Agile Methods

Hybrid project management: combine reliable planning with agility

In project management, manufacturing companies achieve the best results when they combine traditional and agile methods. Different project areas require partly traditional, partly agile approaches – often even at the same time. Hybrid project management approaches fulfil these supposedly contradictory requirements: By using a combination of structured pre-planning and dynamic self-organization, they enable efficient, adaptable processes. This way, your company unites the planning reliability of traditional methods with the speed and flexibility of agile approaches. Find out how to make your project management future-proof with CONTACT Elements Agile Methods!

Benefits

Ensure flexibility, speed, and process reliability by linking agility and pre-planning
Promote a self-organized approach with task boards and process tasks in an agile manner
Combine traditional management with agile working methods
Support planning and execution in equal measure
Accelerate value creation with agile methods such as Scrum

Promote self-organized work with task boards

CONTACT Elements Agile Methods enables an agile approach in teams. With powerful task boards, you can efficiently organize and take action on project tasks and open issues. Whether as a project, team, or personal board: task boards promote self-organization and the uncomplicated, fast processing of tasks. In addition to Scrum, task boards also support interval methods for time-controlled agile working. They offer planning views for backlogs and intervals, a task board view for detailed planning, and reviews of completed phases. Augmented by powerful dashboards, all important project information is always available – even on mobile devices.

Combine agility and planning with hybrid methodology

Many projects require both traditional and agile methods. CONTACT Agile Methods enables you to merge traditional framework planning with the flexibility and self-organization of agile approaches. The underlying hybrid methodology supports planning and execution in equal measure: Project managers maintain an overview with deadlines, resources, and milestones, supported by Gantt charts and process templates. Project teams work in an agile manner with activity streams and task boards to implement development tasks quickly and efficiently.

Accelerate value creation with Scrum

Task boards support incremental work in sprints according to Scrum. This is ensured by planning views for backlog and sprint planning as well as a task board view for detailed planning, processing, and review of completed sprints. Your company benefits from both the effective control of project processes and the appropriate methodology for different project phases. This allows you to use tools like Scrum as a boost for value creation.

Agile project management in practice

Experience how MANN+HUMMEL makes its projects more agile with integrated task boards from CONTACT Software

Agile project management in practice

Experience how MANN+HUMMEL makes its projects more agile with integrated task boards from CONTACT Software

Agile Methods is tool qualified for ISO 26262 standards

CONTACT Elements is tool-qualified by TÜV Nord in accordance with ISO 26262. In addition to the CONTACT Elements platform, the international technology expert has certified the products CIM Database for PLM and Project Office for project management, as well as Agile Methods and a number of other CONTACT Elements software modules. With this certification, TÜV Nord assures that our software fulfills the requirements of ISO 26262 for standards for software tools for the development of safety-relevant properties.