1. AMAL ALTALHI - Center of Information Systems and Technology, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA 91711,
USA.Department of Management Information Systems, Faculty of Business Administration, University of Tabuk,
Tabuk 71491, Saudi Arabia.
2. RUKAIYA RABIU UMAR - Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Management Sciences, Nile University of Nigeria, Abuja
FCT 900001, Nigeria.
3. FRANK ALABA OGEDENGBE - Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Management Sciences, Nile University of Nigeria, Abuja
FCT 90000, Nigeria.
This paper explores the importance of employee engagement, adaptability, and continuous improvement on the association between Agile methodology and the success of the IT projects in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPC Ltd), Nigeria. Although Agile practices are becoming a common practice in the emerging economies, there is scant empirical data on the effect of Agile methodologies on the outcome of projects. The research design was a quantitative survey design, and the data were gathered using structured questionnaires among 102 IT employees of NNPC Ltd Corporate Headquarters. Three hypotheses were tested by regression analysis at the level of significance of 0.05. The findings reveal that the engagement of employees (β = 0.25, p = 0.04), adaptability (β = 0.12, p = 0.02), and continuous improvement (β = 0.40, p = 0.013) have a significant and positive influence on the success of IT projects, with constant improvement having the biggest effect on the success. The article presents empirical data from an emerging-economy setting and emphasizes the need to promote engagement, flexibility, and the need to learn constantly to maximize the use of Agile.
Agile Project Management, Employee Engagement, Project Performance, IT Project Success, Adaptability.