Annotated Bibliography & Problem Statement

This paper consists of annotated bibliography which mainly involves synopsis, assessment and reflection of every sources which is taken reference for the purpose of analysis in the selected topic. Annotated bibliography includes the main purpose explanation, summaries of key findings, gap analysis, short comings, value of work which has contributed.

ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Provide a one to two-paragraph summary of 10 works to include a synopsis, assessment and reflection on each source. Resources from previous assignments are acceptable provided they still support your problem statement. It should be a minimum of 150 - 250 words and include the following:

1. Explanation of the main purpose of the source

2. Short summary of key findings or arguments of the source

3. Identified gaps in the research identified

4. Any shortcomings or biases you notice

5. Value of this work as a contribution to the field of project management

6. Resources listed in APA format

Source 1: Agile Practices for Waterfall Projects: Shifting Processes for Competitive Advantage

1. Explanation of the main purpose of the source.

The main purpose of this source to explain about on reasons for organizations shifting from waterfall methodology to agile methodology.

2. Short summary of key findings or arguments of the source

The key findings are of the source are communication of individuals, less documentation, project team collaboration and response towards change. Creation of rules for operating.

3. Identified gaps in the research identified.

Convincing the people into order to agree upon one thing is challenging. While initiating a process to adapting towards one change without organization’s management support it would be challenging to lead one project team.

4. Any shortcomings or biases you notice.

The shortcoming would communication methods such as video conferencing or web cam communications and travel because there are chances of internet issues or computer machine issues. As far as travel is concern there would be challenges such as cancellation of flights or could not able to travel due to weather conditions which would effects the collaborations among the project teams. The project manager’s ability is less in fulfilling the transition needs of the project. As project manager of the organization is not empowered to algin the project goals to the organization’s strategy.

5. Value of this work as a contribution to the field of project management

As far as contribution to the field of project management is concern, the customer involvement will high which includes product owner being in touch with project team where each and every clarification is been done successfully. Teams in the organization are been more authorized to make decisions correctly. Increase in more flexibility towards project processes. The scope changes are easy to be modified with the help of product owners, team members, requirements or user stories. Business strategies of the organization’s project are well aligned

6. Resources listed in APA format

Davis, B. (2012). (page 96, 97 & 202) Agile practices for waterfall projects : Shifting processes for competitive advantage.

Source 2: Agile Principles Unleashed: Proven Approaches for Achieving Real Productivity in Any Organization

1. Explanation of the main purpose of the source

The main purpose of this source is to explain the importance of agile in retail companies. As every requirement’s importance can be explained from the user story as part of benefit so that project would be confident in how much amount of time the requirements would be accomplished.

2. Short summary of key findings or arguments of the source

The key finding of this source is requirements are more important aspects of the project phase. After clear explanation of the requirements by the users or customers. The project team will take chance to ask more question to seek clarification on how exactly the requirements need to developed, tested and deployed into production environment.

3. Identified gaps in the research identified

Even though the agile involves less documentation work, but it is important have at least some part of documentation. The reason why in agile methodology also documentation is required as I observed that in the organization nothing is permanent as people come and go at the same time processes and technologies also evolve and get modified. It is important for new individuals to who come to organization to have minimum documentation because the new employees can understand the processes and get the knowledge transferred and easily get aligned to work according the project’s expectations and goals.

4. Any shortcomings or biases you notice

The shortcomings what I identified was organizations including retail companies have implemented agile without proper exposure and knowledge towards the methodology. Few organizations have less trust in their employees in terms giving opportunity to lead or take the decisions in the project.

5. Value of this work as a contribution to the field of project management

The value towards the project management would be there should be continuous tracking on the project. The continuous tracking on the project includes delivery backlog in order to track day-to-day tasks. The burndown chart is really important to know how much work is been accomplished in the past iterations and how remaining work would be accomplished in the upcoming iterations. The monitoring of the project work is really important to know how the requirements are been developed, tested and deployed on time.

6. Resources listed in APA format

Cooke, J. L. (2010). (page 39,144,150,256 & 257) Agile principles unleashed: Proven approaches for achieving real productivity in any organization.

Source 3: Agile Innovation: The Revolutionary Approach to Accelerate Success, Inspire Engagement, and Ignite Creativity

1. Explanation of the main purpose of the source

The main purpose of this source is to share about how the project plans can be converted into actions by developing leadership in agile methodology.

2. Short summary of key findings or arguments of the source

The key findings of the source are creativeness, willingness to solve the key issues, aspiration towards accomplishing right things which are the important aspects of the agile methodology.

3. Identified gaps in the research identified

In the agile projects which are already involved in the retail domains, there would be organization which aren’t successful enough in the agile methodology. It is important to implement and follow sprint retrospective to make sure lessons are learnt in the project and make sure the mistakes won’t repeat again and again so that the project can be accomplished successfully.

4. Any shortcomings or biases you notice

I did not notice or came across any shortcomings from the source which I referred.

5. Value of this work as a contribution to the field of project management

The value of this work as a contribution towards the project management would be success acceleration which mainly includes scrum framework. The scrum includes daily meetings, tracking and collection metrics which can add value towards the project management.

6. Resources listed in APA format

Morris, L., Ma, M., & Wu, P. (2014) (Page 107,188). Agile innovation: The revolutionary approach to accelerate success, inspire engagement, and ignite creativity.

Source 4: Agile Manufacturing: the 21st Century Competitive Strategy

1. Explanation of the main purpose of the source

The main purpose of this source is to explain about how the design and development takes place in the agile. As we know how the industrial revolution has been taking place from day to day life.

2. Short summary of key findings or arguments of the source

The retail business importance has been increasing a lot day by day. The retail companies also reacting according to the market demand. The organization’s capability should be good in terms of performance, having cooperative relationships and having multiple skill requirements. Evaluation of ideas is important aspect because strategies can be identified.

3. Identified gaps in the research identified

In the organizations, there is chance of uncertainties may occur without any clear directions so it would be challenging for the organization to develop vision. The organization also faced tough time to know what exactly needs to be accomplished. This would cause delay in the project to start and it is important for senior management to laid down a clear vision of the project so that it would be comfortable for the project team to work towards the goal.

4. Any shortcomings or biases you notice

The shortcoming what I noticed was in the full deployment where every feature is been deployed strategically and effectively. But, after deploying there is not guarantee of not getting any issues. After getting everything deployed into production, there should be post production support to resolve minor issues faced by the customer in order to make sure product or service is utilized comfortably and reliably.

5. Value of this work as a contribution to the field of project management

The project objectives are important which needs to be defined strategically. The planning and development will done correctly when the requirements are defined as per the acceptance criteria. The monitoring of requirements should be done so that quality of execution will be accomplished correctly according to the project plan.

6. Resources listed in APA format

Gunasekaran, A. (2001) (Page 56,57,58, 102 & 666). Agile manufacturing: The 21st century competitive strategy.

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Conclusion

(Write a one-paragraph summary of what the articles had in common, where they differed, what gaps in the knowledge base still exist and their relevance to Project Management when examined all together).

References

(List all ten resources used in APA format)

PROBLEM STATEMENT

Getting Started with Your Problem Statement

There is a problem with _____________________________________________________(topic).

Despite _________________________________________ (something that should be happening),

______________________________________is occurring (provide the supporting research).

This problem has negatively affected __________________________________________ (victims).

A possible cause of this problem is ___________________________________________.

If we don’t solve it, ____________________ will happen (consequence).

Perhaps research that investigates ______________________________ could remedy this situation.

My Problem Statement/ Question

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Focused

Specific

Arguable

GRAD 695 Annotated Bib & Problem Statement JUN 2019