PMPeople on agile project

Digital transformation is affecting Project Management Offices. Many PMOs see how the projects to be controlled grow exponentially, but no growth for the PMO team. Overnight, senior managers authorize projects with a high technological component, involving the organization as a whole, but requirements are not clear. Project steering committees ask for status reports, risk reports, cost forecasts, etc. Project managers ask for resources, methodological guidance, etc. Teams ask for agile courses, coaches, collaborative workspaces, tools, etc. Many business representatives still see agile as a passing fad, only applicable to software projects, etc.

At this point, the corporate PMO knows that the way to manage adaptive projects should not be predictive, but agile. Any Agile PMO will try to implement certain paradigms:

• Projects should be value driven better than planned driven.
• Business representatives should be engaged to provide continuous feedback.
• Business analysis professionals need to focus on “what”. The development team needs to focus on “how to”.
• The PMO should not centralize project management because it would become a bottleneck. It should not introduce bureaucracy or approval workflows. The PMO must achieve more with less.
• The PMO should encourage distributed project management models: project managers, program managers, portfolio managers, functional managers, resource managers, etc., should share project management from their respective knowledge areas, so that the PMO can focus their work better.
• Coordination among multiple teams should be done following certain agile scaling frameworks like SAFe, DA, LeSS, etc.

PMPeople tool does not avoid the necessary agile face to face collaboration within teams, participation in the different ceremonies, the use of other tools to communicate, information radiation, virtual boards, etc. PMPeople facilitates all the collaboration among people involved in project management, accessing with the mobile application or via the Web, promoting value orientation and eliminating waste. PMPeople also facilitates agile scaling when large teams need to collaborate.

Thanks to PMPeople, the PMO can go from being a bottleneck, to a facilitating unit that delivers more value projects successfully, faster and cheaper.

Frequently Asked Questions

How does PMPeople support agile project management?

PMPeople supports agile by enabling real-time collaboration, value-driven planning, and decentralized project ownership—complementing ceremonies and tools without adding bureaucracy.

Can PMPeople scale with agile frameworks like SAFe or LeSS?

Yes. PMPeople facilitates coordination across multiple teams and supports scaling agile practices by providing transparency, shared dashboards, and integrated planning across programs and portfolios.

Does PMPeople replace face-to-face agile ceremonies?

No. PMPeople complements in-person or virtual ceremonies by digitizing key artifacts and enabling asynchronous collaboration—it enhances, not replaces, team interactions.