What are some of the situations where an organization should select an agile pro

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What are some of the situations where an organization should select an agile project management approach? Are there any pitfalls to using agile approach? Would you be concerned about using agile approach in any of these situations:

1) a well specified IT project with a strict timeline and requirements that cannot change,

2) a pilot of new technology that the organization would like to introduce throughout the entire organization in the next 6-9 months, or

3) a medium size enhancement to an existing system that can be implemented by a small team in 3 months? The team is very familiar with the existing system code and has a pretty good idea of the work needed for the enhancement.

What are your thoughts on using prescriptive vs. agile project management approach in each of these situations?

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Answer)
Reasons why Agile Approach is to be used are as follows:
1) A project which needs speed and agility
2) High quality final product
3) Flexibility of change
4) Which needs transparency and visibility
5) Which is easy to control the cost
6) A project which needs a better client engagement and satisfaction
7) Feedback on every iterations
8) Needs proper risk management
9) To enhance the productivity
10) For continuous revenue generation.

Yes, there are pitfalls of using Agile technique.
1) Education to stalk holders who are not a part of core team
2) Unaware core team
3) Fear of failure
4) Estimating the anchoring
5) Overcommiting the velocity
6) Forgetting the artifacts
7) Assigning the task.

1) Prescriptive
2) Agile
3) Agile

All of these can use the agile technique where as one needs to be well aware of the artifacts and processes.

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