master_agile_in_60_minutes

 Abstract—This paper shows main agile principles. Agile approach is compared against standardized, eg. waterfall oriented methodologies (also referenced as a product-based) with group of activities based on iterative and incremental development. The aim of this paper is to introduce the reader of basics agile principles and to define the pragmatic differences between the heavyweight waterfall methods, while agile is a global reaction to traditional approaches of delivering the solution or delivering the products by a standard flow: requirement – plan – delivery – acceptance. The agile principles are researched and aligned with the product-base, a waterfall model and standard project management methodologies such as PMBOK© and Prince2©.

Several iterative and incremental methods exist to control projects, but currently agile technologies are increasing admirably. Agile Project Management provides an approach that offers not only agility, but retains the concepts of a project, project delivery and project management. This study will explore the agile methodologies focusing on three popular methodologies, such as extreme programming, scrum and rational unified process. Comparisons among these three methodologies and finally discussion on the findings of these comparisons and future direction will be explored. 3827 Gul Ahmad, Tariq Rahim Soomro and Mohammad Nawaz Brohi-Agile Methodologies: Comparative Study and Future Direction EUROPEAN ACADEMIC RESEARCH -Vol. I, Issue 11 / February 2014 3829 some common characteristics and principles.

Software Project Management in a Changing World, 2014

Agile software development represents a new approach for planning and managing software projects. It puts less emphasis on up-front plans and strict control and relies more on informal collaboration, coordination, and learning. This chapter provides a characterization and definition of agile project management based on extensive studies of industrial projects. It explains the circumstances behind the change from traditional management with its focus on direct supervision and standardization of work processes, to the newer, agile focus on self-managing teams, including its opportunities and benefits, but also its complexity and challenges. The main contribution of the chapter is the four principles of agile project management: minimum critical specification, autonomous teams, redundancy, and feedback and learning.

The fundamentals of good project management remain the same whatever methodology and approach is being used to develop a software product: communicating, building effective teams, planning and monitoring progress. There are however some aspects of the "Agile Mindset" which are important when using Agile methods to deliver the product.

Over the past two decades, agile software development methodology (ASM) has become one of the widely accepted project management framework. However, several factors such as rapid expansion of the organization, exceeded demand of the population and complex requirements of software products-developing a digital system with traditional agile technique is more challenging than before. There has been a good amount of research conducted addressing this issue. Many scholarly articles have reported some key challenges that developer may face during the developing process while using the ASM. In this paper, I will discuss and analyse some of the main problems and challenges that are encountered when the agile is used to develop software for big organization such as government and public sector.

2016

Working in the software industry as a developer and project manager, I have seen a lot of different approaches to planning and developing software projects. I have worked on both agile and more traditional plan driven projects. In my experience the agile approach seems to be better at creating the end result that the customers want, especially when the customers are unsure what they want. When I got the chance to immerse myself in a topic, agile project management quickly came to mind. While working on this thesis, I have come to realize that knowing how to code software products is not enough. A lot of other factors plays a role in securing the success of a project. In order to achieve the success every project deserves, the agile approach will help you create the best possible product with the resources you have available. This is the assumption I started out with and wanted to test with this thesis. I would like to thank my supervisor Sven Arne Pedersen for his guidance, useful comments and insights. I would also like to thank colleagues and friends who gave me input and ideas throughout the writing process. A special thanks to everybody affiliated with Facility Management and WhatIf who participated in the study. Finally I would like to thank my wife Ingunn and our fantastic children Håvard J. and Martin J. Thank you for your input, support, patience and nudges when I needed it.

Proc. 19th Annual Conference of the National …, 2006

The agile methods are systems development methodologies currently used in the software development industry both internationally and in New Zealand. This article provides an overview of the agile methods, including the key publication of each method, the major influences on the agile methods, and describes comparative studies where analysis and comparison of methodologies has been carried out. Then a comparative study is described which was carried out on five agile methods in order to address the question 'what is an agile method'? A comparative analytical framework suitable for this purpose is described along with the results of applying the framework to five agile methods: DSDM, XP, Scrum, ASD, and Crystal Methods. The results provide an analysis of the properties common to agile methods, the differences between the methods, the unique properties peculiar to agile methods, and provide an understanding of appropriate method combinations.

IJSRP, 2013

Agile software development or agility is a sound concept of today's scenario which comprises the methods like scrum, Kanban, pair programming, extreme programming etc...Agile methods work with collaboration, competence, predictive planning and achievement and so that they let a project to be completed in its optimum state i.e. within time and cost and with producing best results. Agile methods are not bound to apply only in field of software development but they can be used in each and every field for getting best results in least efforts. This paper is an attempt to provide a study on agile methods as well as the chances to use them in other fields of engineering.

Procedia Manufacturing, 2019

Agility is a very topical issue today, however, it can be found most frequently in literature related to software development. The agile software development methodology is based on a gradual approach that is repeated. It focuses on the flexibility, acceptability of change, continuous advancement and strong interaction. There is a slowly emerging recognition that agile have something to offer within the wider project landscape and motivation for this research came from the fact that not many empirically grounded studies at the moment exist. Based on the aforementioned this study aims in the first instance, to provide academics and practitioners with a coherent overview of the strategies to introduce agile in traditional project management environment, recommended in literature. In the second instance, through empirical research to show which are the reasons for introduction of agile and challenges in its application in and beyond software development. Originally developed questionnaire was distributed through Project Management Institute worldwide network.