Application of agile methods in project management in industrial engineering services for ME and EPP companies

Abstract

In the current economic scenario, one of the biggest difficulties is maintaining competitiveness in the market, especially in the service segment, which is volatile and in the micro and small companies range there is a constant fierce competition. Given this situation, this work proposes a study on the techniques and methodologies of project management, since efficient management allows maximizing the control of activities, thus it is possible to predict losses and gains accurately. The presented tools allow an analysis of the application of both cascading methodologies, that is, the conventional, as the agile ones which allow to make a comparison of its use in the project management in engineering companies with industrial scopes. Considering all the peculiarities of this segment and both methodologies, it is possible to obtain satisfactory results, as this company size can be flexible to adapt both methods and thus manage each project by its specificity thus obtaining both financial and operational successes. Micro and small companies need to be open to available options and define procedures and processes, but they can’t subject to manage their projects through conventional or agile methods, as they tend to be at greater risk than large companies and their reserves, so it is necessary that each company might develop the techniques that best satisfy them in their performance.