A brief introduction I made for CINECA

1. Agile Project Management
Main principles and best practices
di Giorgio Gamberini [Systems Architect, Éminence grise] - Giugno 2011

2. What is APM?
It’s an iterative method for determining project
requirements for software
It allows to deliver projects in a highly flexible and
interactive manner
Elements of Agile Project Management can be used in
small scale projects as in wider scoped projects

3. Where does it come from?
Agile Project Management stems from Agile Software
Development
ASD is based on iterative and incremental development
It requires collaboration between self organizing and
cross functional teams

4. What is APM good for?
APM best comes to fruition in projects which by
definition change constantly and which specifications
cannot be cast in stone
APM is believed to not scale extremely well, and so the
traditional Waterfall, or sequential, Project Management
technique is used

5. Which PM life cycle is best?
It greatly depends on how much stable are the
requirements
In case of constantly changing requirements an iterative
approach, with constant partial deliverables achieving a
“quick win” which satisfies stakeholders
In case of aggressive timeline, deliverables can be
negotiated with each stakeholder, with an iterative
approach

6. Which SD methods apply to
APM?
Scrum is an iterative software development framework
It allows higher degrees of process adaptability
It’s implemented by daily meetings, in which the Team
reviews deliverables and the Product Owner adds or
remove them from the product backlog