Agile Project Management in the Age of Digital Transformation: Exploring Emerging Trends

Abstract

Abstract In the context of today’s dynamic environment, agility and speed are two essential characteristics that apply to project management in the software development industry, as well as in many other industries. In order to meet the complex and continuous challenges of the digital age, the principles, techniques and methods of Agile Project Management and Scrum are expected to become more widespread, especially in software development, replacing or augmenting the traditional ones. This paper aims to identify trends in project management related to digital transformation and diffusion of Industry 4.0 technologies. A bibliometric analysis was carried out by searching the WOS database. The resulting documents were exported and processed in VOSviewer to fulfil the scope. The research revealed that, in the context of digital transformation, information technology supports the agile approach, agile transformation and agile project management. Furthermore, emerging technologies specific to Industry 4.0, especially artificial intelligence, and big data, can contribute significantly to all project phases. These emerging technologies can improve data processing and analysis, project forecasting, and risks prediction, can support decision making thus contributing to the success of the project.