# Program and project management is important and valuable It’s gotten a bad rap in the world of agile development and iteration because it’s associated with waterfall development. It is, however, how impressive complex projects succeed. It is especially important when * [[There are areas where the constraints on progress could be addressed more effectively by deliberately pulling together multiple pieces of research from different disciplines]] ## Related * [[The value of planning is inversely proportional to the cost of experimenting]] * [[Definiteness means that you have a long-term plan]] * [[Research management matters]] <!-- #stub --> [Web URL for this note](http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Program+and+project+management+is+important+and+valuable) [Comment on this note](http://via.hypothes.is/http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Program+and+project+management+is+important+and+valuable)