Agile Project Management

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Agile Project Management

PROJECT MANAGEMENT METHODOLOGY 1
Table of Contents
Introduction.............................................................................................................................................................. 2
Background of agile project management.................................................................................................... 2
Types of agile methodology................................................................................................................................ 3
SCRUM.................................................................................................................................................................... 3
Extreme programming.................................................................................................................................... 3
The working of agile......................................................................................................................................... 4
Scope out and prioritize projects................................................................................................................ 4
Diagram requirement for the initial sprint............................................................................................. 5
Construction/iteration.................................................................................................................................... 5
Release the iteration into production........................................................................................................ 5
Retirement............................................................................................................................................................ 6
Role of agile methodology................................................................................................................................... 6
Advantages and disadvantages of agile......................................................................................................... 7
Advantages........................................................................................................................................................... 7
Disadvantages..................................................................................................................................................... 8
Comparison between agile and waterfall methodologies......................................................................9
Challenges occurred in agile methodology................................................................................................ 10
Applications of agile methodologies............................................................................................................ 11
Conclusion............................................................................................................................................................... 11
References............................................................................................................................................................... 12

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Introduction
The term agile is a kind of process, which is used in project management in order to
plan and guide project processes. It is mainly completed in the small sections, which are
called as iterations, and each section is analyzed by the project team. It is one of the
common kinds of methodology that is now used in the business industries for successfully
completing their projects (Conforto, & Amaral, 2016). The purpose of this report is to
describe the concept of agile project management and identify the advantages and
disadvantages of project management. In this advanced generation, many companies are
using an agile based methodology in order to design a project in an effective manner. It is
analyzed that agile methodology has the potential for improving the overall performance of
the project in the complete project in very little time. The main focus of this research report
is to examine the working principle of agile project management. There are various
sections will be included in this report, for example, the background of the agile, working of
agile, advantage and disadvantage of agile, comparison with waterfall and challenges.
Background of agile project management
Agile is a very old project methodology that is now used in both small and large
business industries. The 21st century shows that the use of agile methodology is growing
very fast in the area of software development and other IT initiatives (Conforto, et al.,
2014). A particular agile project methodology that has included in the last few years is
scrum that has the capability to enhance the effectiveness of projects in the organizations.
Such kind of project methodology work along with the project teams in order to design a
product backlog and implement their plans in an effective way. A recent study identified
that agile is a type of approach, which is completely based on providing requirements
iteratively, and incrementally throughout the project life cycle. Such kind of methodology
impacts on the traditional culture and provides a new way of performing more complex
tasks while the development of software projects.
From previous studies, it is analyzed the agile is an effective methodology that can
be used in the companies for controlling and monitoring the software development

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projects which focuses on continuous releases and incorporating consumer feedbacks with
each subsection (Drury-Grogan, 2014). Moreover, such kinds of methodology reduce the
complexity of the companies and provided a new platform for developing software projects
on a large scale. In the last, few years there are numbers of organizations developed and
implement such kind of approach while implementing the software-based projects and
plans (Dybå, Dingsøyr, & Moe, 2014).
Scrum is one of the best types of agile methods which is mainly designed for guiding
teams in the iterative delivery of items and services. It is identified that an agile project
methodology focuses on the utilization of an empirical process that allows team members
to respond in very little time and effectively maintain issues that occurred in the
development of software. The performance of software development can be enhanced by
using time boxes, a prioritized product backlog and reducing errors that can be obtained
through an agile methodology (Gonzalez, 2014).
Types of agile methodology
There are numerous types of agile project methodology which are described below
SCRUM
It is the best agile methodology, which is now used in the field of business industries
and organizations. Mainly, scrum methodology focuses on task management in the team-
based enhancement where it controls and manages the project life cycle in an effective
manner. Such kind of project methodology can be applied to the small development teams
and it brings everyone on the project team and group members. Therefore, using a scrum
type of agile methodology project team can reduce errors and issues occurred in the
development of software projects.
Extreme programming
Such kind of agile methodology is more appropriate and sufficient when there are
frequent changes in demands from the consumers. A recent study argued that extreme
programming does not require external resources and team members while developing
software based projects. Moreover, it also enhances the productivity of the project team