Agile Project Management

Project management methodology gives us the structure and the framework with which to work by, allowing us to replicate our success (or failure! If lessons are not learned) quite easily as we traverse project after project. Needless to say, there is no “one-size-fits-all” methodology when it comes to IT project management. The key is to determine which methodology is more appropriate for a given project. But how does one identify appropriateness? In this chapter, we introduce the Agile project management methodology, and using certain differentiating aspects, we shall compare it vis-à-vis the traditional Waterfall methodology with which it is so often contrasted against, and bring to light some criteria to help determine when such methodology is deemed appropriate. After establishing the differentiating factors between the two project management methodologies, we focus on details on the most popular Agile “flavor,” that is, the Scrum, and how this is operationalized through its different ceremonies and artifacts. The last part of the chapter touches on DevOps and DevSecOps, which, as some say, are natural follow-throughs coming off an Agile(-Scrum) project implementation.