Which agile scrum methodology best suits your digital project?
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Agile method: 20 years of existence
Overall, Agile web project management methods rely on the ability to include changing requirements as a web development project progresses while encouraging regular feedback from product end users. In addition, other characteristics are:
- Real teamwork, both on the side of developers and sales teams;
- Clearly outlined responsibility for each participant in the project;
- Regular communication
For the record, Agile methodology was born following the publication, in February 2001, of the eponymous Manifesto, written by a group of 17 American developers. It includes four values and 12 principles with the goal of optimizing their counterparts’ work around the world.
The advantages it offers to companies in need of web development
- Flexible project management: With shortened planning cycles, your project becomes more malleable and changes can be incorporated at any time.
- A final goal that is defined as you go: Agile methodology gives the opportunity to start a project without knowing the ins and outs from the start.
- Time saving and exceptional quality: The project will be divided into manageable units. Possible bugs are spotted and worked on more easily and quickly.
- True teamwork: Agile methodology is based on frequent communication and face-to-face interactions.
More than customers, partners at all times
Our development agency has built its reputation on its ability to include its clients in every process of their web project. Indeed, Agile methodology allows us to show the progress of the work and to take into consideration clients’ comments, which has a concrete impact on the final product. Outsourcing to Esokia is more of a partnership than a simple delegation: the project belongs from start to finish with the sponsoring company, while our teams of developers work closely with internal resources to move it forward!
Constant improvement: Agile methodology naturally encourages users and behind-the-scenes teams to provide feedback throughout the project, which is convenient, for example, in the context of website development. This allows valuable lessons to be learned for future projects.
Esokia's expertise in agile methods: Scrum and Kanban
SCRUM
With more than 10 years of experience, Esokia has led and continues to carry out many projects successfully thanks to this method. Scrum is a repetitive model, evolving around a set of roles, responsibilities and meetings. Each development cycle (the famous sprints) usually lasts two to three weeks, so our teams are able to deliver your project at a regular pace and then focus on the next steps.
Each sprint is illustrated by demos (task boards, graphs, etc.) so that you can judge the progress of your project and make your feedback.
The main players in a Scrum team
The Product Owner: it is he who will guide the team by sharing his vision of the final product, based on the requirements of the company and the market. He can be considered the "conductor", but not a project manager, because instead of managing the progress of the project, he will offer a vision and a goal in order to motivate the developers.
The Scrum Master: again, he will not lead, but accompany the team so that it gives the best of itself. It is up to him to organize meetings, next cycles, to ensure the follow-up of the Scrum method, stand-up meetings, scrum plannings, locker schedules, product demo, etc. Without being an authority within the team, he will ensure that the process is well followed through advancement strategies.
The Scrum team: here, each member is at the same level, thus ensuring a harmonious advancement, in a strong team spirit.
We recommend that you choose the Agile Scrum methodology in the following cases:
- Your web development project has many unknowns;
- Your project will evolve over time;
- The ability to deliver multiple iterations of the product over time, such as MVP, Alpha or Beta;
- The need for a regularly modified product (new information, features, etc.);
- The need for autonomy on the part of the project team
Why choose the Agile Scrum method?
Your development project becomes more transparent and offers you more visibility: thanks to the collaborative and communicative aspects of the Agile method, there is little room for confusion and misunderstanding. Each problem is pointed out as soon as it appears, which makes it possible to move forward in a fluid way.
An empowered team: decisions are made collectively for each sprint. Teamwork, mutual support, effective and increased collaboration, each member of our developer teams is empowered and independent.
Easy-to-apply changes: Short development cycles added to regular feedback make it easier and faster to apply changes in the form of user stories or epics.
Streamlined costs: Increased communication allows our developers to quickly correct problems that may arise, which naturally reduces expenses and improves quality. Coding and testing the functionalities at each cycle helps to produce a more satisfactory result.
KANBAN
Kanban is a highly visual project management methodology, which focuses on the regular improvement of production processes, in order to adapt to the needs of the customer, while eliminating superfluous, therefore costly, acts. For example, a project can be tracked on boards such as Trello, Redmine or any other similar platform, allowing developers to know what to produce, when and in what quantity. Kanban can be easily implemented on other systems in place.
Why choose the Agile Kanban method?
Since the Agile Kanban method is visual, it is easy to set up and understand, unquestionably improving the workflow while minimizing the time of each cycle.
In addition to these aspects, Kanban:
Offers more flexibility: as a scalable and seamless model, it allows developers to adapt their working time according to needs. Priorities are redefined based on the information obtained.
A time saver: the goal being to work quickly and well, the Kanban method goes straight to the point.
Easy to master: the visual aspect of this method makes it intuitive and easy to use on a daily basis.
A better delivery flow: teams become able to deliver at a regular pace.
Optimized cycle times: thanks to the visual aspect of Kanban, each developer is able to manage their time in order to deliver according to deadlines.
We recommend that you choose the Agile Kanban methodology in the following cases:
- Your project requires adding elements or modifying development cycles as the project progresses; you don't need to determine development cycles;
- You don't need micro estimation; you want to be able to make your product available at any time;
- Your product needs to be continuously improved; changes to your product must be gradual;
- You want to optimize the delivery flow;
- You want to use a system that is easy to understand.
Entrust us with your agile web project management
Agility is one of the 5 values embodied by our web development agency, and we put it at our clients’ service in order to carry out solid and scalable web projects according to their needs. Far from the rigidity and linearity of other methods, it allows you to continuously improve your product and make it evolve continuously. Contact us to learn more about our expertise on Agile methodology and its Scrum and Kanban variants.