Project management: Traditional vs Agile methodologies

No matter if they're small, medium, or large, every company manages different types of projects. This is one of the reasons why you need to know more about this discipline. 

When managing a project, you have to combine tools and techniques resulting from good practices and international standards to manage, implement and run this plan successfully. 

Why is it important to manage projects correctly?

Managing projects according to your needs and goals will help you: 

1. Have greater chances to succeed. 
2. Achieve the established goals, the expected results, and functionalities with the most outstanding efficiency possible and taking into account cost, time and resource restrictions. 
3. Have an excellent management process and exceptional results.
4. Carry out the necessary activities in a planned and organized way, considering: scope, time, costs, and expected risks. 
5. Monitor every activity and process closely to avoid losing direction during its management. 

What will you find in this ebook?

Stages of the project management process:

1 - Feasibility study.

2- Planning.

3- Execution.

4- Monitoring.

5- Closing.

During each stage, the team that is managing the project will have to apply some of the project management methodologies that they think are more suitable for it. 

Traditional methodologies vs Agile methodologies: 

1- The most used methodologies are: PRINCE2, LEAN, KANBAN y SCRUM

2- What methodologies should you use and what do you need to take into account? 

REMEMBER:

It's essential that you choose a methodology that suits the project and not the other way around, so you can guarantee its success.