Agile Project Management

Beginnings of Agile

Agile project management is widely used by Information Technology professionals for software development. It was not always this way. In the earlier stages of development the norm was to use “heavy” methodologies such as Waterfall or Spiral for software development. These other methods were criticized for having too many regulations and being unable to adapt to project changes. People understood these methods were flawed because IT teams were not delivering software that met the agreed-upon budgets, schedules, or costs. In fact “The DoD (Department of Defense), noted that, of the $35.7 billion spent by the organization in 1995 for software, only 2 percent of the software was usable as delivered.” (Freedman). This led IT professionals to try out new ways of managing their projects and used the internet to share their experiences with each other. Two more common agile methods, Scrum and Extreme Programing, were developed in the mid 1990’s, but at that time there were not yet any guidelines that detailed what Agile was. In 2001 seventeen software developers meet in Utah to discuss the new ways of managing software projects and published the Agile Manifesto for Software Development.(The Agile Alliance). The Manifesto underlined common values and principals of all agile projects and led to what Agile is today. Agile Project Management is a lightweight method for software development projects. This means it has fewer rules and regulations to follow; instead, there are guidelines and principles that can help guide the project team along the way. This is why there are many different implantation methods, but not all will fit every project. Agile is meant to be tailored to every different project which means every ma...

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The Agile Samurai by Jonathan Rasmusson

Agile Web Design and Development Lecture and Notes

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The Agile Alliance. Manifesto for Agile Software Development. Ed. Ward Cunningham. N.p., 2001. Web. 12 Nov. 2014. .