Mohammed BigodiProgram Manager| M/s. Centum Electronics Ltd.Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Yes. From being a structured approach, Agile is giving flexibility to Project Management no doubt but in the long term project management will transform in an ever changing, dynamic discipline which i guess will make Project Management loose its actual essence but that will be something the world needs. :) Saving Changes...
Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
First organizations must understand what Agile really is. To do that go to the basement searching for the deliverables of the USA DoD NSF/Agility Forum (1990) and before that the seminal paper named "Agile Manufactuing". Then, some methods mainly related to software emerged (I was one of the authors of DSDM) where you have the rol explicit defined (into DSDM and others) or you have the role implicit defined or splitten into more than one role (into Scrum). Just to add some information, the role that is critical to implement and use Agile is the business analyst. Saving Changes...
George MonnatTechnical Delivery Manager| Kapsch TrafficCom North AmericaAustin, Tx, United States
An agile organization hired me recently, partially due to my PMP certification. As others have said, they are complimentary not mutually exclusive. Saving Changes...
David BurnsAcquisitions Officer/ Project Manager| United States Air ForceParker, Co, United States
William,
I believe it will fundamentally change how the PM influences controls aspects of their projects. The PM role essentially goes away in Agile constructs such as SCRUM and Kanban and takes a role such as the Product Owner if they are not a technical member of the team. This really relieves them of the day to day operation and tasking which is self managed by the team and guided by the Scrum Master. They can then focus primarily on prioritization of tasks and user/ stakeholder interface as well as requirements management with the user. I believe Agile transforms the PM into roles they can be most effective in while allowing the teams that were traditionally "under" them in development to excel and be more efficient. This is all assuming you have teams that are the correct mix of personality types and can be successful in this environment to begin with. What are your thoughts? Saving Changes...
