CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 BACKGROUND 1
1.1.1 AGILE PROJECT MANAGEMENT 1
1.2 NEED FOR STUDY 2
1.3 OBJECTIVE 2
1.4 PURPOSE 2
1.5 SCOPE OF WORK 2
1.6 STUDY TIMELINE 3
1.7 RESEARCH QUESTION 3
2 LITERATURE SURVEY 5
2.1 PROJECT MANAGEMENT BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE: 5
2.2 TRADITIONAL/WATERFALL PROJECT MANAGEMENT: 5
2.3 SCRUM 6
2.3.1 INTRODUCTION 6
2.3.2 HISTORY 6
2.3.3 OVERVIEW 6
2.3.4 SCRUM ROLES 7
2.3.5 SCRUM ARTIFACTS 7
2.3.6 SCRUM PROCESSES 8
2.4 SUMMARY OF LITERATURE REVIEW: 9
3 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 11
3.1 CHOSEN RESEARCH METHOD 11
3.2 REFLECTION OF CHOSEN METHOD 11
3.3 DATA 11
3.4 QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY 11
3.5 CHOICES OF RESPONDENTS 12
3.6 CASE STUDY 12
3.7 PSP PROJECTS LTD. 12
3.8 RESEARCH ETHICS 12
4 DATA COLLECTION 13
4.1 QUESTIONNARE SURVEY FORM 13
4.1.1 RESPONDENT’S PERSONAL DETAILS 13
4.1.2 PROJECT DETAILS 13
4.1.3 SCRUM SURVEY 13
4.2 DATA COLLECTION FROM CASE STUDIES 14
4.2.1 CASE STUDY DETAILS 14
4.2.2 LIST OF DATA AVAILABLE 17
4.2.3 LIST OF FORMATS AVAILABLE 17
5 DATA ANALYSIS 19
5.1 QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSES 19
5.1.1 RESPONSES FOR 7 FACTORS 20
5.1.2 AVERAGE FACTOR ANALYSIS 23
5.2 ANALYSIS OF CASE STUDIES 24
5.2.1 BURN-DOWN CHART 24
5.2.2 PERCENT DELAY 27
5.3 PREDICTIVE VS. ADAPTIVE PROCESS 28
5.4 COMPLEXITY OF PROJCETS TO IMPLEMENT SCRUM 29
5.5 ROADBLOCKS/DRAWBACKS OF AGILE PROJECT MANAGEMENT APPROACH IN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY 30
6 CONCLUSION 33
6.1 RESEARCH QUESTIONS 33
6.2 ANSWERS 33
6.3 RECOMMENDATIONS 34
7 FUTURE RESEARCH AREAS 35
8 LIST OF ANNEXURES 37
8.1 ANNEXURE 1 37
8.2 ANNEXURE 2 43
8.3 ANNEXURE 3 44
8.4 ANNEXURE 4 45
8.5 ANNEXURE 5 46
8.6 ANNEXURE 6 48
9 REFERENCES 49
9.1 LITERATURE 49