Reference no: EM132672143

Agile vs. Waterfall

Preparation

Agile approach to project management has become more and more popular in recent years. Agile framework is different from the traditional waterfall model. It has considerable impact on how projects are planned and executed.

Imagine that you have been assigned as a project manager to manage your company's e-commerce website where customers can browse the company's products, place orders, and interact with the company's customer service representatives. Your project must be completed in three months and you have twelve?people on the team. There are three offshore developers in Ireland and two?QA testers in Dallas, TX. The rest of the project team and the product owner are in San Diego, CA.

Instructions

Write a 5-6 page paper in which you:

Compare Agile and Waterfall models of managing a project in the context of building an e-commerce website. Include diagrams or tables through the use of graphical tools in Microsoft Word or Visio, or an open source alternative such as Dia, to show the differences and similarities. Note: The graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page length.

Evaluate the pros and cons of Agile and Waterfall project management in terms of planning and the execution of projects and collaboration among project team members.

Determine whether you would use an Agile or Waterfall model to manage the project for your company. Support your rationale.

Identify and analyze the major pitfalls and misconceptions inherited in your chosen approach. Propose key actions that you, as a project manager, could take in order to mitigate the risks associated with the previously identified misconceptions.

Use at least four?quality resources in this assignment.

Discussion

1. Your business sponsors are very concerned about how you can develop a working prototype of your application in a very short period of time. Identify and discuss an Agile development framework that you can use to complete your prototype.

Please respond to the following:

2. During a disaster certain assets must be protected, and for industrial companies, this is not only for the company but also for the surrounding community. Read the article on industrial safety after hurricane Harvey, Industrial Safety After Hurricane Harvey.

First, pick a recent disaster such as ?re, ?ood, tornado, or earthquake and comment on what you think industrial companies should do to mitigate any e?ects of their plant on surrounding communities during this type of disaster.

Second, discuss whether you think IT companies in the area should use the same type of mitigation strategy as industrial companies. If so, why? If not, why, and what should they do instead?