THE IMPACT OF WORKFORCE AGILITY ON PROJECT SUCCESS: RESEARCH PROPOSAL

Applying an adequate approach to project management is dependent on numerous factors ranging from project type and industry to technological uncertainty and complexity. This paper distinguishes between traditional and agile project management and outlines how their performance and successfulness should be measured, focusing on the agile approach. This research proposal seeks to explore and evaluate the impact of Workforce Agility on the success of agile projects. A workforce is considered to be agile when they can adapt to forthcoming challenges and resolve them by using business and technical capabilities. To measure the extent of Workforce Agility this research uses the framework proposed is based on the factors of Proactivity, Adaptability, and Reactivity. Whereas the framework suggested to measure project success is based on five dimensions Project efficiency, Impact on the team, Impact on the customer, Business success, and Preparing for the future. Therefore, this paper suggests a framework for evaluating the impact of Workforce Agility on project success by assessing its impact on each of the five projects success dimensions.