Abstract
Agile project management has transformed due to the rapid advancements in technologies. Digitisation of work processes has also contributed to increased efficiencies and lowering of costs within companies and organisations worldwide. This is essential in agile project management as managing and maintaining schedules and budgets are imperative for a successful project completion. The employees' drive, confidence, job meaningfulness, autonomy in job, and mastery of skills, or psychological empowerment as they often referred to in literature, are instrumental in nourishing employees' innovative work behaviour. This is a key contributor to successful agile project management.
TopMain Focus Of The Chapter
In the main focus of the chapter the discussion will begin with defining agile project management. The next area under discussion will be to discuss successful agile project management from companies in industry. The discussion will then highlight innovation in project management. Agile methodologies will then be outlined and discussed in detail, as this is crucial area to unpack. The discussion thereafter will elude to highlighting Psychological empowerment and how it improves work tasks and innovation by employees.
Key Terms in this Chapter
Digitization: This requires a process of converting information into a digital format.
Innovation: It involves improvements on goods services. In agile, innovation is when you constantly adopt new processes to improve on efficiencies so that the project is completed on time whilst saving costs and time.
Psychological Empowerment: It refers to meanings that an employee places on his work and how he / she aligns this with one's work role and responsibilities, one's individual beliefs, values, and the standards one abides by.
Agile Project Management: It is more flexible approach and promotes collaborative working with the customer.
Technology: It is the study of machines, tools, processes, and techniques created by humans. It is when humans use these tools and advancements to improve communications, efficiencies, and their lives.