Volume 4

Volume 4, Number 103

October 24, 2006

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Student Experience of Using Agile Development Methods in Industrial Experience Projects


Roy I. Morien
Curtin University of Technology
Perth, Australia

Abstract: This paper will report upon the experiences and reflections of undergraduate students undertaking industrial experience projects in their IT/IS courses. The students utilized an agile, adaptive development approach, sometimes known as a lightweight methodology, or an evolutionary, incremental approach. This paper discusses the experience of the students, as stated in a substantial feedback questionnaire, and weekly diaries.

Keywords: agile development methods, evolutionary development method, incremental, focal entity prototyping, lightweight methodologies, student industrial projects

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Recommended Citation: Morien (2006). Student Experience of Using Agile Development Methods in Industrial Experience Projects. Information Systems Education Journal, 4 (103). http://isedj.org/4/103/. ISSN: 1545-679X. (A preliminary version appears in The Proceedings of ISECON 2005: §5114. ISSN: 1542-7382.)