Article: Relevance of scaled agile practices to agile portfolio management Journal: International Journal of Agile Systems and Management (IJASM) 2024 Vol.17 No.5 pp.1 - 47 Abstract: This research seeks to establish the relevance of scaled agile practices to agile portfolio management (APM) in ensuring the implementation of organisational strategy in a dynamic and complex environment. The study takes a descriptive approach that uses a narrative review to provide a conceptual framework for portfolio management as well as qualitative document analysis to assess the extent to which scaled agile practices bear relevance to APM. While providing unambiguous and specific activities for the successfully management of agile portfolio, without getting lost in unnecessary details and duplications, and being carried by the flow of a specific framework, the results indicate limitations of scaling agile frameworks. The implication for this study is that organisations using scaling agile frameworks to account for portfolio management, might not succeed in implementing organisational strategy and should review their practices to opt for a more comprehensive approach to the management of a portfolio of agile initiatives. Inderscience Publishers - linking academia, business and industry through research

Title: Relevance of scaled agile practices to agile portfolio management

Authors: Kwete Mwana Nyandongo

Addresses: School of Consumer Intelligence and Information Systems, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, 2006, Johannesburg, South Africa

Abstract: This research seeks to establish the relevance of scaled agile practices to agile portfolio management (APM) in ensuring the implementation of organisational strategy in a dynamic and complex environment. The study takes a descriptive approach that uses a narrative review to provide a conceptual framework for portfolio management as well as qualitative document analysis to assess the extent to which scaled agile practices bear relevance to APM. While providing unambiguous and specific activities for the successfully management of agile portfolio, without getting lost in unnecessary details and duplications, and being carried by the flow of a specific framework, the results indicate limitations of scaling agile frameworks. The implication for this study is that organisations using scaling agile frameworks to account for portfolio management, might not succeed in implementing organisational strategy and should review their practices to opt for a more comprehensive approach to the management of a portfolio of agile initiatives.

Keywords: agile methods; scaled agile practices; agile portfolio management; dynamic and complex environment; strategy formulation and implementation.

DOI: 10.1504/IJASM.2024.140478

International Journal of Agile Systems and Management, 2024 Vol.17 No.5, pp.1 - 47

Accepted: 22 Mar 2024
Published online: 19 Aug 2024 *

Title: Relevance of scaled agile practices to agile portfolio management

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