The debate: Agile versus Waterfall

The longstanding rivalry between Agile and Waterfall processes is really over the primacy of scope in a project. Which is best? Two advocates plead their case.

Agile in education: responsive projects in an era of rapid change

A new generation of students is forcing universities into an era of rapid change. Jon Baldwin explains how adopting an agile approach may alleviate the pressure.

Too much project management

If project management is goal-oriented organisation, then surely you can never have too much? Editor Adeline Teoh says ‘yes you can’ and also uses the word ‘sesquipedalian’ a lot.

Agile valued by project teams, but not organisations

Organisations are far less willing than their employees to adopt agile working methods, according to a global survey published by AXELOS.

Agile innovation in project management

Whereas classic project management is largely considered prescriptive, agile project management seeks to develop the vision of the future and the ability to explore, which is why it is ideal for innovation activities, writes Rami Shakour.

Project processes versus people power

Organisational agility is being promoted as the ‘silver bullet’ to create value and eliminate project failures, but methodologies, standard operating procedures and organisational maturity also underpin success, writes Dr Lynda Bourne.

Agile innovation in project management—Rami Shakour

Agile innovation in project management
Today, we can generalize that the projects have grown in complexity and it is very common for the project managers struggling to bring their work efficiently. Recognizing these challenges, difficulties, changes and technological advances, project managers try to use standards that can best meet the goals of success and deliver them. Adopting a model for new product development project management is critical to their performance, particularly at the end of high-tech products. The application of project management in business gives better results, quality and reduction costs in the product development. The innovative products are embedded in dynamic business environments, characterized the difficulty in predicting the future, uncertainties and major challenges. However, the current assignment has presented the importance and methodologies of Agile Innovation in project management. The introductory part has given a brief overview and comparison between classical project management and agile project management. In the discussion part, agile methodology is discussed in detail along with the principles and values.

Author: Rami Shakour
Review status: Postgraduate assignment (University of Technology Sydney)

Project management software review: Nutcache

Kanban, collaboration and content marketing—Rohan Ayyar reviews Nutcache: “After using Nutcache for the past few months, I can attest that it is a complete project management solution.”