Agile Information System Project Management

Agile Information System Project Management
IST 621 – Advanced Systems Analysis and Design Spring 2021, Cleveland State University Dr. Abdullah Oguz Individual Term Project
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INDIVIDUAL TERM PROJECT
During this course, you will work on a project on an individual basis. You will examine
an agile Information System (IS) project management approach (methods and frameworks) to
improve your knowledge and to utilize in your job search and career. You should choose one of
the agile approaches below:
1. Scrum
2. Kanban
3. Scrumban
4. Extreme Programming (XP)
5. Crystal Methods
6. Feature-Driven Development (FDD)
7. Dynamic Systems Development Model (DSDM)
8. Agile Unified Process
9. Scaling Frameworks
a. Scrum of Scrums
b. Scaled Agile Framework
c. Large Scale Scrum (LeSS)
d. Enterprise Scrum
e. Disciplined Agile (DA)
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The structure of the final paper should be as follows:
1. Introduction
2. Characteristics of the agile PM approach that you chose
a. Principles, artifacts, tools, methods
b. Role of project team members and stakeholders
c. Life cycle
d. How it is used in systems analysis and design (SDLC and OOAD)
e. Possibility of blending the approach you chose with other agile aproaches (if
applicable)
3. A real-world case study
a. A short introduction
b. Utilization of the agile approach
4. Critique of the agile approach based on the real-world case
a. Advantages of the method
b. Disadvantages of the method and how to deal with the challenges
5. Conclusion
6. References
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Resources for Case Studies1
• https://www.scrum.org/resources?type=69
• https://appliedframeworks.com/scrum-case-studies-examples/
• https://learning.oreilly.com/library/view/what-is-
scrumban/9781492074885/ch01.html