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The Importance of Innovation in Agile Project Management

The need for agile and agility mind-set has been established across various discussions around effective management of IT development projects. Software development teams continually express the constant pressure coming from the necessary adjustment to the ever-changing IT architecture and landscape; which in turn necessitates for innovation that can foster the evolution of approaches and methods to effectively manage and deliver successful IT projects. Existing literature suggest that the major aim of adopting Agile is to improve innovation across all functions of the business. Therefore, if innovation and agile mind-set are what can sustain the response into the ever-changing IT landscape, there should be some degree of interrelation between these concepts. The aim of this study was to understand the impact of innovation and presence of innovative efforts within organisations towards successful delivery of agile development projects. The study found that for agile projects to succeed there should be some degree of innovation that is consistent throughout the life of a project. In conclusion, organisations should look to adopt the open innovation model to seek and manage the undiscovered.