Title
Developing Entrepreneurial Skills in IT Courses: The Role of Agile Software Development Practices in Producing Successful Student Initiated Products
Abstract
Universities are under increasing pressure to provide real world experience to students. Entrepreneurial courses are prevalent in business schools and have been shown to develop entrepreneurial skills. Entrepreneurial skills are equally important in the development of IT innovations. The research in this area of education is not as prevalent. We argue that Agile Software development methods, along with other key course characteristics enable students to learn entrepreneurial skills related to IT product development and do so in an environment where innovation can flourish. We present some preliminary data, which demonstrates some success in the course in developing entrepreneurial skills, with a particular focus on the use of Agile Development and mentoring methods in developing those skills.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1109/HICSS.2014.34
HICSS
Keywords
Field
DocType
computer science education,educational courses,educational institutions,information technology,innovation management,software prototyping,IT courses,agile software development,entrepreneurial courses,entrepreneurial skills,innovation,student initiated products,universities
Skills management,Computer science,Information technology,Knowledge management,Software prototyping,Agile software development,Software,Innovation management,New product development
Conference
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
1060-3425
5
0.53
References 
Authors
4
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Aaron Read1567.75
Douglas C. Derrick210511.91
Gina S. Ligon350.53