Governed Delivery — AgilePM for Blockchain
AgilePM, adapted for the pace of Web3
Fixed time, cost and quality; variable scope; RFC-controlled change; a living business case re-tested every increment — the one mainstream framework built for when everything moves at once, already rewritten for blockchain.
In Web3 the business case, scope, requirements, risk, technology and regulation all move at once — and most delivery methods assume at least some of them stand still. DSDM AgilePM doesn't: fixed time/cost/quality with variable scope, RFC change control, exception-driven oversight and a business case re-tested each increment. We've rewritten it for blockchain — with a Tokenomics Specialist and Compliance Officer as formal roles, a governance-capture risk taxonomy, and a pre-deployment audit gate.
Everything moves at once
Scope, tech, regulation and the business case all shift mid-project. Methods that fix scope and flex the date break immediately.
The business case is never re-tested
It justified the budget at kickoff and was never opened again — so nobody notices when the project stops being worth doing.
Scope creep with no valve
Without a Must-cap and RFC control, "just one more thing" consumes the contingency that was supposed to absorb risk.
Governance by meeting
Oversight scales with status calls instead of exceptions, so leadership hears everything except the thing that's actually off-track.
What we build
AgilePM for Blockchain
The DSDM framework rewritten for on-chain delivery — roles, phase gates and a risk register that already includes 'token classified as security' and governance capture.
MoSCoW with a Must-cap
Requirements prioritised with a hard 60% Must-cap, so there's always contingency — the same rule implemented identically across our framework, engine and product.
RAID & exception-driven oversight
Risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies scored on probability × impact, with Management-by-Exception so oversight scales with exceptions, not meetings.
Quality gates & segregation of duties
Phase gates including a pre-deployment audit gate, with auditor-independence baked in — the security reviewer may not audit their own code.
What you walk away with
Deliverables, not a slide deck.
- A delivery framework adapted for on-chain work — roles, phase gates, and a blockchain risk taxonomy
- MoSCoW prioritisation with a hard 60% Must-cap, so contingency exists by construction
- A RAID register scored on probability × impact, reviewed each increment
- RFC change control against fixed timeboxes — scope flexes, the deadline and budget don't
- Quality gates G1–G7 including an independent pre-deployment audit gate, with segregation of duties
- A living business case, re-tested every increment — including the option to stop
How we engage
Feasibility & foundations
Business case, scope boundaries and the governance skeleton.
Timeboxed increments
Fixed deadlines, variable scope, RFC-controlled change.
Gated deployment
Quality gates and an independent pre-deployment audit.
Where it matters most
The situations this is built for.
Token launch programmes
Product, tokenomics, audit and regulation have to land together. This is the framework built for that collision.
Teams that missed a date badly
Fixing time and flexing scope changes the failure mode from "late and over budget" to "delivered, smaller".
Boards that need oversight without noise
Management-by-Exception means escalation is a signal, not a calendar item.
Proof
DevGuild was run under this framework — a 51-deliverable pack governed with MoSCoW, a hard Must-cap, RAID scoring and quality gates, with the TGE itself gated behind six product metrics.
Questions
Model it. Prove it. Then launch.
Tell us what you're building. We'll come back with a tailored proposal.
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