Put yourself in the role of a project manager collaborating with MTD, an events company.
Considering the difficulties and problems that MTD encounters in their projects, what insights have you gained this week that could offer assistance?
If an iterative approach were employed in organizing an event as a project, what would be the consequences? Similarly, what are the implications of adopting an agile approach? If the company sought your advice, what would you recommend?
Contribute your thoughts and ideas to the discussion.
The project approach depends on the type of project at hand but using both approach produces a better,faster and successful project. As a project manager working with MTD, I will ensure both iterative and linear lifecycle/approach are used where necessary to speed up the process. I will start with the linear approach because it will help me get the necessary information, plan and also get a better understanding about the project goal, challenges and solutions and the expected output before applying the iterative approach in order to get feedbacks and complete the project in short time. Using both approach helps to test ideas and learn about the need of the stakeholders, shows transparency and accountability, provides assurance to sponsors and improving stakeholders management and accelerate delivery of project output.
As a PM to MTD, the iterative approach helps reduce the burden of a long term project to team. It breaks the work into phase which makes it easy to assess and it also enhances accountability at every phase of the project.
The iterative project management method allows the team to test the vision or idea of the project and get feedback to decide whether the project is viable to carry out. In an iteration project, the managers seek to create something of value with each iteration rather than only at the end of the project
If a company sought my advice, I would recommend adopting an agile approach for organizing the event. The dynamic nature of event planning, where requirements and circumstances often change, aligns well with agile principles. By using an agile approach, the company can benefit from increased adaptability, continuous improvement, and stakeholder engagement, which would enhance the overall success of the event.
The time frame the company/sponsors has given for the completion of the project would determine the best approach to use. I.e Iterative where there’s limited time and linear where there is more time.But making reference to MTD where getting results would be key. Iterative approach would be the best.
If an iterative approach was employed it will accelerate projrct deliverables for whatever event MTD has to handle at the moment.
Implications of adopting the agile approach
1- It will improve stakeholders engagement
2- Transparency
3- Time management
I will recommend the iterative method to MTD
Managing an event in MTD with difficulties and problems means I must deploy a hybrid management approaches where sprint of two to four weeks would be utilized to get over/along the project. The sprint tat requires linear must have clearly shown a sequential manner that would blend with subsequent iteration. Along the line, I must engage my client for updates and collective progress which in turn will save resources and grant confidence through the event.
Iterative project management method allows the team to test the vision or idea of the project and get feedback to decide whether the project is viable to carry out. This basically motivates the stakeholders to invest more on the project, hence the output is frequent and there’s a fixed duration and time limit and the focus is on the highest priority requirements, and changes could be made through made through expert analysis and dynamic planning. I suggest MTD should adopt Iterative method of project management because it enables the team to act fast in a rapid and unpredictable situations, establishes good time management and mitigates the risk involved in the project.
IMPLICATIONS AND RECOMMENDATION OF AGILE APPROACH
1. Good time management
2. Prompt response to rapid and unpredictable changes
3. Priorities task according to their values
4. Benefiting from stakeholders and users feedback to improve and make changes
5. Ability to deliver the outputs regularly and frequently rather than all at once at the end of the project.
As a project manager collaborating with the MTD event company I’ll go with the hybrid Project lifecycle. The linear project lifecycle will help to properly know the concept and definition of the project at hand and also the iterative project will help to work effectively in the environment which is VUCA and ability to respond in agility to possible risk that may arise
The linear project take a the form of a waterfall process where project must be finished with before another starts while the iterative process dont finish with one before the other it gives room for feedbacks and adjustments. My advice is for the company to make a use of the iterative project.