrong phase.

Related Project Management Professional terms

• Variance at Completion (VAC)
• Capacity (adaptive)
• Accepted deliverables
• Activity
• ADKAR Change Model
• Design of Experiments (DOE)
• Definition of Done (DoD)
• Analogous estimating
• Angoff method
• Assumption