Agile Story Point Analysis: Project Management and Scrumfall

This project analyzes the application of Agile story points in project management. It examines the use of story points within Agile methodologies, contrasting them with traditional waterfall approaches. The assignment explores the benefits of story points for project estimation, stakeholder engagement, and project planning. It highlights how story points are used in scrumfall, a hybrid approach combining Agile and waterfall methodologies, to improve project management processes. The assignment also discusses the limitations of using story points in traditional waterfall projects and emphasizes their importance in strategic project management.

Running head: PROJECT MANAGEMENT AGILE
Project Management Agile
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PROJECT MANAGEMENT AGILE
Post 1
Story point estimates the time and effort that is involved with doing something. Story
points are mainly used in agile methodologies. This is because an agile project consists of
different complex phases that need a proper planning to be executed flawlessly, and hence the
story points come into play. It is not generally used in traditional waterfall model, as the
complexity level of such projects is generally low. However, talking about the stakeholders’
engagement with the project, it is equally important in the traditional approach as well.
Therefore, it can be said that usage of story points in traditional approach may not be impractical,
but unnecessary.
Post 2
In agile methodology, the entire project estimation is not done in the beginning of the
project as it is done in traditional waterfall approach. Since there is no scope of improvement of
the project in traditional model after the beginning of project execution, the concept of story
points does not hold true in this case. However, in scrumfall or water-scrum-fall, which is a
combination of agile and waterfall methodologies, the concept of story point is most widely used
in order to plan and implement the quarterly release in an effective way. Although the
requirements and scope of the project remains unchanged in this approach like waterfall model,
story points can improve the project management process in water-scrum-fall projects.
Therefore, the concept of story points in traditional model is not very absurd if used in a strategic
manner.