ERIC Number: EJ1361327
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
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Teaching Tip: Scrum Boot Camp--Introducing Students to Agile System Development
Babik, Dmytro
Journal of Information Systems Education, v33 n3 p195-208 Sum 2022
Agile system development approaches, such as Scrum, have become popular with a wide spectrum of organizations from start-ups to government agencies. Recruiters and executives have been seeking graduates with Scrum competency beyond cursory familiarity. CIS programs responded with a variety of activities and exercises to address this need. This teaching tip demonstrates a hands-on active-learning experience designed to advance students' understanding of Scrum values, roles, artifacts, and events; to build confidence of using it in practice; to expose students to the experience of using versatile software as a service (SaaS) tools for project management; to enable students' greater agency via self-forming teams and ability to control their workload; and to stimulate interest in Scrum and encourage students to seek professional certifications. The activity may be applied within a constrained time frame of a conventional systems analysis and design (SAD) or project management (PM) course and fits in the niche between a single-class activity and a semester project. Our evidence suggests that this learning experience achieves its pedagogical objectives, is effective in both face-to-face and synchronous online courses, and results in vastly positive student response.
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Computer Science Education, Computer Software, Undergraduate Students, Employment Opportunities, Education Work Relationship, Active Learning, Personal Autonomy, Teamwork, Certification, Professional Education, Management Development, Class Activities, Learning Experience, Student Attitudes, Positive Attitudes, Course Descriptions, Cooperative Learning
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