Agile Project Management in New Product Development and Innovation Processes: Challenges and Benefits Beyond Software Domain

Since the inception of Agile Manifesto and in the 15 years since agile project management (APM) has been in use, it has become a cutting-edge approach practiced, primarily although not exclusively, in the software industry. APM is slowly breaking through into other domains as well. Therefore, the objective of this study is to summarize and critically examine contributions of past research and existing knowledge concerning APM applicability beyond software industry and its co-existence with traditional project management (TPM) practice, and to identify the potential challenges and benefits of APM in innovation and new product development processes. Systematic literature review (SLR) protocol was developed to systematically locate, assess and aggregate the outcomes from all relevant studies in a transparent way. Gaps identified in this SLR will be used to suggest areas for further investigation and to provide a framework for appropriate position of future research activities.