AGILE PROJECT MANAGEMENT

What is agile project management?

Agile project management is the approach of a project team to decide on the quality, scope, cost and time to create a product. It is about working particularly flexible and dynamic. The difference to classical project management is that the final state is not defined in detail at the beginning of the project, but a usable product increment is delivered. More about the differences can be found on our blog post waterfall vs agile.

When should agile project management be used?

At the beginning of a project, those responsible are confronted with the question Which implementation of the project is the fastest and most effective? Agile project management should always be applied when a product needs to be developed quickly and flexibly adaptable.

Why agile project management?

• Due to the fast production cycles many new innovative ideas can be implemented in the IT area
• When creating software, an estimation of effort and duration can be given
• No more rigid and lengthy project planning

Agile project management is based on the following agile principles:
The 12 agile principles

1. the highest priority is to provide valuable software to customers through early and continuous delivery
2. change requests are always welcome in development, as changes can be used for competitive advantages
3. short time spans should be chosen for the delivery of functional software.
4. the project team must work together on a daily basis.
5. trust in the individual team members is important, so they should be supported as much as possible and be confident that they will get the job done
6. information should be shared within the team to work efficiently and effectively
7. the most important goal is to develop functional software
8. the agile approach promotes sustainable development, it should be possible to maintain a constant pace for an unlimited period of time
9. to promote maneuverability, attention should also be paid to design and technical quality
10. simplicity is an important aspect
11. self-organized teams create the best architectures, requirements and designs
12. the team regularly considers how to improve effectiveness and adapts its behaviour accordingly

Agile project management and Scrum
Scrum is a framework in which complex tasks can be tackled in order to develop the most productive and creative products that deliver the highest possible value.

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