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For this assignment, you are the project manager for the GIS contractor chosen to carry out the City of Parksville Geodatabase Design and Development project. You can assume that your company has already been selected by the City-that is, your company and other companies have submitted proposals in response to the City's RFP and your proposal was determined to be the most responsive and was formally selected to do the work. You have decided that this project is best executed using the agile/scrum approach rather than the traditional project management approach. You will have to make a strong case and convince the City's project manager (Emily Wong) that your proposed methodology would best serve the objectives of this project as the earlier expectation from the city was that the project was going to be executed the traditional project management way. Write a proposal to the City's project manager (Emily Wong) detailing the following:

1. A summary of the agile/scrum project management methodology

2. Explain why the agile/scrum approach is a better fit for this project vs using the traditional/waterfall approach. Your answers should not in generic as it relates to agile/scrum vs traditional/waterfall approach, instead, it should specifically relate to the use case in this assignment. In your submission, describe how your approach would ensure the scope of the project would be delivered on time, within budget and at the right quality levels. Your evaluation should include how planning, execution and collaboration among project team members using agile would differ from waterfall in this project.

3. Propose key actions that you, as a project manager, would take in mitigating the risks associated with delivering this project using the agile approach.