Agile Project Management Challenges

Challenges Faced With Agile Project Management

There are myriad challenges faced while developing software's, using Agile methodologies because most of the companies develop software using waterfall model but it is a complex way of developing software and migrating to new management like Agile can be a difficult task for most of the developers. 

Agile is a methodology which guides the focus towards the strong construction to meet the needs of future, in a layman way we can understand as " it is a methodology which do not provides the final outcome at the beginning of the project because if there are any changes required from the client-side then the development is not to be started from the very beginning  which is mostly seen in case if the development is taking place using waterfall model, which affects on the profit and time of the company.

Agile Methodology came into existence to overcome the disadvantages faced in the waterfall model and upgrade the performance of the developers, managers and every team member involved in a project.

Challenges:

·       Migration: Migration from one technology to others is a typical task for many employees because it needs more focus and dedication to understand its terms, conditions, features, working, etc. that too within a minimum amount of time, which could be a typical task.  

·       Experience and Training: Prior experience is required before working with Agile methodologies because if someone knows about the methodologies and work culture of any one technology then it will not be that difficult for one to adopt new technology and proper training is a must for understanding and learning about new technology because without proper training no one can have in-depth knowledge about new technology/methodology, so department of Human Resource (HR) should have the knowledge about what qualities should a candidate have.

·       Individual Ownership: Before introducing Agile in IT industries, employees used to work according to the instructions given to them, but Agile is opposite to the other methodologies, it says that every individual employee or the team member should take the ownership of their work and take the suitable decisions accordingly. This could be only possible when every team member participates and take interest in the project and communicate with the team members as well as with the client so that the motive of the client is cleared to each and every member of a team, and to motivate them to do so is the work of the managers.

·       Lack of Communication: Mostly the managers are only involved in the communication  process with the client to know its requirements, moreover, any update to be given is also the job of a manager, but Agile changed the way of traditional working, it say that every team member have to communicate with the client and provide update after completion of every sprint and know if any changes required to be done within it and decide about the next step to be done in-depth. So it can be a difficult task for a few.

·       Approach: While using the waterfall model for software development the team member's focus is only to complete the project in whichever way but Agile methodology focuses on breaking down the project into small-small steps for easier understanding for both the parties (Client and Team).

After understanding the challenges faced while using Agile methodology one can make out the solution of each challenge and transform according to it to perform better than others. So it can be a great career approach.

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