Application of agile methods in industrial electronics education; lessons learned from a case study

This paper presents the introduction of agile methods to the study of industrial electronics education as performed at a public sector university in Pakistan. The application of agile methods i.e. scrum to the projects of industrial electronics course; industrial automation and process control prove...

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Main Authors: Ul Amin, R., Aijun, L., Inayat, I.
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Published: Inderscience 2015
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description This paper presents the introduction of agile methods to the study of industrial electronics education as performed at a public sector university in Pakistan. The application of agile methods i.e. scrum to the projects of industrial electronics course; industrial automation and process control proved to be an innovative and favourable alternative to the previously used traditional phase driven approaches. The emphasis of agile methods on iterative development, team collaboration, and quick feedback are the reasons which triggered the ease and favourability. The quick feedback and incremental development helped the students to improve and revisit their shortcomings and deliver within time. The cross functional teams enabled the students to deal with process management throughout the product development. The findings of the study state that the flexible yet time critical agile methods pledge benefits in meeting ever changing and evolving industry requirements.
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spelling um.eprints-195232018-10-02T01:41:17Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/19523/ Application of agile methods in industrial electronics education; lessons learned from a case study Ul Amin, R. Aijun, L. Inayat, I. QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science QA76 Computer software This paper presents the introduction of agile methods to the study of industrial electronics education as performed at a public sector university in Pakistan. The application of agile methods i.e. scrum to the projects of industrial electronics course; industrial automation and process control proved to be an innovative and favourable alternative to the previously used traditional phase driven approaches. The emphasis of agile methods on iterative development, team collaboration, and quick feedback are the reasons which triggered the ease and favourability. The quick feedback and incremental development helped the students to improve and revisit their shortcomings and deliver within time. The cross functional teams enabled the students to deal with process management throughout the product development. The findings of the study state that the flexible yet time critical agile methods pledge benefits in meeting ever changing and evolving industry requirements. Inderscience 2015 Article PeerReviewed Ul Amin, R. and Aijun, L. and Inayat, I. (2015) Application of agile methods in industrial electronics education; lessons learned from a case study. International Journal of Continuing Engineering Education and Life-Long Learning (IJCEELL), 25 (3). pp. 328-346. ISSN 1560-4624, DOI https://doi.org/10.1504/IJCEELL.2015.072674 <https://doi.org/10.1504/IJCEELL.2015.072674>. http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJCEELL.2015.072674 doi:10.1504/IJCEELL.2015.072674
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Application of agile methods in industrial electronics education; lessons learned from a case study
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