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Using Scrum: Sprints not Marathons
Agile development has seen success in the commercial world with startups like 37 Signals (Basecamp). Large companies are also taking notice and its importance is growing in the current economic crisis, allowing them to deliver a return on investment quickly.

What is Agile development, Scrum and Extreme programming? How can the HE web community use these techniques to deliver value to our organisations. What questions do they raise for us and our relationships with other staff?

Possible content could be an introduction and cover how we are using Scrum at Bath or a workshop where we attempt to run a mini Scrum. A development focus could look at the kind of supporting tools and environment you need to get in place to run Agile projects. I am open to more ideas.
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michael.nolan 1 year ago
I'm really interested in this, both from a developer point of view and with a management hat on. Think it would be useful to see case studies on how it applies to different types of project which might be typical in HigherEd, especially when working in small teams, for example where only one or two people might be working on a project.
apbl500 11 months ago
Hi Andy - I probably won't make it to IWMW this year (second kid will have just arrived) but I am genuinely interested in Agile techniques, so this gets my vote! Hope you're well. -Anthony.
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