Please respond to this I & II Discussions separately. How would this work in a practical setting. Need to see the connection via example or experience. Not a long answer though.

I-The project manager's role in traditional project management is to plan, organize and direct the completion of specific projects for an organization while ensuring that the projects are on time, on budget, and within scope. Agile methodology is characterized by its iterative and incremental approach, with projects divided into smaller sprints. Agile teams are known for their highly collaborative, cross-functional work environments where team members are encouraged to openly share ideas, communicate, and solve problems as a unit.

The career direction of project managers has shifted with the rise of agile. They can be Scrum Masters, Agile Coaches, or Agile Project managers. Agile project managers oversee the planning, execution, monitoring, and closure of agile teams. Also, project managers can choose to combine both traditional and agile methods and incorporate them into their project management approach.

I am a physician, but Agile, particularly Scrum methodology, will be very useful to me in handling projects and working with a team. As Dr. Kay advised, I can introduce scrum to my team without telling them it is scrum. For example, I am placed on a quality improvementproject to reduce the rate of healthcare-associated infections by 30% within the next 6 months. I woulddevelop a project backlog with my team, which could include collecting baseline data on infection rates, developing evidence-based interventions to reduce infections, implementing interventions, and monitoring progress. I would also prioritize the tasks and plan the sprints. The sprint backlog will be developed along with user stories and story points. There would be daily scrums, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospective. Through the agile approach, my project team can develop and implement interventions that reduce healthcare-associated infections by 30% in the next six months.

II- As a professional working in the IT field, Agile is either prevalent in your day-to-day routine or it is not depending on what concentration you work in. Out of my several positions that I had the pleasure of working at, only one used the Agile methodology. The field that I worked in was system implementation as a member of a cross functional team. As a team, we participated in daily scrum meetings, referred to the backlog, set deadlines in terms of sprints and reviewed sprint performance by way of retrospectives. Meaning that Agile in every facet, impacted my career.

As for project managers, they experience similar methods to that of Agile. Project managers play the role of both the Product Owner and Scrum Master when facilitating a project. They oversee what tasks need to be done in order to complete the project which reflects the Product Owner and divide the tasks to their specialized personnel to reflect the Scrum Master. But where they differ is in the timeframe to complete the project and how tasks are observed. In Agile, teams work within the timeframe of sprints to ensure that tasks are completed. Each sprint possesses a set of features that are pulled directed from the product backlog to be completed during that sprint. Once the tasks are completed and the sprint comes to an end, a new sprint with a new set of features commences. On the other hand, Project Managers have a deadline to finish a project in its entirety. All while overseeing every movement of that project. For example, when a project manager works on constructing a building, they must worry about the electrical work, permits, digging the foundation, collecting resources, and managing the workers and stakeholders that impact the project. So although project managers don't fully pull all methods from Agile, it safe to say that their process is a variation similar to that of Agile.

I think that what needs to be done depends on the end goal of the project. Implementation of a functionality vs construction, have different needs that have to be met and require different skillsets to complete. Although a project manager and cross functional team could in theory complete each others project, where they are most efficient are in their respective fields. Project managers handle constructions while cross functional teams handle implementation.