Benefits of Agile Project Management (AgilePM)

Update (11 December 2024):

This article was written in 2021 with Agile Project Management (AgilePM) V2 as baseline. In October 2024, Agile Business Consortium announced the launch of Agile Project Management V3 (AgilePM3). Though parts of the article below are still relevant, the topics covered may not be referring to the latest guidance on Agile Project Management.

Benefits of Agile Project Management (AgilePM) for individuals:

• Deliver quicker, cost-effective and low risk change by implementing a tried and tested approach to agile project management.
• Understand the background of agile in project management and the differences compared to traditional / alternative approaches.
• Equip yourself with the core principles, concepts and processes required for successful agile projects.
• Learn how to apply the DSDM approach to projects.
• Boost communication and stakeholder engagement skills; critical for successful projects.
• Clarify different management styles needed for successful agile projects compared to traditional projects and be able to tailor these to the situation.
• Embrace an evolutionary development approach for more effective solutions.
• Help organizations deliver effectively, at a lower cost and with lower risk, by continually validating project milestones against business objectives.
• Implement an Agile methodology into your daily activities.
• Become an informed member of a project team using DSDM and AgilePM practices.
• Enhance your CV and boost future employment prospects.
• Successful candidates get a year’s free membership to the Agile Business Consortium.

Benefits of Agile Project Management (AgilePM) for organisations:

• Deliver change faster and more effectively by adopting a tried & tested approach to agile project management; underlying framework established and regularly refined for over 20 years.
• Offers a structured and scalable corporate Agile framework based on proven practice.
• Achieves an ideal balance between the standards, rigour and visibility required for good project management, and the fast-pace, change and empowerment provided by Agile.
• Covers the full project lifecycle, from initiation & foundations through to project close.
• Ensures clear roles & responsibilities are allocated to each person in a project, representing all key stakeholder groups.
• Built-in quality, governance and risk management controls to ensure ongoing viability of the project at various stages throughout the lifecycle.
• Incorporates and encourages a range of popular agile practices to support effective product and solution development.
• Incorporates a specific process for change management to ensure support for end users and other project stakeholders.
• Forster improved collaboration and communications between project teams and other stakeholders.
• Complements and works with existing corporate processes such as PRINCE2®, quality and audit processes.

Credit: APMG International