ADDING AGILITY TO THE MIS CAPSTONE
Issues in Information Systems · 2016
The use of agile approaches to software development has grown rapidly over the last two decades while colleges and universities have struggled to keep up with the change and prepare students for the working environment they will be entering.This paper describes one attempt to introduce agile methodology, specifically Scrum, into a capstone MIS class.The course first introduced Scrum through a series of readings, videos and short training sprints and then used Scrum to manage a client-based project with between 6 and 8 teams working on different aspects of the project.The paper describes some of the outcomes of four semesters worth of projects, including client and student reactions to the overall project and the use of Scrum along with areas for future research.