Traditional Project Management and Agile Project Management

There are some key differences between agile management and traditional project management:

Methodology: Traditional project management usually adopts waterfall model or other pre-defined phased processes, which are implemented according to the plan and emphasize detailed planning, documentation and process control. Agile management emphasizes flexibility and adaptability, and adopts the methods of iterative development, continuous delivery and quick feedback.

Requirements handling: Traditional project management usually defines and plans requirements as detailed as possible before the project starts, and implements them in the subsequent stage. Agile management regards requirements processing as a continuous activity, pays attention to close cooperation with customers and stakeholders, and processes requirements by prioritizing in the iterative cycle.

Delivery mode: traditional project management usually delivers results in the final stage of the project, while agile management emphasizes continuous delivery value. Agile projects will produce some deliverable results at the end of each iteration cycle, so as to get customer feedback and make timely adjustments.

Team role: Traditional project management usually has strict roles, such as project manager, functional experts, testers, etc. Agile management emphasizes teamwork and self-organization, and encourages team members to have a variety of skills to better cooperate and solve problems.

Control mode: traditional project management emphasizes the implementation of the plan and process control, and responds to demand changes through strict change management and change control. Agile management adopts iterative and incremental development, and controls the progress and quality of the project through rapid feedback and continuous improvement.

Risk management: Traditional project management usually carries out risk assessment and planning at the project start-up stage or key decision-making points. Agile management regards risk management as a continuous activity, and carries out risk identification and response in each iteration cycle.

Generally speaking, traditional project management is more suitable for projects with relatively stable and predictable requirements, while agile management is more suitable for projects with uncertain requirements and frequent changes. Agile management emphasizes teamwork, rapid delivery and continuous feedback, which can better adapt to the rapidly changing market and customer needs.

Modern agile project management software, such as 8Manage agile project management software, supports short iterative management of incremental product development, meets the management needs of dynamic changes in competition pattern and product requirements, and can also be flexibly extended to meet the management needs of traditional project monitoring, such as time management and cost management.