Although processes can be tedious, they are essential for a successful project. Modern VS Classical Project Management
Project management is an ancient profession. Project management is an old profession. People began writing books about how to organize projects and develop and apply techniques. These books were focused on very complex projects like building an electric power plant or a self-navigating missile system. It was not something you could do in a month or a year. These are PRINCE2, PERT, CPM and CPM. They are not right for you. They fail with digital projects like building websites, apps, or running marketing campaigns. One word of advice: Don’t begin working on a project until you have defined the scope of work and paid a deposit. Digital products are flexible and can be modified, adjusted, or improved. Once you have built a bridge, it’s done. You can’t go back and refactor, improve incrementally or fix a bug or pivot and change anything. Because of the high cost of a project do-over, you need to plan everything in advance. Plus, code and design can never be finished. To keep up with new technology and business changes, we are less concerned about digital. Look at how we name files and Git commit messages. Even our final version goes through many revisions. How Agile helps teams deal with digital projects
Summarising, big, mission-critical projects require complex frameworks. Digital projects require a handful of principles and a few tools.
Working software over comprehensive documentation
Collaboration with customers in contract negotiation
After a plan has been implemented, you need to respond to changes
Pay particular attention to the “over”. It basically states that you should not plan because something will change. Listening to your clients/users is the best thing you can do. Then iterate until they are satisfied. Experts and consultants can sell the methodologies they have developed (such as SCRUM, SAFe.RAD, RUP. These methodologies are based on the same principles. These are too complex for smaller companies and go against core agile tenants. LeanLean is agile taken to its extreme. It encourages you to deliver a working product as quickly as possible and then work on feedback. Startups that embody the lean spirit are known to “Fail fast”. This means that you don’t spend time doing user research, planning a sitemap, or crafting perfect copy. You just need to put one call-to action for visitors, launch it and then see how it performs. Heat map is another option.
