Value driven delivery: agile project management practices

Abstract

Value-driven delivery represents an agile project management strategy aimed at optimizing customer satisfaction through the swift delivery of valuable and functional features. This approach distinguishes itself from traditional project management methodologies, which center on delivering a fully developed final product at the project's conclusion. Grounded in agile principles like customer collaboration, continuous delivery, and adaptability, value-driven delivery enables heightened responsiveness to evolving customer expectations, leading to improved customer satisfaction.

Our study delved into the concrete ways agile project management promotes value-driven delivery. We accentuated agile project management practices that facilitate value-oriented delivery, intending to better address shifting customer requirements and ultimately enhance customer contentment.

To conduct our study, we employed a scoping literature review methodology, which allowed us to explore a broad range of available research on the subject. This approach facilitated the synthesis of existing knowledge and the identification of agile project management practices that actively support value-driven delivery.

The study findings unveiled five specific practices proposed by agile project management to foster value-driven delivery. These practices encompass value prioritization, incremental delivery, agile contracting, value assessment, and value verification/validation. Nevertheless, it is noteworthy that our study highlights a scarcity, or even an absence, of empirical research addressing this topic. As a result, our investigation primarily revolves around existing literature reviews rather than empirical study outcomes, which might somewhat constrain the scope of theoretical conclusions.

Keywords: Agile project management, Value, Value driven delivery, agile practices.

Classification JEL: M19

Paper type: Theoretical Research or Empirical Research