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Teaching agile operation and leadership through linked university courses

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2022-09-13
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Ilyés, E. (2022). Teaching agile operation and leadership through linked university courses. Teaching Mathematics and Computer Science, 20(1), 1-32. https://doi.org/10.5485/TMCS.2022.0534
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Agile software development methods, especially Scrum, are commonly used in software development companies. For this reason, our goal was that our undergraduate students gain experience as Scrum development team members and our master's students as agile leaders. To this end, we had redesigned and linked an undergraduate and a master's course, and launched the new course in the spring of 2021. The success of our approach was confirmed by a questionnaire survey of 86 undergraduate and 27 master's students. A/B testing was also performed. Our approach is a novelty compared to solutions where the Scrum Master is a course member, an instructor, or a university employee. In addition to being resource-efficient, it also offers master's students an unparalleled opportunity to develop agile leadership skills.

Subject Classification: 97U50