Review of Effective Human Resource Management Techniques in Agile Software Project Management

Abstract

Agile-driven human resource approaches are a departure from plan-driven traditional human resource management approaches. Moreover, research and surveys have shown that adopting agile human resource methodologies are an efficient way of excelling in agile software project management with significant advantages in production costs, time-to-market, complexity, and quality improvement over traditional human resource management methodologies. This paper reviews how effective human resource management techniques that can be applied to agile software project management core challenges. Drawing information from the literature issues like framework for agile organizational change and adoption strategies are examined. Data gathered from the organizations suggest that most of them are best suited in adopting new human resource management techniques. In a nutshell, human resource agility drives organizations to sustain a promising paradigm based on lessons learned towards going agile in software project management.

The Role of Career Development in the Relationship Between Project-Based Organization and Human Resource Management: Evidence From Tunisia

“…For Larsen (2002), career success is not only set by the organization itself but also the project actors who are responsible for developing their work experiences throughout their career (El-Sabaa, 2001;Packendorff, 2002;Bredin andSöderlund, 2011a, 2011b;Crawford et al, 2013;Welch and Welch, 2015;Lloyd-Walker et al, 2016). This new form of career allows individuals to plan their future development by identifying the skills they need to consolidate their career path (Huzooree and Ramdoo, 2015). In this context, El-Sabaa ( 2001) claims that project managers must master their career by becoming more active in determining their professional life, more adaptable in their skills, and more open to change.…”