Agile Project Management: Adapting to Change in Humanitarian Contexts (Full Transcript)

Speaker 1: Agile Project Management in Humanitarian Context What is Agile? Agile is an approach to project management that fundamentally differs from the traditional waterfall method of delivering projects. What does it do differently? It's designed to be adaptive to the reality of changing requirements, and puts the customer inside the project to ensure their needs are constantly in focus and fulfilled. How does Agile work? It involves cross-functional, self-organizing teams who work fast and flexibly to create products of marketable quality early, and then to improve them iteratively until the optimal commercial solution is reached. Waterfall vs. Agile The simplest visual representation of the difference between Agile and Waterfall is through the iron triangle of the key elements of all projects. How does it work in practice? The key distinguishing characteristics of the Agile methodology is that beneficiaries collaborate closely with the project team at every stage. They understand the work that will be undertaken as they make the decisions about design priorities. After a short burst of development, they approve or request changes prior to release. What are the four principles of Agile? The four core values of Agile management are as follows. Individuals and interactions over processes and tools. Working software over comprehensive documentation. Beneficiaries collaboration over contract negotiation. Responding to change over following a project plan. What are the components of Agile? Five key concepts to Agile project management. 1. Adaptability. 2. Efficiency. 3. Collaboration. 4. Disruption. 5. Simplicity. 5. Simplicity. 6. Simplicity. 7. Simplicity. 8. Simplicity. 9. Simplicity. 10. Simplicity. 11. Simplicity. 12. Simplicity. 13. Simplicity. 14. Simplicity. 15. Simplicity. 16. Simplicity. 17. Simplicity. 18. Simplicity. 19. Simplicity. 20. Simplicity. 21. Simplicity. 22. Simplicity. 23. Simplicity. 24. Simplicity. 25. Simplicity. 26. Simplicity. 27. Simplicity. 28. Simplicity. 29. Simplicity. 30. Simplicity. 31. Simplicity. 32. Simplicity.