The increase of interest in agility is a trend, but agile itself is not a trend. A specific agile method such as Scrum may not fit construction projects given factors such as economies of scale, mandatory dependencies between certain phases of work and significant regulatory oversight, but an agile mindset and specific practices (e.g. visualizing team's work flow, retrospectives) could be considered.
Kiron
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1 reply by Mohammed Anwer Mahmoud Mohammed
Mar 07, 2021 12:20 AM
Mohammed Anwer Mahmoud Mohammed
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agree with you. and we could take from the agile what is match with our business.
I think Agile method are good for IT industry. In Theory, it also can apply for other industry also but not much example. Saving Changes...
Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
Agile is not a trend. Agile is there from 1990 and it was created for manufacturing trying to search an alternative or evolution to Lean. The problem is lot of people think that Agile was created in the software field. I am working to help organizations with different size and that belongs to different countries to use Agile from 1995 up to date. I did that for governments too. Related to construction, there is no problem to use Agile in construction (as I mentioned is an evolution of Lean). Agile is not to use a method. You can use or not a method based on Agile principles. But in my personal experience we use DSDM method for a construction project in 1999. Saving Changes...
Thomas WalentaGlobal Project Economy ExpertHackenheim, Germany
Marketing. Demonising the existing (waterfall). Selling a seemingly 'easy way' to newbies to project management. (who wants to read 700 pages of PMBoK Guide if you can attend a 2 day class and get a certificate?)
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2 replies by Mohammed Anwer Mahmoud Mohammed
Mar 07, 2021 12:25 AM
Mohammed Anwer Mahmoud Mohammed
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sir,
can you give me example with construction project had to use agile because Waterfall did not meet its requirements.
I think the "trend" is as simple as companies who want to be competitive are constantly seeking a competitive advantage. When they see other companies using a new strategy to effectively solve old problems, they want to copy that formula hoping it will work for them too.
Whether or not you believe the various claimed statistics, it is frequently said that late requirements are one of the largest factors to project failures. The traditional strategy is to try and identify all the requirements earlier to avoid costly late discoveries, but inevitably things happen that still result in late requirements.
The agile approach turns that traditional approach upside down by embracing change and managing it efficiently rather than trying to avoid it as a major source of disruption. Since that paradigm shift has proven very successful for many companies, others look at those successes and wish to achieve the same results.
That also leads to many consultants wishing to sell their solution approach to others, which spawns many different "brands" of agile approaches, differentiating one consultant's product from the others as a marketing strategy like Thomas mentions.
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1 reply by Mohammed Anwer Mahmoud Mohammed
Mar 07, 2021 12:30 AM
Mohammed Anwer Mahmoud Mohammed
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thanks
you summarized the aim needed to use the agile
The increase of interest in agility is a trend, but agile itself is not a trend. A specific agile method such as Scrum may not fit construction projects given factors such as economies of scale, mandatory dependencies between certain phases of work and significant regulatory oversight, but an agile mindset and specific practices (e.g. visualizing team's work flow, retrospectives) could be considered.
Kiron
agree with you. and we could take from the agile what is match with our business. Saving Changes...
Marketing. Demonising the existing (waterfall). Selling a seemingly 'easy way' to newbies to project management. (who wants to read 700 pages of PMBoK Guide if you can attend a 2 day class and get a certificate?)
sir,
can you give me example with construction project had to use agile because Waterfall did not meet its requirements.
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1 reply by Thomas Walenta
Mar 07, 2021 7:58 AM
Thomas Walenta
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Well, to my knowledge most construction projects follow a phased approach (misnomed as waterfall) which is due to the nature of construction objects, the many different parties involved and the standards they have to follow. In certain phases, some might try to use agile tools (why not use a kanban board to visualize wip or daily standups to ensure all parties have the information they need).
Being adaptive to surprises like finding a rock at a excavation site is a human feature and always required, this is not at all attributable to the agile movement.
Marketing. Demonising the existing (waterfall). Selling a seemingly 'easy way' to newbies to project management. (who wants to read 700 pages of PMBoK Guide if you can attend a 2 day class and get a certificate?)
I think the "trend" is as simple as companies who want to be competitive are constantly seeking a competitive advantage. When they see other companies using a new strategy to effectively solve old problems, they want to copy that formula hoping it will work for them too.
Whether or not you believe the various claimed statistics, it is frequently said that late requirements are one of the largest factors to project failures. The traditional strategy is to try and identify all the requirements earlier to avoid costly late discoveries, but inevitably things happen that still result in late requirements.
The agile approach turns that traditional approach upside down by embracing change and managing it efficiently rather than trying to avoid it as a major source of disruption. Since that paradigm shift has proven very successful for many companies, others look at those successes and wish to achieve the same results.
That also leads to many consultants wishing to sell their solution approach to others, which spawns many different "brands" of agile approaches, differentiating one consultant's product from the others as a marketing strategy like Thomas mentions.
thanks
you summarized the aim needed to use the agile Saving Changes...
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