Agile project management control design methods

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There are a lot of project management method these days, and not all of them are efficient. Using a wrong method could cause low productivity, time and resources wasting and disorganization.

People who in charge of the project management have probably been to a seminar or a week-long related course to get a professional certificate as the result. After that, they can officially start breaking down a project. This is called waterfall project management method, it works well. However, when the changes occur, fine details, dates, resources and hours can be constricting.

A new project management method is really popular these days, which is called Agile Project Management, has been used by many big corporations. Unlike the classic plodding, expensive and error-prone project management method, it is a value-driven progress that allows project managers to finish a high quality and right priority management work. Those works can show their professionalism in front of their shareholders and deliver a consistent result for years. Another good things of Agile is that it changes by simply updating product backlog and move it to the next period of time. This gives project manager a valuable framework which increase creativity and responsibility of the entire team members. This illustrate the knowledge we mentioned in class. By using Agile project management method, the manager can know the priority of the project and also know how to assign work to different teams and team members.

As an MIS professional, it is really important to know how to manage projects. When manage the project, assign specific task to a right person, finish the project in a great priority and have a consistent results for years can increase the productivity, reduce employee turnover and make the work efficient foe the businesses.