A frequently asked question is about the difference between AgilePM and Scrum? What works best, however, completely depends on the situation within your organization. We outlined the biggest differences below.
Scrum is the most enabled Agile framework – the result of a survey conducted by VersionOne reveals that about the 58% of the Agile organizations adopt Scrum. as their main framework
Scrum was created and developed by Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland in the ‘90s. It is an iterative and incremental approach firstly thought to manage software delivery. Scrum is a team-based approach where the development process is divided into several sprint in order to enhance collaboration with the final user. “Scrum” was named after a Rugby practice, where it is a synonym of “melee”: it leads to imagining how the development team works; all the involved actors pushing towards the same direction, as to say towards a successfully product delivery.
Scrum was created to give an efficient management answer to the Software Development projects but its guidance and its flexibility are easily applicable to all those projects that require to give a fast answer to change.
The Scrum team exists of a Scrum Master, Scrum Product Owner and the Scrum developer. The team works closely together and each member is recognized and needed to achieve successful projects.
AgilePM (Agile Project Management) is the only Agile methodology for the Agile project management. It is the result of the collaboration between APMG International and the Agile Business Consortium (previously known as the DSDM Consortium), it highlights the perfect balance between the standard structured approach of project management and the flexibility and agility typical of all Agile methods.
AgilePM is a methodology that can be used when all the characteristics of the final product aren not perfectly defined and, as a consequence, several and repeated requests for change concretize or, the final user wants to receive some of the project benefits before the closing of the project itself.
AgilePM was developed to harmonize all the aspects of traditional project management methodologies with Agile to adapt the framework to the high-paced continually changing working environments.
Scrum a framework, AgilePM a methodology
Scrum is a useful tool when handling complex projects because it allows to dynamically adapt to situations and to realize products that fit the exigencies of the final user effectively and creatively.
AgilePM could be the right solution for organizations requiring to adopt a project management framework in a fast-paced environment where change can be efficiently and effectively addressed by Agile. It is particularly addressed to all those organization that due to complex governance reasons need to define the project guidelines since the first phases. Before an organization starts their Agile transformation, the ‘what’ and ‘why’ have to be clearly defined.
If you or your organization are looking for an Agile method to manage projects or non- software products in a lighter way than “traditional waterfall project management”, AgilePM could be the right methodology for you. Find out here the main differences between Project Management; Waterfall of Agile?
AgilePM or Scrum?
We hear very often the question “AgilePM or Scrum?”; apparently there is a trend towards learning and applying a single methodology/framework for all the projects and into all the environments.
Actually, it would be tremendously useful to know both methodologies in order to choose the one to adopt case-by-case. The working environment and the kind of project should indicate what method to use and not vice-versa, adapting the project/product to the chosen methodology is always the wrong approach.
Contrary to common belief, the two methods in real life are perfect pairs and can be applied together in the same organization. In Scrum we will not find the concept of “project”, that’s why complex organizations using Scrum should apply an Agile approach also at the organizational level. For example, an organization that already has applied Scrum could also be interested in adopting AgilePM: Scrum is focalized on the product delivery, so it can be used to develop products while managing the overall project by applying a Project Management framework such as AgilePM.
Scrum, as also declared by its authors, is a framework simple to understand but difficult to apply. Organizations can utilize Scrum to let the customers feel close to the project and to quickly meet their needs during the whole length of process development, but they should not forget the importance of Project Management.
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