Machine Learning and Data Science Project Management From an Agile Perspective

Successful implementations of machine learning (ML) and data science (DS) applications have enabled innovative business models and brought new opportunities for organizations. On the other hand, research studies report that organizations employing ML and DS solutions are at a high risk of failure and they can easily fall short of their objectives. One major factor is to adopt or tailor a project management method for the specific requirements of ML and DS applications. Therefore, agile project management (APM) may be proposed as a solution. However, there is significantly less study that explores ML and DS project management from an agile perspective. In this chapter, the authors discuss methods and challenges according to the background information and practice areas of ML, DS, and APM. This study can be viewed as an initial attempt to enhance these knowledge and practice domains in view of APM. Therefore, future research efforts will focus on the challenges as well as the experimental implementation of APM methods in real industrial case studies of ML and DS.

Traditional or Agile Contracting for Software Development

As the use of software is present in so many activities today, it is important for business in particular to be aware of challenges that may seem different today than before the prevalence of software in our lives. Agile project management is one example: this more recent and nimble approach to software development presents its own challenges. Fortunately, the guiding legal principles related to traditional contract formation and execution are based in principles of fairness and equity, making the customization of legal principles to Agile contracting a reasonable endeavor. This chapter presents basic contract law and such law as it more specifically relates to contracts dealing with Agile software development.

Using Technology and Innovation to Streamline Agile Project Management

Agile project management has transformed due to the rapid advancements in technologies. Digitisation of work processes has also contributed to increased efficiencies and lowering of costs within companies and organisations worldwide. This is essential in agile project management as managing and maintaining schedules and budgets are imperative for a successful project completion. The employees' drive, confidence, job meaningfulness, autonomy in job, and mastery of skills, or psychological empowerment as they often referred to in literature, are instrumental in nourishing employees' innovative work behaviour. This is a key contributor to successful agile project management.

Agile Project Management

This chapter presents the notion of agile project management and identifies the existing challenges in agile project management in the new millennium. It sets the scene for discussions presented by various authors too. In particular, the chapter identifies the experience and the related problems with agile project management. It also identifies the importance of adoption of agile project management and debates about the measure of agility.

Agile Project Management in International Logistics Operations

The chapter discussed a business model (BM) perspective as an innovating practice to analyze the transition of the EuroPacific LL Company (EuroPacific) from regional logistic operator to domestic logistic operator or third-party logistic provider (3PL) for Asian companies. The company operates regionally in markets of Croatia, Hungary, Serbia, Slovakia, and Slovenia and globally in South Korea, India, and Singapore. The chosen long-term business vision of the company is based on the goal of becoming the key logistics provider of goods from the Far East directed to the European markets. The company was confronted with the first period of crisis from 2008 to 2010 and again with the second crisis started in 2020 when they realized that, although known as the crisis breaker, the company is not being exempted from market challenges, extraordinary situations like pandemic, and consecutive economic downturn effects.

PLANNING POKER

Estimating and Planning is very important for the success of any project, it is the key factor to its successful conclusion. In software project management there has been a shift from traditional plan management to agile project management. Agile project management has been viewed as the new big change in the software industry. The Project Management Institute (PMI) was founded in 1969 and offers industry-leading certifications for project management professionals. PMI, which was traditionally best known for its traditional project management certifications, has just recently started offering an agile alternative. It can certainly be said that Planning poker is becoming the new standard for software development projects. The concept of it has been around for some time, and although knowledge and usage are increasing. Understanding when to use it and which success factors to consider is important to achieve success. Terminologies: ● User - a user participating in Poker Planning. ● Group - A group of users participating in Poker Planning. ● Poker board - a Dashboard where users would be playing the game. ● Ticket - A Ticket is a JIRA issue. Keywords: PokerPlanner, Agile, Software Development, JIRA, Web Applications

SELECTED INNOVATION TOOLS IN DESIGNING PROCESS MANAGEMENT

This contribution deals with the specification of the current immunity of strategy and status and level of procedural management in special organizational structures referred to as industrial clusters. It represents selected specifics of the design and application of innovative tools, system integration, and agile project management of clusters. It describes and explains the context between the strategy, the organizational structure, and the need for project procedural management at the current position and competitiveness of clusters on the market in demanding energy and environmental conditions. In the end, it shall submit its own author's design scheme for a new organizational project aimed at a cluster structure and draft management process and coordination of clustered projects for their clients.