Requirements change during software projects.

Instead of attempting to eliminate risk in a project by specifying requirements and plans in detail upfront, we assume that there is inherent risk in the process of software development and adopt tools and methodologies that allow us to effectively manage risk through the life-cycle of a project.

We have identified and employed Scrum, a lightweight agile project management methodology, in response to our desire for agility during a project and we have found very positive results over the last few years. The methodology allows us to manage software development projects effectively with a focus on flexibility and incremental delivery.

Scrum is widely adopted internationally by small teams as well as large organisations such as Microsoft and Google. Detail regarding the methodology can be found on Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrum.