PPMP20007: Project Management Methodology - Agile Presentation

This presentation delves into Agile Project Management, exploring its core principles, team dynamics, and fundamental processes. It contrasts the Agile methodology with the Waterfall model, highlighting crucial Agile skills and outlining the benefits and drawbacks of its implementation. The presentation covers popular Agile methodologies, with a specific focus on Modern Agile Project Management and Scrum. It also examines the use of Agile in conjunction with other project management approaches. Furthermore, it addresses organizational challenges encountered when adopting Agile practices and provides an overview of various Modern Agile Project Management software solutions. The presentation concludes by emphasizing the advantages of Agile, including increased customer satisfaction and improved project control, while also acknowledging the difficulties organizations face in adopting this methodology. This comprehensive overview aims to provide a solid understanding of Agile project management for students.

Running head: PROJECT MANGEMENT METHODOLOGY
Project management methodology
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author’s Note

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1. Modern agile project management and scrum
Modern agile project management is one of the iterative as well as incremental
approaches that help in properly delivering the requirements throughout the entire lifecycle of
the project. It is found that the agile project generally helps in exhibiting various types of
values as well as behaviours. In addition to this, the agile PM assists in engaging with
stakeholders, providing transparency as well as assists in providing predictable delivery.
On the other hand, scrum is one of the agile PM methodology or framework that is
mainly utilized for various software development projects with the effective goal of
delivering the new software related capability. With the utilization of scrum the projects can
be delivered faster and additionally it provides high return of investment, building team
characteristics as well as helps in data generation.
2. Uses of agile and other PM methodologies
The various advantages of agile project management are listed below:
Increased control on project: It is found that agile methodology helps in keeping
proper control on the project and assists in delivering the products to the customer.
Reduced risks: Agile methodologies helps in eliminating the chances of different
types of project failures and generally works with working product and thus the issues related
with project can get minimized.
Faster ROI: The agile development is mainly iterative such that the features can be
properly delivered and thus the benefits are released quite early during the development
procedure.

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3. Organizational difficulties for adopting agile
The difficulties that the organization faces in adopting the agile methodology are
mainly elaborated below:
Improper excitement about changes: If the CIO as well as the other IT management
team is not dedicated about the cultural change which is mainly necessary for the success of
the project.
Inexperienced workers for agile: In many organizations, the staffs as well as
employees are not enough fir to utilize agile project methodology.
Difficulty in rolling agile: Rolling agile methodology within an enterprise generally
requires proper level of change management and socialization. It is found that if the
organization does not have proper consultant then it is quite difficult to implement the agile
methodology.
4. Modern agile project management software
Some of the agile project management software is mainly elaborated below:
Clarizen: It is one PM software that helps in delivering different types of traditional
project management software. It helps in supporting different types of hybrid methodologies
for providing empowerment.
Zenhub: It is one of the PM tools that help in tracking, planning as well as reporting
different types of features.
Kanbanzie: It is one of the PM software that helps in organizing as well as managing
the work quite efficiently. It is quite necessary to keep track on each of the project.

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GitScrum: It is one of the new PM tools within the game that is mainly positioned for
completing the project.
5. Conclusion
It can be concluded from the entire paper that agile project methodology is quite
beneficial for the projects. It is found that agile methodology helps in addressing different
types of needs as well as requirements to the customers. In addition to this, it helps in giving
proper visibility as well as transparency which help in reflecting the actual progress of the
entire project. Agile helps in providing a number of advantages including higher satisfaction
to the customers, proper control on the project as well as further helps in reducing the risks
that are associated with the entire project. In spite of the challenges, there are a number of
disadvantages of agile project methodology and therefore many of the organization faces a
number of issues and challenges in adopting the agile methodology. Moreover, the paper also
discusses a number of agile project management software which is utilized nowadays.