An Agile Approach to Creating an Online Course and collaborative

Agile ag·ile adjective 1. able to move quickly and easily. "Ruth was as agile as a monkey“ 2. relating to or denoting a method of project management, used especially for software development, that is characterized by the division of tasks into short phases of work and frequent reassessment and adaptation of plans. "agile methods replace high-level design with frequent redesign"

Who we are Mike Amidon – Program Director – Professional Development Ken Reily – Teaching Specialist – Computer Science Department Sue Borowick – Director – Professional Development

Continuing Education Provides ongoing educational opportunities for adult learners (“non-traditional” students) –Degree and Credit Adults returning to school Wish to earn a degree –Professional Development Adults returning to school Non-credit short courses and certificates Open enrollment Contract Learning

Software Engineering College of Computer Science & Engineering Research Education –M.S. in Software Engineering Outreach: Forge partnerships with local industry to help enhance the economic basis of the State of Minnesota

Stakeholders CCE Professional Development CCE Degree and Credit Software Engineering Client

Roles & Responsibilities Mike Amidon – client manager Ken Reily – course developer & instructor

U of M Silos Continuing EducationSoftware Engineering Professional DevelopmentDegree and Credit

Contract Learning Gather Requirements Determine curriculum Select instructor(s) Select or develop course content Customer describes what they want (discovery meeting) Deliver training

Client Background Large medical insurance company Facilities throughout the U.S. Employs tens of thousands of software developers Develop internal apps that run their business Embarking on an initiative to improve the code writing skills of this group

Client Request Software Design Credit –Academically rigorous –Semester long –Testing and grades

Option A “Sorry! We don’t do credit… Out of scope Project Management Business Analysis Business Process Management Scrum & Agile Supervision Human Resources Business Writing Communications Management Organizational Development Professional Train-the-Trainer Project Management Business Analysis Business Process Management Scrum & Agile Supervision Human Resources Business Writing Communications Management Organizational Development Professional Train-the-Trainer Software Design

Option B Continuing EducationSoftware Engineering

Great!

Challenges & Solutions Professional DevelopmentDegree & Credit Non-compatible registration systems Students not enrolled in a degree program Partnered with Degree & Credit Enrolled as “non-degree-seeking” This offering of SEng 5802 non-existentSpecial Section of course set up

SENG 5802

1 st Iteration For credit – non-degree seeking status Participants hand-selected by managers Participants all locally based

2nd Iteration For credit – non-degree seeking status Participants hand-selected by managers Students from Minnesota and Connecticut Used Web tool for classroom lectures

3rd Iteration Non-credit 40 hours 1 day per week for 5 weeks Participants all locally based

4th Iteration Non-credit 8 weeks Participants from wide geographic region

The Agile Journey Gather Requirements Design Develop Test Release Classroom for credit – semester long Classroom non-credit – 1 week long Online non-credit – 8 weeks long for pilot group Classroom and online for credit – semester long sprint JAD session

Disruptive Innovation A disruptive innovation is an innovation that helps create a new market and value network, and eventually disrupts an existing market and value network. Non-credit version of SENG 5802 Fully online delivery Software Engineering Certificate? Open enrollment potential Market to other clients