Managing Complex Projects with Agile Project Management

A project has a definite starting and an ending with a defined scope and resources, thereby being temporary. Projects have different nature because each project is unique from the other, they have different goals, resources, timelines, objectives and scope. A project can be as simple as 1 2 3 or quite complex consisting of broad scope and timelines extending for years.

Project Lifecycle & Project Management Types

A typical project lifecycle consists of project definition, planning, execution and delivery. Other components can include budgeting and maintenance. Any project can be managed in different ways to ensure timely completion, efficiency and low costs.

Project Management techniques vary from project to project because of their nature. Let’s take a simple example to differentiate between Agile & Lean project management. Agile project management can be used for software development and lean project management can be used for a project that is related to construction or manufacturing. The components and processes in each technique are quite different from each other.

Agile Project Management

Agile project management technique can be simply defined as a method in which the project is divided on several iterations and the team involved with the project submits small portions of the deliverables in each delivery lifecycle.

iLead Integrated Solutions uses Agile Project Management technique as its primary method for managing project, although we have expertise in all other techniques and use them based on the nature of the project. Some of the major benefits of Agile Project Management include:

• Safeguards to ensure highest product quality
• Proactive approach to deal with all sorts of problems
• Continuous Integration and daily testing
• Continuous improvement in process & work by scrum team
• Higher customer satisfaction
• Updated backlog and rapid response to changes
• Customized team structure
• Higher project controllability
• Low risk as compared to other methodologies

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Conclusion

Agile Project Management is among the top techniques employed by top organizations to manage their projects. Research suggests that Agile Project Management is the best solution to managing complex projects as it divides the project into several parts with different iterations with appropriate deliverable time. Agile project management comes highly recommended from top companies competing in a strong competitive market.