Traditional project management involves very disciplined planning
and control methods. With this approach, distinct project life cycle phases are
easily recognizable. Tasks are completed one after another in an orderly
sequence, requiring a significant part of the project to be planned up front. This
type of project management assumes that events affecting the project are
predictable and that tools and activities are well understood. But as we
all know, this is not always the reality.
Today, business processes are more complex and
interconnected than ever before. Additionally, they reject traditional organizational
structures and involve complex communities comprised of alliances with
strategic suppliers, outsourcing vendors, networks of customers, partnerships
and even competitors. Through these alliances, organizations are able to address
the pressures of unprecedented change, global competition, time-to-market
compression, rapidly changing technologies at every turn.
This is why teams often turn to agile project
management – a fast and flexible process that rides on the principles of
change, uncertainty and making realistic estimates. agile project management is
emerging in the industry as it is a highly iterative and incremental process,
where developers and project stakeholders actively work together to understand
the domain, identify what needs to be built, and prioritize functionality. This
approach consists of many rapid iterative planning and development cycles,
allowing a project team to constantly evaluate the evolving product and obtain
immediate feedback from users or stakeholders. The team learns and improves the
product, as well as their working methods, from each successive cycle.
Here are three steps to produce a successful sprint-length
project, from the planning process to final execution:
3 Steps to Better Agile Project Management – An infographic by the team at LiquidPlanner
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