Additional principles for agile project management

We have already presented the 12 principles of agile working in a blog post. In this blog post, we listed the additional principles for agile project management.

These 12 principles can be complemented by three more additional principles for agile project management:
1. resist formalities
2. act as a team
3. visualize

1. resist formalities

You should always ask yourself first if there isn’t an easier way to get what you need. The team should concentrate on productive work and avoid unnecessary tasks.
Discussions are open when working agile and only the most necessary information should be documented to keep the documentation effort as low as possible.

To make this realizable, you can use the following strategies:

• Reduce hierarchies: For example by dispensing with titles for the team members.
• Avoid detailed minutes of meetings and keep presentations rather simple

2. act as a team
Each member should make sure that the team as a whole can be most productive. In an agile environment, the team should know its goals and work independently.
Examples:

• To improve product quality, the following should be developed in pairs
• Introduce uniform designations as product developers and clarify all tasks in this area
• Reporting at a project team level
• Replace individual performance metrics with key performance indicators

3. visualize
You can visualize content through simple diagrams or with the help of a computer. Because content is easier to understand through pictures or diagrams.
Even if it is only a quick sketch, it is an efficient communication tool and helps to create a shared understanding.
Visualization includes the following:

• Providing pens and paper in the working environment
• Use diagrams or models instead of text
• Also, display the project status in the form of diagrams or graphics