Agile Mindset Competencies for Project Leaders

The most common interpretation of ‘agile’ or even ‘key message’ is “mindset, set of principles and values” [1]. Various research has shown that management generally lacks involvement in agile projects. However, the role of a project manager in agile projects is constantly evolving and needs to be redefined accordingly. The authors aimed to define which meta-components of the project leader profile are key and which agile mindset competencies are relevant to agile environments. In this study, a project leader's agile mindset competency profile is elaborated on. The agile mindset competency profile of project leaders that resulted from the literature review and comprised 14 competencies was evaluated by practitioners. Moreover, four meta-components of the project leader profile in agile projects were defined, and their importance was evaluated, too.