Using agile in larger projects
Agile does not guarantee project cost reduction; rather, it is designed to jump start a project with best practice leveraging. So, the first question that we need to ask before starting a project is: "To agile or not to agile?" We need to take into consideration:
- Project fit: Without any prejudice, evaluate if the project is more suitable for traditional approach or agile.
- Project manager fit: Evaluate if the project manager in discussion here is a good fit for agile or not.
- Organization fit: Is the customer environment and organization ready for an agile approach?
- Project team and stakeholder fit: Make sure the project team members are ready to follow the scrum.
Large projects in general are not easy to implement. When we look at the scale, team composition, and organizational bureaucracy that is involved, implementing large projects using agile becomes more difficult. The approach to deal with a large project agile structure is to develop a portfolio, program...
