The effectiveness of agile management on traditional projects within public organizations

Abstract

After the coronavirus pandemic, we must look for the notion of an agile methodology as one of the ways that supports the restoration of our businesses to what they were and even better; this is critical in order to remedy and grow the global economy once again. The notion of agility has been traditionally present, however, it was engaged only for IT and software projects. As this concept has been validated further during the pandemic, this methodology can be increasingly applied in different types of projects, such as construction projects and other infrastructure projects. With the growing adoption of agile methods, project managers at public organizations increasingly need to realize its applicability to their projects and the aspects that drive key project performance features. On the one hand, many firms confirmed that agile methods solved their difficulties during the pandemic, particularly in addressing changes due to unstable and unpredictable needs. On the other hand, some other firms have continued to struggle, arguably because of not practicing agile approaches. Consequently, this paper attempts to examine the effect of agile methodologies on the processes involved in traditional project management within public organizations, which it does through applying a qualitative method. Furthermore, this paper will explore how this methodology can allow project managers to evaluate the applicability of using an agile method within public organizations, especially for construction projects and other infrastructure projects.