VIDEO: Agile Methodology: B2B Tech Topics

what happens when one team finishes working on their part of the project do they pivot on another task do they look for something else to do do they take PTO what happens when a project goes over budget these are all questions that the agile approach to project management looks to answer agile grew out of a number of projects in the 1990s and early 2000s that showed how IT projects were being mismanaged these studies showed that IT projects typically came out over-budget over schedule or had difficulties adapting to the development process unlike traditional project management agile allows teams to test individual parts of a program and make changes accordingly this allows for greater flexibility and more efficient resource use while agile is designed for software development organizations such as digital content firms and media organizations can benefit from implementing this methodology recently agile has reached a wider audience construction baby planning and even recently new public radio programming have been using agile to make things more efficient cheaper and effective when NPR looked for ways to reduce the expense time and development of new radio shows they turned to agile rather than developing shows in secret and just hoping they'd be a success NPR decided to change their process by asking for an incorporating listener feedback along the way NPR was essentially able to create a public beta test this agile approach has led to several successful NPR programs including the TED radio our ask me another in cabinet of Wonders all at an estimated third of the costs the idea of using agile in particular the scrum methodology for particular purposes other than software development isn't so surprising considering where I came from the idea for scrum was first hatched by two Japanese businessman looking at manufacturing companies in Japan Honda Toyota and 3m who were at the time using lean methods after trying to develop a better method they formalized the process and decided to name it scrum the founder of scrum says it was created to go to Babbo of stuff and should be able to get that stuff done faster there are many areas where scrum is being widely applied now including construction because building software is a lot like building a house manufacturing education and even recently wedding wait did you say wedding planning yep even wedding planning a project managers wife recently decided to implement the scrum methodology to plan her wedding she created a bunch of tasks to be completed with a blitz planning session and created a scrum board as the wedding approached and things got hectic she stuck to the plan soon enough they were at a wedding exchanging I Do's if you were looking to plan your own wedding or just implementing the basics of agile you'll need to understand the right tools agile seeks to eliminate many of the redundant processes that tend to embed themselves within Project Work clothes it's not for every industry company or team when implementing correctly it can lead to higher ROI and faster time to market to find out more about agile or for your own personalized product recommendation check out our website technologyadvice.com thanks for watching

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