Agile Development process is a collection of incremental and iterative methodologies used to develop highly scalable, modular and robust software applications. One of the general misconceptions about agile process is that there is absolutely no requirement for agile project management. Further, some people perceive that agile projects run on their own. In reality, the decreased focus on detailed plans result in this perception. Its impact is that a project manager in an organization, which was involved in the process of agile project management, was shifted to another area since the organization obviates the need for managing people.

The success or failure of any project depends on the extent and adherence of project management processes from planning to handover of the project. In the absence of proper project management processes, a project may go for a toss missing deadlines, becoming buggy and escalating the cost. In agile development, the process of project management goes a few steps ahead by using historical data and re-engineered components along the skills acquired due to high-level of maturity in software programming that strictly follows project management techniques.

There are various intermediate processes involved in Agile Project Management:

The project is owned by the product vendor whose activity lies in managing the vision of the project. Accordingly, the product vendor establishes, promotes and communicates the product version. The product owner initiates the process of funding for the project by way of developing initial release plans and the basic product backlog.

The project is handled by the product vendor who manages the activity of ROI (Return on Investment). Further, the product owner handles a set of responsibilities that include monitoring the project as-is its ROI goals and investment vision. Also, the product vendor takes upon himself to update the product backlog and prioritize to ensure that highly valued functionality is produced first and built upon. In addition to it, the product vendor evaluates success against prices.

The project is led by an individual who manages the development iteration. As part of this iteration, the project lead builds the team and sets the top priority features corresponding to the product backlog. Jointly, the team magnifies product backlog items into more clear tasks on a sprint backlog and succeeds in completing assigned tasks.

Scrum Methodology

In Scrum methodology, the Scrum Master assumes the responsibility of achieving success by ensuring the project and management culture are optimized for reaching the ROI goals of the project.

Extreme Programming

Extreme Programming is a software development methodology, which is aimed at improving the quality of software and enhancing responsiveness to the varying requirements of customers. As a part of agile software development, it facilitates frequent releases in short growth cycles to enable enhanced productivity and presenting checkpoints where new customer needs can be adopted. It ensures successful results since it focuses on customer satisfaction. It develops a software project in five important ways - communication, effortlessness, response, respect and courage.

Waterfall Method

The Waterfall approach is a sequential design process employed in software development. It takes its birth in the standard workflow procedure in the construction and manufacturing sector. Agile and Waterfall are two separate approaches to software development that are used in project management. Both have their respective advantages and disadvantages. The choice of these methods depends on different project-centric factors. In the case of Waterfall approach, the benefit lies in the division of the project into tight partitions thereby decreasing the reliance on individuals.