A systematic literature review: how agile is agile project management?

Abstract

As disruptive technologies and innovations continue to develop, the resulting change forces organizations to consider adopting an agile mindset to move quickly. With an emphasis on an iterative and changing project approach characterized by daily reactivity, communication, and flexibility, the Agile Project Management (APM) approach is evolving to manage high uncertainty projects. A literature search was conducted on the following academic databases: ABI/Inform, ACM Digital Library, EBSCO Host, and IEEE Xplore. “Agile” and “project management” keywords were specified for the English language, peer-reviewed articles published between January 2015 and March 2021 to answer the research question “How agile is agile project management?” The findings of the study provide contributions to research and practice on the state of evolution of APM.