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A Case Study on Finding Convenient Approach to Practice Agile Methodologies in Software Engineering Courses

Dominance of agile methodologies triggered the need to include elements of agile methodologies in software engineering education. However, it turns out that finding convenient approach to practice agile methodologies in software engineering courses is not an easy task and could be full of pitfalls and obstacles. Based on the previous experiences and literature overview it can be concluded that it is not possible, or it could be extremely ineffective to use a methodology “as-is” in educational context, due to various problems in terms of course organization, work schedule and shortage of staff. Instead, method tailoring must be done, and the authors propose a method for a gentle introduction to agile methodologies by combining use of agile techniques like user stories and Kanban with continuous integration/deployment as one of the common engineering practices. The approach is a result of analysis of the mistakes from the past attempts and two semester long experiment conducted in authors’ environment. The introduction to agile techniques could be done in an optional manner not obligating students to strictly follow it. They would not be graded for following it, as its purpose is that students should conclude that it could be useful to them and that it is not just another (from their perspective) useless obligation. Initial questionnaires show that students understand the benefits of the used techniques and they would continue to explore other agile techniques.

software engineering ; education ; agile ; Kanban ; Scrum

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