ADOPTING AN AGILE APPROACH

TO PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Industry and Customer
 THE NATURE OF YOUR
ORGANIZATION’S INDUSTRY
• external factor that may affect the
suitability of an agile approach

• traditional industries may have been

slower to consider Agile

• adopted by emerging industries and

industries constantly re-inventing
 EXERCISE - APPROACHES TO
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
• 1. Computer game industry.

• A. Agile • 2. Cell phone industry.

• B. Traditional • 3. Wholesale distribution industry.

• 4. Financial industry.
 EXERCISE - APPROACHES TO
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
• 1. Computer game industry.

• A. Agile • 2. Cell phone industry.

• B. Traditional • 3. Wholesale distribution industry.

• 4. Financial industry.
 CUSTOMERS’ AVAILABILITY AND
COMMITMENT
• customer must be available and
committed to participating in the agile
development

• agile methodologies depend on

regular, direct interaction between the
team and the customer
 A FOCUS ON CUSTOMER
INVOLVEMENT
• focus on customer involvement is
common to all agile methodologies

• customer has to accept a high degree

of flexibility

• accept a comparatively open-ended

contract
EXERCISE - FACTORS TO CONSIDER
• 1. The willingness of the customer to
participate.

• 2. The openness of your organization to

change.

• 3. The formality of your organization's current

project management processes.

• 4. The constraints on resources for the project.

• 5. The size of your organization.

EXERCISE - FACTORS TO CONSIDER
• 1. The willingness of the customer to participate.
✅

• 2. The openness of your organization to change.

✅

• 3. The formality of your organization's current

project management processes. ✅

• 4. The constraints on resources for the project.❎

• 5. The size of your organization. ❎

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