CSU ITC 505 Assignment 1: Project Management Methodologies Report

This report provides a detailed analysis of project management methodologies, focusing on Agile Scrum and Waterfall. It defines project methodology, outlines its role in project management, and compares and contrasts Agile Scrum and Waterfall methodologies. The report further discusses the generic project life cycle, dividing it into initiation, planning, execution, and closing phases, and illustrates how these phases are applied in both Agile Scrum and Waterfall methodologies. The analysis includes a comparison of the methodologies and their impact on project success. The document is available on Desklib, a platform offering study tools and solved assignments for students.

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he methodology is a particular and strict sequence of activities that have been developed as a practice byT
incorporating the lessons learned by the e perts in the fi eld of project management from various pastx
projects Aston( , 2017) he success factors and the failure reasons are incorporated as a part of the. T
methodology so that the project can be delivered properly.
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he role of methodologies for project management are as followsT :
i. t can standardize the management standards for conceptualizing projectsI
ii. t can customise the organisation for developing the roles and responsibilities clearlyI
iii. t can provide alignment between various business strategies for standardizing the conceptI
of managing project oslin M ller(J & ü , 2014)
iv. t can customise the type of project properly in such a way that the rate of success getsI
increases
v. t can customise and stabilize the level of skill requirement the human resources so that theI
project success rate can be improved
vi. t can help in developing various project management standards in the customised way forI
the usefulness of particular organisation according to their business activities
vii. t can provide strategic benefits to the customer by improving the quality of work and ofI
course the profitability orysowich(B , 2011)
viii. t has the capability to deliver the project in a lean concept so that it can provide operationalI
benefit by improving the quality of the project and at the same ti me being very much cost-
effective
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Differences between Agile Scrum and aterfall methodologyW
Agile Scrum aterfallW
t is not a sequential list of activities1. I Smartsheet( ,
2019)
t is highly sequential activities1. I ucidchart(L , 2017)
t is fl e ible and adjustable for incorporating2. I x
customer s comments in between the project'
phases
he methodology is not at all fl e ible2. T x
t can accommodate changes in between the3. I
project phases
he changes in between project phases3. T
cannot be accommodated
he e act requirement cannot be defined at4. T x
the beginning of the project
he project requirements are always4. T
mandatory to be defined very clearly write at the
beginning of the project itself
he continuous evolution of ideas and5. T
betterment of quality will take place after every
he ideas of developing the project and its5. T
method are fi ed at the beginning and no newx

cycle of completion ideas should generate in between
t is not at all rigid process of project6. I
management
t follows a very rigid process of project6. I
activities
Similarities between Agile Scrum and aterfall methodologyW
Agile Scrum aterfallW
t can deliver the quality product1. I t can also deliver the quality product1. I
t can help in the betterment of quality and the2. I
achievement of the project objectives in the
minimum ti me requirement
t can always help for the betterment of quality2. I
with the best possible ti me requirement by
developing feasibility analysis at the beginning
ithin each cycle the sequential activities are3. W ,
performed
he sequential activities are performed all3. T
throughout the project
askT 3:
eneric project life cycle he project life cycle consists of different phases which covers the overallG : T
life of a project right from the conceptualisation or setting of the project to the overall fi nal handover of
the project ucid Software(L , 2017) or this purpose the overall life cycle can be divided into four. F ,
major parts that are the initiation of the project under which the project is being conceptualized the,
planning e ecution and the closing he project activities are planned in the planning phases and they, x . T ,
are e ecuted in the e ecution phase before they are being handed over properly during the closingx x
phase.
roject life cycleP Agile Scrum aterfallW
nitiationI t involves the activities likeI
creating the project vision
report and the identification of
stakeholders and team
members of Scrum
t involves the high levelI -
scrutiny of business selection and
its approval by the sponsor
lanningP t involves the estimation ofI
activities and their approval along
with creating the backlog of
past sprint
t involves the analysis andI
design of the subsequent
construction phase
ecutionEx t involves the overallI
implementation of the planned
activities by conducting meetings
and catching up the past
product backlogs
t involves the actualI
development of the project
deliverables
Closing t involves the handing over ofI
deliverables to the customer
and conducting fi nal
documentation with lessons
learnt
t involves the fi nal testing andI
implementation of the product

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