Project Management: Waterfall, Agile, & Hybrid Approaches

This video outlines 3 different approaches to Project Management:
1) Waterfall; 2) Agile; and 3) Hybrid.

When planning and executing a project, it is important to make sure you are using the appropriate Project Management methodology to best meet your project objectives. Things to consider when determining an approach include time limitations, budget constraints, whether you will have dedicated resources, the culture of the organization, stakeholder expectations and how you will engage with them, how well understood requirements are, etc.

Waterfall is a traditional approach to project management and may be best used when requirements and constraints are well established and understood. Example: building a house.

Agile may be best used when requirements are not as clear and high-levels of engagement are needed with stakeholders/customers. Example: software development.

Hybrid Project Management is exactly what it sounds like, a combined approach of Waterfall and Agile. With a Hybrid approach, a project may switch from Waterfall and Agile during different phases of the project.

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Kandis Porter is the Founder and Managing Director of Effective Flow Connections (EFC), a management consulting company that helps transform organizations through project management, process improvement, change management, facilitation of key meetings, and training. Kandis also works one-on-one with clients, focusing on Leadership development and growth. EFC enables organizations to do what they do, even better!

Kandis has more than 18 years of experience managing people and large projects in both the government and private sectors. She has supported clients in various industries, to include the Department of Defense, Federal Aviation Administration, utilities, medical device, non-profit, and learning & development. Kandis has a Master of Science Degree in Project Management (MSPM) from The George Washington University and Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Human Resources. In addition, she is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), Prosci Change Manager, and Six Sigma Green Belt. She is also certified as a Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Practitioner, Thomas-Kilmann Instrument (TKI) Practitioner, and is a Wiley DiSC Everything facilitator.

Before joining the consulting industry, Kandis proudly spent more than seven years on Active Duty in the United States Air Force and is passionate about giving back to veterans and their families. She is a member of the Small Business Administration’s Advisory Committee on Veteran Business Affairs (ACVBA) in Washington, DC and is active in the veteran community in Reno, Nevada. Outside of work, she enjoys running, hiking, skiing, and spending time with her family.

[sarienya]

This is the best explanation of waterfall and agile all I kept getting was waterfall is linear, and hybrid was not even mentioned! Thank you

[mauia]

This was incredibly informative and easy to understand too. I appreciate how it felt like I was a student listening to my professor in a one-on-one lecture. I took notes and all! Thank you

[MiguelBotello-fl]

Very good broad level explanation that was easy to follow and understand. Thank you!

[mvuto]

Greetings Kandis. This is where labels end up seemingly locking folks into boxes unnecessarily. Company directives scream, go agile, but be sure to capture all the requirements and timelines upfront, and you BETTER stick to those dates! Um... that's not Agile.
My team screams, hey, don't press me for deadlines maaan... I'm thinking about this one deliverable. Take it easy dude. Don't stress out.

Hybrid seems to make the most sense... but the only way to sell it, is to give it a label. I suggested the "Push AGILE off a Waterfall" method, but for some reason, that didn't go over well. :-/

[ChuotTheCat]

Great work, Kandis. Thank you for the very clear descriptions of the three approaches.

[rickdangerous_x]

Hello Dear Kandis! Thanks a lot for the video. You know that's one support a struggling me needed working on a weekend, trying to crack how to explain to stubborn customer's management team, that "let's apply Agile! Let's find a coach to lead us in Agile way!" Is not something we need to focus on, while we have clear requirements, immovable due date, and 5 months in toral for a more complex implementation project stage, while the previous one took twice more time with easier scope already. Thank you for the information, vision, clear examples and suggestions. I very appreciate your help! The whole video is done very good as well -kudos for the team!
All the best!

[dilrfvz]

Highly informative and creative presentation. Very easy to understand.

[carlosreyesp]

Thank you! I'm on my way to becoming a project manager. Your video really helped me understand the differences between the waterfall, agile, and hybrid approaches. I look forward to watching more videos from you.

[darman]

Studying for my Project + cert, this was very short and to-the-point. Much appreciated!

[famodil]

This is fabulous. I do software development but never thought of it as project management but the description perfectly fits what I do.

[SunflowerStrategist]

Thank you for this video. The explanation was clear and concise. Very digestible .

[andrewgeorge]

Thanks for the explanation. Currently studying for my PMP, and this was great!

[harmankardon]

good description here and no fluff! that so many of these management clips have.

[yzhjzgx]

This was very informative, for the first time this is starting to make sense to me. Thank you!

[ashelygamboa]

Thank you for providing such a clear and concise description, I'm looking forward to watching your other videos!

[JustB.Spriggs]

This was extremely helpful! Think you may be a teacher at heart!

[ismailbenhamed]

Than you for the efforts, the content is very understandable and the way of delivering it is amazing

[AldscopeMediahouse]

Great video. You did a good job of simplifying the concepts 👍

[EvaAfrica]

Excellent explanation of the differences. Thank you.

[raulvelazquez]

Excellent video with easy to understand concepts. Thank you ! 💯🌷