Agile in the Academy

December 19, 2008

I just read this article on Projects@Work about a new joint venture between the Agile Alliance and Bowling Green University. Called the Agile Software Factory, this program will provide opportunities for students to use agile development methods in real-world situations by working with several community partners.

I’m really excited to see agile cracking the academy for a number of reasons. First off, it shows just how much momentum is behind agile. It’s become such a standard for high-performing teams in the software industry that it is making its way into the classroom, if only as an experimental charter program thus far. Moreover, if students can practice some of the processes and values they’ll learn on the job prior to graduation, it means they’ll be able to easily transition into an agile environment. And, as more students learn agile as the norm, it bodes well for the evolution of agile. Rather than having to deal with a trial-by-fire introduction to agile on the job, these students will have ample experience to draw from. After all, there’s no better experience than simply working in an agile environment, which is why the Agile Software Factory sounds like great preparation for the real world of software development.

http://www.projectsatwork.com/content/articles/246394.cfm

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