Agile vs. Traditional Project Management Created by: Saqib Javed John (PMP, ACP, ITIL, SCJP, SCWCD) Traditional Project Management Agile Project Management

Difference between Agile and Traditional Project Management Cookbook Innovation Waterfall Agile Structured Adaptability

More Rigid and Directions coming Top to Down Team may conduct dozens of experiments to see which works best More Commanding and Controlling style of Leadership Communication flowing freely between all the team members Spoon Feeding; Management tell everyone “What to Do” Self-Organizing; work is distributed with consensus by the Team itself Planning Centric and Plan Driven Plan could be very fluid in Agile world as Agile projects are more fluid then waterfall projects Document Oriented and Document Driven Cross functional, Self-Contained and Agile is ultimately pragmatic Resistant to Change Agile Projects are welcoming to change; true even changes are introduced late in the project Traditional Framework Agile Framework

Customer get involved early in the processes but tended to keep at arm’s length once the project begins Customer involvement is the key here as more closely involved at the time of work being performed Escalation to managers when problem arise When problems occur, team works together resolve them internally Heavy upfront analysis and design Daily stand-up meetings are held to discuss work done yesterday, plan of today and impediments if any More serious about processes than the product Agile methods less focus on formal and directive processes Product is planned extensively and then executed and tested Work is delivered to client in small and frequent releases to get rapid feedback loops Traditional models favors “Anticipation” Agile model favors “Adaption” Traditional Framework Agile Framework

Team Commits so early in the project before they can put their hands on Daily Stand-Up meetings are held to discuss work done yesterday, plan of today and impediments if any Heavy documentation before executing the work packages Agile Projects are highly democratic and implement a series of short and repeatable practices Slow and structured development process usually focus on one time release Agile is built on the concept of frequent and small releases known as “Incremental Delivery” in small chunks More focus on How than Why Agile more focus on Why and retrospective is held at the end of each Iteration or Release Ownership belongs only to the Project Manager Shared ownership Traditional Framework Agile Framework

o Traditional o Predictive o Unplanned o Undisciplined o Inefficient o Wild o Adhoc o Chaotic o Procedure based o Pizza box methodology o Black and White proposition o Just a development methodology o Departmentalized o Perspective by design o Analysis up front o Design up front What Agile is Not or hasn’t

o Mindset, Philosophy, Culture, Lifestyle, Approach and Thinking o Unique Project Management o Iterative & Incremental Framework o Visionary, Evolutionary and Adaptive o Where everybody understand the vision o Efficient and Effective o Business Focused o Delivery Focused o Customer Value Focused o Faster o Better o Reliable o Cooler o Collaborative What Agile is or has

o Innovation o Self-Managing o Self-Organizing o Self-Contained o Self-Commitment o More Feedback Oriented o More Satisfaction o More Customer Involvement o Less confusion o More Visible and Transparent o Improved Time-to-Market o Less emphasis on designing and documentation o Decreased Risk o Business-Driven o Mission-Drive o Feature-Driven What Agile is or has

o Consensus-Driven o Test-Driven o Quality-Driven o Value-Driven o Four Eye Technique o Build-In Quality o Combined ownership o Shared ownership o Freedom to move o Pragmatic o Continuous user involvement o Rapid Feedback Loops o Short feedback loops o Planning based on High- level business view point What Agile is or has

o Just Enough Project Management o Has focus of project Requirements only (Build only what asked for) o Project Specific (don’t build more than the Bare-Minimum or Bare Sufficient ) o Light weight o Time boxed o Responsive to Business o Become main-stream o Is an approach which can be applied on Waterfall What Agile is or has

Created by: Saqib Javed John MSc CS, PMP, ACP, ITIL v3F, SCJP, SCWCD Skype: saqibjohn76 LinkedIn: pk.linkedin.com/pub/saqib-javed-john/b/125/1b1 Thanks….