Paper Info
Title
A Capstone Course on Agile Software Development Using Scrum
Abstract
In this paper, an undergraduate capstone course in software engineering is described that not only exposes students to agile software development, but also makes it possible to observe the behavior of developers using Scrum for the first time. The course requires students to work as Scrum Teams, responsible for the implementation of a set of user stories defined by a project domain expert playing the role of the Product Owner. During the course, data on project management activities are collected in order to analyze the amount of work completed, compliance with the release and iteration plans, productivity, ability in effort estimation, and the like. The paper discusses the achievement of teaching goals and provides empirical evaluation of students' progress in estimation and planning skills. A summary of lessons learned and recommendations is given, reflecting the issues to be considered when teaching courses in agile software development. Surveys of students have shown that they were overwhelmingly positive about the course, indicating that the course fully met or even exceeded their expectations.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1109/TE.2011.2142311
IEEE Trans. Education
Keywords
DocType
Volume
agile software development,teaching goal,Scrum Teams,teaching course,project domain expert,effort estimation,project management activity,software development,Agile Software Development,undergraduate capstone course,software engineering,Capstone Course
Journal
55
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
1
0018-9359
35
PageRank 
References 
Authors
2.41
14
1
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Viljan Mahnic113928.76