Scrum in the Undergraduate Computer Science Curriculum
Department
Computer Science
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges
ISSN
1937-4771
Volume
31
Issue
4
DOI
10.5555/2904127.2904146
First Page
108
Last Page
114
Publication Date
Spring 1-1-2016
Abstract
While Scrum is an increasingly popular software development practice, there still exist questions of how one can incorporate the Scrum process into the undergraduate curriculum. This paper provides information on how Scrum has been used and evaluated in three different Computer Science courses at the same university. First, a brief review of Scrum is given, detailing the meetings, roles and ways that Scrum differs from other methodologies. Next, the paper examines the literature which discusses how particular courses at several institutions have implemented Scrum in a variety of majors and settings. Then this paper discusses how Scrum was implemented in three courses, and how these implementations were evaluated. The evaluation data provides support for the idea that Scrum is in large part a methodology that is viewed positively by students in a variety of classes, with both benefits and shortcomings of implementing Scrum in classrooms discussed.
Recommended Citation
Jimenez, O.,
&
Cliburn, D.
(2016).
Scrum in the Undergraduate Computer Science Curriculum.
Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, 31(4), 108–114.
DOI: 10.5555/2904127.2904146
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/soecs-facarticles/176