Project Management

A series on how projects are run: waterfall and agile, Scrum with Jira as used day to day, the formal methods and standards (PRINCE2, APM and others), good practice, and a worked example for an independent price verification (IPV) project. It is written from a valuation control perspective, where projects are often about data, controls and regulatory deadlines more than about new products.

Questions this series answers:

• What is the difference between waterfall and agile, and when does each fit?

• How do Scrum and Jira work together in practice?

• How do Kanban and Scrum boards differ, and what are sprints, stories and WIP limits?

• What are PRINCE2 and APM, and how do they relate to agile?

• What is good practice, and which standards describe it?

• What does an IPV project look like under waterfall, under Scrum and as a hybrid?

• Waterfall and Agile: Two Ways to Run a Project
• Scrum and Jira in Practice
• Kanban and Scrum Boards: What Is the Difference?
• PRINCE2, APM and Other Standards
• Good Practice and Standards
• Example: An IPV Project