So, add the word 'agile' to the title and what? There is no such role as 'agile project manager', 'agile delivery manager', 'agile dev manager', 'agile qa manager' or any of the traditional roles prefixed by the word 'agile' means absolutely nothing. This is companies wanting to maintain the status quo while saying: "hey, we're doing Agile - aren't we great?" Usually what companies mean is: we are copying a video we saw on youtube about something called scrum, we don't understand it but we are doing it, oh and, scrum == agile == scrum. The term to describe most companies 'doing agile' is Cargo Cult. Companies change nothing and add the word 'agile' to all the roles - absolute trash. Agile was born out of the frustration of developers not being able to communicate with the customer, frustration at working in silos, frustration at not being able to deliver frequently, frustration at teh whole process taking way too long to get feedback. Agile is an umbrella term that uses incremental and iterative development which uses regular customer feedback to determine if the wright thing is being built and if it is being built in the right way - everything else is just noise. For anyone interested in what Agile actually is (agile has been so bastardised in the last 18 years it is depressing) have a look here - agilemanifesto.org/
Hi David, I have only just seen this as I was replying to your previous. AS it is Sunday morning I will be brief as I have to walk the dogs. You and I agree on the blind adoption of "Agile" as if it will cure all ailments as pointless. Agile has no role for a PM, period.
The activities for the "traditional" role of PM are selected randomly? Or there is a intent/approach behind? You may check the PMBOK or PRINCE2 guide to have a more accurate picture of activities a PM may/should/need to exercise depending on e.g. the size of the project, environment, preperadness of the individuals (e.g. organisational and personal maturity). PMBOK has a chapter about agile approach, too, and the activities on that side of the game field. If skills/competencies are in question, you may find interesting the collection of competencies by IPMA.
