6 PROJECT MANAGEMENT METHODS
By: Vollcom Digital Gmbh
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6 PROJECT MANAGEMENT METHODS

Project management is about successfully completing the project within a specified time. For this the personal and financial means are to be used, which are available. In addition it needs a good organization. The project management methods should help to finish the projects organized and successfully. Vollcom Digital GmbH Dec 15, 2020·3 min read

Project management is about successfully completing the project within a specified time. For this the personal and financial means are to be used, which are available. In addition it needs a good organization. The project management methods should help to finish the projects organized and successfully.

Project management methods in the comparison

1.Waterfall method

This is the classic method of project management. It proceeds step by step in the following phases:

system requirements

software requirements

requirements analysis

program design

testing

implementation

New tasks are completed only after the previous ones are finished. The project manager accurately plans all resources beforehand. Feedback processes during the project are not foreseen in this method and it does not provide opportunities for deviations that may occur during the project.

2. Milestone trend analysis

This method controls the time success of the project but does not take into account the dependencies of the individual milestones. Deadline delays are thus detected and regular deadlines can be set by which set milestones must have been completed at that point in time.

For this purpose, a target/actual comparison is made with the planned and actual deadlines.

The aim is to identify and analyze trends more easily so that deviations can be identified.

3. Lean project management

Lean project management creates value for everyone involved in the project. All activities should be measured against the added value of the result for the customer, and individual activities that do not meet the requirements can be eliminated.

4. Agile project management

Agile project management is the approach of a project team to decide on the quality, scope, cost and time to create a product. It is about working particularly flexible and dynamic. The difference to classical project management is that the final state is not defined in detail at the beginning of the project, but a usable product increment is delivered. More about the agile project management can be found on our blog post.

5. Scrum

Scrum is a framework in which complex tasks can be tackled in order to develop products that are as productive and creative as possible, and which deliver the highest possible value.Scrum is used to manage the work on complex products. It combines different processes and techniques and thus brings out the effectiveness of product management and working techniques. The goal is to continuously improve the team and the working environment. Consisting of a Scrum team and the roles, events, artifacts and rules, each component in Scrum serves a purpose and is jointly responsible for success.

6. Kanban

This method provides regular feedback rounds and also teams working independently. The goal is to control each phase of the project so that the speed can be optimized. The flow of the project is visualized by Kanban boards, which can be digital or physical.

The columns consist of “To-Do”(left) , Doing (middle) and Done (right). Depending on the work step, the task is pushed into one of the three columns.

Final thoughts

When the right method for the company has been found, it should be dealt with intensively once again, because especially complext methods like Scrum must be well understood.