Agile Methodology in Project Management

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Agile Methodology in Project
Management

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Executive Summary
In the field of the software application the agile methodology is defined as a
process to develop any kind of software-based process. It is modern innovation in
project management which give more flexibility to their customers. The main aim of this
report is to gather knowledge about agile methodology and working process of this
project method. There are main two benefits of this process, for example, it is a very
flexible method and requirements can be changed at every step according to client
behavior or need. This methodology is completely based on the process of iteration and
in which testing and building both steps works along with development method.
Therefore, clients can take action and produce feedback if their requirements are not
fulfilled because this methodology provides feedback option to change satisfies their
customers. This report also compares various kinds of project management
methodologies and the role of an agile process in an organization

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Contents
Executive Summary........................................................................................................................................... 1
Introduction.......................................................................................................................................................... 3
History of Agile methodology........................................................................................................................3
The process of agile methodology...............................................................................................................4
Iterative.......................................................................................................................................................... 5
Modularity..................................................................................................................................................... 5
Parsimony..................................................................................................................................................... 5
The agile process flow.................................................................................................................................. 5
THE AGILE ITERATION WORKFLOW....................................................................................................6
Comparison with other methodologies....................................................................................................6
Difference between Agile and waterfall methodology..................................................................6
Difference between Agile and Scrum.....................................................................................................7
Advantages of agile methodology................................................................................................................8
Disadvantages of agile methodology..........................................................................................................8
Applications of agile method......................................................................................................................... 9
Conclusion........................................................................................................................................................... 10
References........................................................................................................................................................... 12

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Introduction
Agile is defined as a methodology which is used in a project management system
to manage the way of the project. It can be utilized for virtualization in an organization
but it was developed by information technology to improve the productivity of any
project (Conforto, & Amaral, 2016). The main purpose of this report is to understand
the fundamental concept of agile project methodology and their advantages and
disadvantages. There are many general principles of this management process, for
example, satisfy the consumer and continually establish software, developer and
management team must work together at the end of project and face to face
communication is one of the best processes to share information and ideas (Conforto, et
al., 2014). There are many organizations which are using this type of method because it
provides a platform to understand the concept of software document and management
team can achieve their outcomes. Agile methodology is an iterative and incremental
process where requirements files are changed according to the demand of client or
customer (Cooper, & Sommer, 2018). It is a theoretical process by which consumers can
learn anything about project management life cycle and organizations can enhance their
efficiency. This report is divided into four parts such as the history of agile
methodology, process, comparison with other methods, and their strength and
weakness.
History of Agile methodology
In the year 1957 iterative and incremental methods were developed in the field
of project management and adaptive software process was established in 1970. In the
early 1990s information and communication system developed modern heavyweight
methods such as RAD, UP, DSDM and extreme programming (Gahyyur, et al., 2018). In
the year 2009, a management team was working on the principle of software
development and they produced one new project methodology which is also called as
an agile methodology. After that in the year 2011, the agile alliance was created which
included an open-source compendium of the agile method, key elements, and agile
practitioners. In this modern generation project manager can select a number of
methods to control and monitor the life cycle of software development (Galli, & Lopez,
2018). It is observed that agile methodologies are the first choice of many communities