Some of us are natural-born planners. We plan out every moment of our lives in detail, from what we will be doing on the weekend to how many children we want and what their names will be, to how our career will progress—in detail.

Others of us are doers and are more spontaneous, nervous if too many plans are made for us; we would rather live our lives with flexibility and freedom to make plans as we go. If you sit down and think about how last year’s activities evolved, you will probably be able to determine on which side of the spectrum you belong: a planner or a doer.

What’s great about project management is that it brings both sides of the spectrum together so that planners will eventually execute and do their project tasks, and doers must first plan their project tasks before jumping right in. A relatively new way to do project management has made this merger of planners and doers even more seamless: Agile principles and practices.

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