Are ‘waterfall’ and ‘agile’ project management techniques mutually exclusive? by Eve Mitchell‚ PwC 22 MARCH 2012 | www.pmtoday.co.uk Change is a ubiquitous feature of modern life. Organisations across the globe are changing their working practices and business strategies to embrace the complexity and interconnected nature of a rapidly changing business environment and a shifting global economy. New delivery models often include suppliers‚ customers‚ vendors‚ partnerships and even
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interest in project management. In past times‚ project management majorly cantered on supplying schedule and resourcefulness to top management in few industries like construction and military. Recent project management comprises of much more processes‚ and people in most industry and countries can manage project irrespective of its size but not all of these project has come out as a success. The definition of the project can be seen from a different perspective‚ but basically‚ a project is a unique
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Introduction to Agile Methodology What is Agile? Agile methodology is an approach to the project management which help to respond to the unpredictability of building software through incremental‚ iterative work cadences‚ known as sprints. This methodology was developed to deal with situation where the waterfall model fails. The biggest drawback of waterfall model is that it assumes that every requirement of the project can be identified before any design or coding occurs. This may always be applicable
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The Agile Manifesto August 2001 Facilitating change is more effective than attempting to prevent it. Learn to trust in your ability to respond to unpredictable events; it’s more important than trusting in your ability to plan for disaster. by Martin Fowler and Jim Highsmith In the past 12–18 months‚ a wide range of publications—Software Development‚ IEEE Software‚ Cutter IT Journal‚ Software Testing and Quality Engineering‚ and even The Economist—has published articles on what Martin Fowler
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Management AGILE MANUFACTURING Submitted By: Flores‚ Patricia Joy A. Mojica‚ Krisha May S. Submitted to: Dr. Mario S. Mecate January 2015 DEFINITION Agile is defined as to be able to move quickly. Manufacturing is the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery‚ especially on a large scale‚ from raw materials or unfinished materials. It is the making of a finished product or good ’. Combine the two words together agile and manufacturing it is defined as is an approach to manufacturing
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int. j. prod. res.‚ 2001‚ vol. 39‚ no. 16‚ 3561±3600 A review of agile manufacturing systems LUIS M. SANCHEZy and RAKESH NAGIy* About a decade ago‚ the agile manufacturing paradigm was formulated in response to the constantly changing `new economy’ and as a basis for returning to global competitiveness. While agility means di erent things to di erent enterprises under di erent contexts‚ the following elements capture its essential concept: agility is characterized by cooperativeness and synergism
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America with plants worldwide. It supplied complete systems to many car manufacturers globally. This particular project was the first time that it had supplied components to OEM. Automek was looking forward for more business form OEM if this was successful. Due to increasing cost in the United States‚ Automek was on a lookout for global low-cost source. During its search it came across Agile in India and sent its technical team to assess this potential supplier. The team was satisfied with the facility
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An Approach to Project Management Projects should not be confused with everyday work. A project is not routine‚ repetitive work. Ordinary daily work typically requires doing the same or similar work repeatedly‚ while a project is done only once; a new product or service exists when the project is completed. Recognizing the difference is important because too often resources can be used up on daily operations‚ which may not contribute to longer-range organization strategies that require innovative
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Agile Ports Agile Ports Functional ports over the world handle different cargos of varied quantities and size to complete the international transport chain (Konings‚ Priemus & Nijkamp‚ 2008). The capacity of such ports needs enhancement to minimize operational interruption of their terminals as the containers move in and out the ports. Technological advancements and application of best business practices ensure the operations in the ports are efficient enough to handle the capacities
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AGILE MANUFACTURIN G Tuğçe İŞSEVER 524413007 Marmara University Institute of Pure and Applied Science History of Agile Manufacturing In 1991‚ an industry-led study‚ sponsored by the United States Navy Mantech Program‚ and supported by the Iacocca Institute at Lehigh University in the United States‚ was conducted in order to originate a new paradigm for successful manufacturing enterprises. The report of that study‚ entitled “21st Century Manufacturing Enterprise Strategy”‚ coined the term “agile
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