Project Management - the Agile Way!

Post date: May 14, 2013 9:56:14 AM

With traditional approaches to project management, it can take months or years to deliver positive change.

That's why many savvy organizations take an agile approach to project management. In this week's featured article, find out about the advantages of this approach, and learn how you can use it with your own projects.

We also look at conventional project tools with a framework for understanding project requirements, and we explore common causes of project failure.

What is Agile Project Management?

Agile Project Management is built around a flexible approach. Team members work in short bursts on small-scale but functioning releases of a product. They then test each release against customers' needs, instead of aiming for a single final result that is only released at the end of the project.

The end product of an agile project may be very different from the one that was envisaged at the outset. However, because of the checking process, team members can be sure that the product is one that customers want.

This makes Agile Project Management particularly appropriate for new or fast-moving businesses, for those in a fast-changing environment, or for highly complex situations, where managers are "feeling their way forward" to find the optimum business model. It's also helpful with urgent projects that can't wait for a full, traditional project to be set up.