The PM Declaration of interdependence is a set of six management principles initially intended for project managers of Agile Software Development

Agile software development

Agile software development is a group of software development methodologies based on iterative and incremental development, where requirements and solutions evolve through collaboration between self-organizing, cross-functional teams...

 projects. Later on, the name was changed to "The declaration of interdependence for modern management", as it was realized that the principles might be applicable to other management situations.

Origins

After the Manifesto for Agile Software Development was written in
2001,
David Anderson

David Anderson

David A. Anderson, is a former Canadian cabinet minister.Educated at Victoria College in Victoria, BC and the University of British Columbia, Anderson served as a foreign service officer in the Department of External Affairs between 1962 and 1968...

,
Sanjiv Augustine,
Christopher Avery,
Alistair Cockburn

Alistair Cockburn

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,
Mike Cohn

Mike Cohn

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,
Doug DeCarlo,
Donna Fitzgerald,
Jim Highsmith

Jim Highsmith

James A. Highsmith III is an American software engineer and author of books in the field of software development methodology. He is the creator of Adaptive Software Development, described in his 1999 book "Adaptive Software Development", and winner of the 2000 Jolt Award, and the Stevens Award in...

,
Ole Jepsen,
Lowell Lindstrom,
Todd Little,
Kent McDonald,
Pollyanna Pixton,
Preston Smith

Preston Smith

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and
Robert Wysocki
worked to see what management principles might be required in order to achieve an Agile Mindset in product and project management. In 2005, they published the agile project management "Declaration of Interdependence"
. The six principles they felt essential to modern project management (and to much of management in general).

The principles

(Quoted from )

"We ...

• increase return on investment by making continuous flow of value our focus.
• deliver reliable results by engaging customers in frequent interactions and shared ownership.
• expect uncertainty and manage for it through iterations, anticipation and adaptation.
• unleash creativity and innovation by recognizing that individuals are the ultimate source of value, and creating an environment where they can make a difference.
• boost performance through group accountability for results and shared responsibility for team effectiveness.
• improve effectiveness and reliability through situationally specific strategies, processes and practices."