So you were promoted as a project manager some years ago. You have also educated yourself on (PMI\u2019s) golden triangle (scope-time-cost) of project management, and you have \u201csuccessfully closed\u201d your projects over the years. Now you hear a lot about Agile (project management) as a new way of managing projects! Some claim that Agile doesn’t care much about documentation, hence maybe no documentation! Others claim that the team manages everything, hence no need for managers to \u201cmonitor and control\u201d scope or time commitments! Ah \u2013 why so many variations in understanding of agility in managing projects?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You know that you had kept your project schedules based on your team’s availability, and you have aligned your schedules with your planned projects to meet your stated scopes. You have managed your projects to meet milestones by \u201cmonitoring and controlling\u201d your planned project tasks and deliverables. Then you took training courses about Agile (or Scrum for that matter) where you were challenged with much conflicting information about Agile project management. Add to the complexity if you are a hardware engineering manager where (by experience), you \u201cknow\u201d that \u201ctime boxing\u201d and short iteration of developing hardware projects will not work! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have heard many surprising statements from a few hardware (and software) engineering managers. They even persisted on their claims until we further discussed on how Agile (as mindset) would offer many desired results if we apply its principles and values \u201ccorrectly\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
You see, it’s really easy to learn about Agile in a short training course or workshop. Our experienced managers have had their success in leading their teams using proven structured PM methodologies. There is a reason for the success of PMI Body Of Knowledge (PMBOK), or ITIL, PRINCE2, and the others. Statistically, however, structured (or waterfall) project management yields fewer success rates as tight \u201ccommand and control\u201d creates slippage in time, or scope, or budget (refer to many online reports by simply searching online for statistics about the success rate of waterfall projects).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When examining change management in any organization,\nleadership tends to evaluate all possible Agile frameworks that are adaptable\nin the organization. In one of my (introduction to Agile) workshops I briefly\noutline the characteristics of over 16 different Agile frameworks and\npractices. I have always said that there is no magic wand and one-fits-all\nframework to agility at work. Agile change management is to produce values\nbased on customers most desired needs. I think Agile team building is much like\nbuilding a community of cross functional members, much like a village where\ncommunity members roll up their sleeves to build their village. A coach is holding\nthe lantern to brighten possible ways of doing things and helping others when\nneeded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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