Assessment of a tool to enhance stakeholder collaboration in an IT capstone unit
Anthony J. Deacon, Dimitri Perrin · QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology) · 2016
Introduction • Capstone (final year) projects are an essential part of IT degrees in Australia, but there are no established guidelines for their design • Literature suggests that use of an agile software development methodology (scrum) is positively perceived by staff and students. • How this is implemented varies widely, although assessment of product, process and progression is suggested. • Peer and self assessment is positively perceived by most students when using agile. • Poor communication is frequently highlighted by the literature and student feedback. • Current literature provides few examples of how collaboration between stakeholders , between students, or with peers, can be improve