Agile Project Management Essential

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What is an Agile Project Management
 Agile Project Management is an iterative approach where a project can be managed by breaking it
into several stages or sprints
 Iterative approaches are frequently used in software development projects to promote velocity and
adaptability
 Agile methodology allows to release segments of the project that are completed. Early deliverables
makes the customer happy.
 During the early development process, customers feedback are received in order to make the
changes required to deliver the better products or services.

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Benefit of Agile
Empowers
people
Builds
accountability
Encourages
diversity of
ideas
Allows early
release
Promotes
continuous
improvement

3. Agile Project Management
 Adapting changes into the core plan and still being responsive.
 It is all about work according to customers requirements
 Control with teams at all level and self-organised.
 Customer is the only metric.
 Agile highly changes according to customer requirements
Traditional Project Management
 It requires managers to control changes in the plan
 Adherence to the plan first.
 Top to bottom hierarchy for control
 Speed of the project slow down and impacts the deliverables.
 Project Management have many metrics.
 Not customizable.
Topic 1: Agile Project Management Essential

4. Agile Project
Manager
Traditional Project
Manager
 Adapting changes into core plan and
still being responsive
 It is all about customer
 Control with teams at all level
 Agile processes are customizable
 It requires manager to control changes in
the plan
 Focus on the plan first
 Top to bottom hierarchy for control
 Traditional processes are not customizable
Agile vs Traditional Project Management
Topic 1: Agile Project Management Essential

5.  There are 4 values and 12 principles in the Agile Manifesto .
 Agile is a framework and a working mind-set which helps respond to changing requirements and
maximize the customer satisfaction through early delivery of software.
 There are four values which are typically used to highlight the difference between agile and
waterfall (or more traditional) approaches to project management:
Individuals and Interactions
Working Software
Customer Collaboration
Responding to Change
Processes and Tools
Comprehensive
Documentation
Contract
Negotiation
Contract
Negotiation
over
over
over
over
Topic 1: Agile Project Management Essential

6. 12 key principles in Agile Project Management
1.Customer satisfaction is always the highest priority and is achieved through rapid and continuous
delivery.
2.Changing environments are embraced at any stage of the process to provide the customer with a
competitive advantage.
3.A product or service is delivered with higher frequency.
4.Stakeholders and developers collaborate closely on a daily basis.
5.All stakeholders and team members remain motivated for optimal project outcomes, while teams are
provided with all the necessary tools and support, and are trusted to accomplish project goals.
6.Face-to-face meetings are deemed the most efficient and effective format for project success.
Topic 1: Agile Project Management Essential

7. 7.A final working product is the ultimate measure of success.
8.Sustainable development is accomplished through agile processes whereby development teams and
stakeholders are able to maintain a constant and ongoing pace.
9.Agility is enhanced through a continuous focus on technical excellence and proper design.
10.Simplicity is an essential element.
11.Self-organizing teams are most likely to develop the best architectures and designs and to meet
requirements.
12.Regular intervals are used by teams to improve efficiency through fine-tuning behaviors.
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8. Agile Project Management has been adopted by several types of industries, such as
software companies, product development, marketing campaigns and even
constructions companies
 High product quality refers to smooth working of the project
keeping in mind the demands of all stakeholders
 To ensure high product quality testing is performed all through the
project development process
 Team performs regular check-ups to improve the project quality
 Customer visibility of what is being done in the project
 Continuous and fast delivery
 Customer may feedback at any point of the project
Topic 1: Agile Project Management Essential

9. Agile Project Management has been adopted by several types of industries, such as
software companies, product development, marketing campaigns and even
constructions companies
 Since the project is divided into sprints, even the risk vulnerable in the
first sprint and avoid affecting the second sprint
 Risk Analysis is simultaneously done with other project processes
 Easy adaptation to the client’s requirements all through the
development phase.
 The project is completed in several versions, so the project is
market-ready after few versions.
 Agile helps in the fast release of the project and help stay ahead in
competition with other companies
 Can be released in beta versions of the project.
Topic 1: Agile Project Management Essential