Let’s look at the five key benefits you can expect from running projects using Agile.
1. Predictability
The Sprint structure can be used to make the project a lot easier to cost and manage. Because Sprints have the same length and are using the same development team, it’s easier to work out metrics to measure what can be delivered in an individual sprint.
With a daily scrum, everyone is a lot clearer about where they are and what the key jobs are at the moment. This is very different from “command and control” project methods, as the Harvard Business Review points out.
2. Efficiency
Compared to traditional “waterfall” project methods, Agile is a much more collaborative method. People agree on their role in the team, but they also work as a collective to ensure that the current work cycle is progressing evenly. Developers get multiple opportunities to discuss any aspects of the work that are causing problems and to benefit from suggestions by the rest of the team.
3. Quality
With Agile, testing takes place at the same time as development instead of the dreaded system testing and user acceptance testing phases in traditional projects. The problem with the traditional timeline is that users may bring up problems that needed to be addressed much earlier in the development cycle.
With Agile, the product gets tested at every stage and scrums give the team the opportunity to spot problems early. If you have worked on Agile and can see yourself managing a daily scrum, you can take scrum master training in Dublin with https://www.althris.com/courses/scrum-master/ to take your practice to the next level.
4. Early Delivery
One of the major problems with software projects has always been that the business owner had no idea how the project was going until there was a product that could be tested. Agile removes this uncertainty because as an iterative development method it delivers in steps, and that means that the user sees product features much earlier in the process.
5. Change Is Easier to Manage
All projects have some degree of change. With an Agile team, adapting to change should be second nature because of the iterative nature of the method. Adaptability is a key attribute for members of a development team on an Agile project.