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Managing Information Technology Projects Using Agile Methodology: The Case of Books for Africa Project

Managing Information Technology Projects Using Agile Methodology: The Case of Books for Africa Project
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Author(s): Alice S. Etim (Winston Salem State University, USA), Chandra Prakash Jaiswal (Winston Salem State University, USA), Marsheilla Subroto (Winston Salem State University, USA)and Vivian E. Collins Ortega (Winston Salem State University, USA)
Copyright: 2021
Pages: 24
Source title: Developing Countries and Technology Inclusion in the 21st Century Information Society
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Alice S. Etim (Winston Salem State University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-3468-7.ch007

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Abstract

The management of information technology (IT) projects has experienced a shift from predictive and traditional project management methodology to more adaptive practices like Agile. Agile method and its developmental stages are a response to current business-changing trends and computing needs of society. The process assists in accelerating product delivery with rapid feedback and cost-conscious, consecutive iteration, distinguishing it from other traditional practices like the waterfall method. This chapter contributes to the existing literature by discussing agile project management for IT projects, with a specific case of the Africa IT project – the Books for Africa Project (hereafter called, Book Project). The first part of the chapter is used to review the literature on Agile IT projects. The Book Project as a case is an IT project, and it is discussed in detail in the chapter. The chapter concludes with transferable lessons for projects in developing countries, specifically those located in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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