Digital and Information Technology expert, Ogechi Ifeoma Anya, has spoken about agile methodologies and information technology cum project management in Nigeria. She, in her findings, has revealed different factors revolving around IT and projects that involve IT and different approaches.

In her recent findings she wrote that “Projects involving information technology (IT) are well known for their low rates of performance and this is the case regardless of the quantity of study that has been performed. Although considerable sums of money are put into information technology initiatives, the returns on such investments are not nearly as significant as was anticipated. “

Speaking on Agile software development, often known as ASD, she noted that “it is a method that has gained popularity to enhance the performance rates of IT software projects. Agile software development methods are more adaptable and interactive in nature, whereas traditional software development methods take a more sequential and structured approach to the development of software. Because ASD is currently utilised in industry to a greater extent than it was in the past, the Agile Manifesto can be seen as a defining event for IT software development projects.”

She wrote further: “Agile methodologies have a positive impact on project success, although Nigerian research is limited. This study explored the association between agile approaches and IT software project performance in Nigeria to fill this gap. The agile methodologies the Nigerian industry utilize are Scrum and XP which are the most popular approaches. This matches prior studies’ findings. This paper examined Nigerian agile methods.

“Participants employ Scrum, user stories, refactoring, and TDD. Agile affects software project performance as a third of ASD initiatives were challenged and 20% failed. This bodes well for Nigeria because ASD initiatives provide high-value software. Agile also impacts time, cost, and scope in IT software projects. Agile software projects are more consistently on time and manage scope better. Cost findings are inconsistent, indicating it is not as benefitted as time and scope.

“Lastly, agile affects software project sizes as the agile approaches are mainly utilised on medium to large software projects, contrary to popular belief. ASD projects become increasingly difficult as they grow, indicating there are still many difficulties preventing their success.