Exploring Which Agile Principles Students Internalize When Using a Kanban Process Methodology

This paper reports on a case study of the Agile Kanban project methodology, which while growing in popularity, has had far less analysis on its usefulness in the classroom as compared to other frameworks such as Agile Scrum. Our study provides insight into why the Kanban methodology is useful by mapping student comments about the methodology to the twelve principles laid down in the Agile Manifesto. Our analysis identified two key agile principles that help to explain the value of Kanban. Specifically, we found that the students focused on self-organizing teams and reflection at regular intervals, and that these two principles led to improved team communication and coordination. Our findings are useful for those looking to use or define a process management methodology for student teams as well as others exploring the more general challenge of incorporating agile into the classroom

Scrum methodology in context-based secondary chemistry classes: effects on students’ achievement and on students’ perceptions of affective and metacognitive dimensions of their learning

Teaching with Scrum methodology includes ceremonies, roles and artefacts supporting students in planning, monitoring and directing their learning process. It scafolds students’ learning in complex and sometimes overwhelming context-based learning environments. Efects of the implementation on both students’ learning outcomes and self-reported perceptions of six afective and metacognitive outcomes were investigated. Six teachers implemented Scrum methodology in a context-based secondary chemistry module on Green Chemistry. Their classes formed the experimental group. Based on how students experienced the quality of the implementation, teachers of the experimental group were subdivided into top-teachers and growth-teachers. Consequently, their students formed two sub-experimental groups. The comparison group, which did not use Scrum methodology, consisted of students taught by four teachers. A pre-test post-test control group design was used to study its efect on students’ achievements and self-reported afective and metacognitive outcomes. Students of both experimental groups outperformed students of the comparison group with a large efect-size (top-teachers); and medium efect-size (growthteachers) on learning outcomes. Findings on students’ perceptions of afective and metacognitive outcomes revealed medium and small efects of Scrum methodology. Despite the fact that the implementation is challenging for teachers, it appears that Scrum methodology has positive efects on students’ achievement and on students’ perceptions of afective and metacognitive dimensions of their learning.NWO023.004.069Teaching and Teacher Learning (ICLON

La metodología Kanban en la mejora del servicio de tracking en la empresa ADS CARGAS PERÚ S.R.L., Lima-2020

El objetivo de la investigación es determinar en qué medida la metodología Kanban mejora el servicio de tracking en la empresa ADS CARGAS PERU S.R.L., Lima- 2020, el enfoque es cuantitativo, tipo de estudio es aplicada y el diseño de investigación es experimental de tipo pre - experimental, la población es de 70 registros con una muestra censal y un muestreo no probabilístico por conveniencia. Las técnicas de recolección de datos es la observación y se midió con el instrumento de ficha de observación para los indicadores nivel de cumplimiento en despachos, entregas a tiempo y documentación sin problemas. El método de análisis de datos para el pre-test y post-test es descriptivo e inferencial, las cuales muestran tablas y figuras mediante el software IBM SPSS Statistics v26. Los resultados de esta investigación concluyen que la metodología Kanban mejora significativamente el servicio de tracking, ya que el nivel de cumplimiento en despachos mejoró en su promedio un 28,88%, entregas a tiempo mejoró su promedio en un 19,12% y el indicador documentación sin problemas mejoró su promedio un 14,20%

Gestión de proyectos de desarrollo de software aplicando metodologías ágiles alineado a la NTP-ISO/IEC 12207:2016, en un gobierno regional - 2021

El presente trabajo de investigación se realizó con el objetivo de determinar la influencia de la aplicación de metodologías ágiles alineadas a la NTP-ISO/IEC 12207:2016 en la gestión de proyectos de desarrollo de software en el Gobierno Regional La Libertad en el año 2021. El tipo de investigación fue aplicada con diseño experimental del tipo pre - experimental; con una muestra constituida por 3 expertos en Proyectos de software del Gobierno Regional La Libertad. Asimismo, para la recolección de datos se utilizó el Cuestionario de Nivel de Capacidades en los Procesos de Desarrollo de Software, Cuestionario de Nivel de Satisfacción en los Procesos de Desarrollo de Software y la ficha de evaluación de capacidad, para el análisis de datos se usó la herramienta estadística de Microsoft Excel, XLSTAT; como también la prueba de T- student y Wilcoxon. Los resultados obtenidos demostraron que se puede aumentar el rendimiento, confiabilidad, funcionalidad, y satisfacción de los usuarios, en los procesos de gestión de proyectos de desarrollo de software. En base a lo mencionado, podemos concluir que la aplicación de metodologías ágiles alineadas a la NTP-ISO/IEC 12207:2016 tiene una influencia positiva sobre la gestión de proyectos de desarrollo de software en el Gobierno Regional La Libertad

Using Scrum to Teach Standards-Based K-12 Computer Science: A Prosepectus for a Master’s Level Methods Class at Buffalo State

Computer Science has been increasingly prevalent in K-12 education in recent decades. Most Americans believe that Computer Science is as important as other skills taught in school; further, parents are putting pressure on districts to offer Computer Science programs (1.1). To meet this demand, many teacher preparation programs are adding Computer Science Education to their offering of degrees. This thesis investigates Agile and Scrum product development as a potential method of Computer Science instruction, explores the standards relevant to a Computer Science teacher, and offers a prospectus for a new Graduate Level Methods class to prepare Computer Science teachers to utilize the Scrum framework in standards-based instruction at the K-12 level (1.3). To create the prospectus, research from peer-reviewed articles, case-studies, and implementation guides relating to the topics of Scrum and Computer Science standards are reviewed. The implementation, validity and importance of Scrum, and its educational variant eduScrum, are compared based on the roles, rituals, and artifacts utilized in each framework. The results justify eduScrum as a valid method for problem-based, constructivist Computer Science instruction (2.10-2.12). The background, validity, and importance of three sets of Computer Science standards (K-12 Computer Science Framework, NYSED, and ISTE) are explored (3.1-3.3). These standards were selected for their relevancy to Computer Science certification in New York State and the support of industry, professionals, and lawmakers. The results justify the inclusion of all three standards as crucial to curriculum in New York State (3.4). The thesis culminates in the creation of a prospectus for the Student Learning Objectives and structure of a Methods of Computer Science Instruction class at the Graduate level (4.1-4.4). The SLO’s are created utilizing Bloom’s taxonomy (4.1). The prospectus recommends Scrum in the creation of Learning Segments utilizing relevant standards, topics, concepts and research literature. The prospectus models Scrum at all levels and is a valid way to teach constructivist, problem-based learning (4.2). More research is needed on the effectiveness of Scrum with low performing students, the use of eduScrum at the K-12 level and the implementation of the prospectus as a class at SUNY/Buffalo State

Using Agile Strategies to Improve Project Success Rates

Project failures can be costly to businesses, but on average, program managers’ (PMs’) success rates for managing information technology (IT) projects is less than 35%. Organizational cultures struggle to adapt to agile project management (APM) that provides stakeholder flexibility for dynamic environments. Grounded by project management theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies project managers use to reduce IT project failures. The participants consisted of nine project managers in the northeastern United States with APM experience managing successful IT projects. Data were collected from virtual semi-structured interviews and journal notes. Ten open-ended interview questions explored PM\u27s successes and challenges in managing projects within the workplace. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis. . Respondents spoke of three high-level themes of communications, cultural dependencies, and effective planning. Key recommendations to PMs and business managers are to adopt APM elements within stakeholder culture, training, and processes. The implications for positive social change include the potential to create jobs for business growth and stimulate the local economy

Market Offer For IKOR GMBH: Development of a business analysis to assess the usefulness of the Scaled Agile Framework for insurance companies

Internship Report presented as the partial requirement for obtaining a Master's degree in Information Management, specialization in Information Systems and Technologies ManagementIt has been known for years that agile methods have a major role to play in project management. Increasingly, frameworks for agile scaling are becoming more popular and widespread. The Scaled Agile Framework is one of them. It enjoys great popularity in many industries. Therefore, IKOR has considered that a market offer is needed that exactly fulfils this need for its customers. These are mainly insurance customers, who are still a few years behind the digital transformation compared to other industries. In order to create a solution for this, IKOR decided that a market offer was needed that assessed whether SAFe was a useful framework for the insurance company to adopt and provided an assessment of how far along the insurance company was in adopting SAFe. This internship report was prepared to fulfil and document this task. During the development of the market offer, SAFe, business analysis, and the implementation of workshops were dealt with from a theoretical as well as a practical point of view. The result was a business analysis in form of a questionnaire, a workshop concept for conducting the workshop with the client and a recommendation made to the client on the current status of his insurance. After the exemplary implementation, the procedure and the results were evaluated and classified by experts. They gave additional advice on how to use and expand the market offer

Development of Virtual Learning Environment Model with Engineering Design Process to Enhance Creative Thinking Skills for Ninth Grade Students

ศึกษาศาสตรมหาบัณฑิต (เทคโนโลยีและสื่อสารการศึกษา), 2566The objectives of this research were 1) to develop a virtual learning environment model with engineering design process to enhance creative thinking skills for ninth grade students and 2) to examine the outcomes of utilizing the virtual learning environment model with engineering design process to enhance creative thinking skills for ninth grade students. The sample group for this research consisted of one classroom comprising 39 students from the ninth grade at Benjamarachutit Pattani School. The selection of the classroom was done using cluster random sampling, with a total of 10 classrooms considered and the classroom serving as the sampling unit. The research instruments included a virtual learning environment model with engineering design process, a virtual learning environment with engineering design process, and a lesson plan. Data were gathered through a suitability assessment of the virtual learning environment model with engineering design process, a quality assessment of the virtual learning environment with engineering design process, a quality assessment of the lesson plan, and an assessment of creative thinking skills. Subsequently, the collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, including mean, standard deviation, and percentage, as well as one-way repeated measure ANOVA and pairwise comparison using the Bonferroni method. The findings revealed that a virtual learning environment with engineering design process consisted of two core components: a virtual learning environment and an engineering design process. Each component contained specific sub-elements. The virtual learning environment encompassed five sub-elements: 1) communication, 2) collaboration, 3) resource sharing, 4) creative reflection, and 5) learner support. The engineering design process involved five steps: 1) problem definition, 2) design, 3) development, 4) evaluation, and 5) presentation. An evaluation indicated that the suitability of the virtual learning environment model with engineering design process to enhance creative thinking skills was at a high level. Furthermore, the results showed that the utilization of the virtual learning environment with engineering design process significantly improved students' creative thinking skills. The average score increased from 64.76 in the first assessment to 75.14 in the second assessment and further rose to 91.19 in the third assessment. This improvement was statistically significant at the significance level of .01.การวิจัยในครั้งนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์ 1) เพื่อพัฒนารูปแบบสิ่งแวดล้อมการเรียนรู้แบบเสมือนด้วยกระบวนการออกแบบวิศวกรรมที่ส่งเสริมทักษะความคิดสร้างสรรค์ สำหรับนักเรียนชั้นมัธยมศึกษาปีที่ 3 2) เพื่อศึกษาผลการใช้สิ่งแวดล้อมการเรียนรู้แบบเสมือนด้วยกระบวนการออกแบบวิศวกรรมที่ส่งเสริมทักษะความคิดสร้างสรรค์ สำหรับนักเรียนชั้นมัธยมศึกษาปีที่ 3 กลุ่มตัวอย่างที่ใช้ในการวิจัย คือ นักเรียนชั้นมัธยมศึกษาปีที่ 3 โรงเรียนเบญจมราชูทิศ จังหวัดปัตตานี จำนวน 1 ห้องเรียน มีนักเรียน 39 คน ใช้วิธีการสุ่มแบบกลุ่ม (Cluster Random Sampling) โดยใช้ห้องเรียนเป็นหน่วยของการสุ่ม (Sampling Unit) จากห้องเรียน จำนวน 10 ห้องเรียน เครื่องมือที่ใช้ ในการวิจัย ได้แก่ รูปแบบสิ่งแวดล้อมการเรียนรู้แบบเสมือนด้วยกระบวนการออกแบบวิศวกรรม สิ่งแวดล้อม การเรียนรู้แบบเสมือนด้วยกระบวนการออกแบบวิศวกรรม แผนการจัดกิจกรรมการเรียนรู้ เครื่องมือที่ใช้ในการเก็บรวบรวมข้อมูล ได้แก่ แบบประเมินความเหมาะสมของรูปแบบสิ่งแวดล้อมการเรียนรู้แบบเสมือนด้วยกระบวนการออกแบบวิศวกรรม แบบประเมินคุณภาพของสิ่งแวดล้อมการเรียนรู้แบบเสมือนด้วยกระบวนการออกแบบวิศวกรรม แบบประเมินคุณภาพของแผนการจัดกิจกรรมการเรียนรู้ แบบประเมินทักษะความคิดสร้างสรรค์ วิเคราะห์ข้อมูล โดยใช้สถิติเชิงพรรณนา ได้แก่ ค่าเฉลี่ย ส่วนเบี่ยงเบนมาตรฐาน ร้อยละ การวิเคราะห์ความแปรปรวนทางเดียว แบบวัดซ้ำ (One-way repeated measure ANOVA) และการเปรียบเทียบรายคู่ด้วยวิธีทดสอบแบบ Bonferroni ผลการวิจัยพบว่า (1) รูปแบบสิ่งแวดล้อมการเรียนรู้แบบเสมือนด้วยกระบวนการออกแบบวิศวกรรม มี 2 องค์ประกอบหลัก ได้แก่ สิ่งแวดล้อมการเรียนรู้แบบเสมือน และกระบวนการออกแบบวิศวกรรม ซึ่งแต่ละส่วนมีองค์ประกอบย่อย ดังนี้ สิ่งแวดล้อมการเรียนรู้แบบเสมือนมี 5 องค์ประกอบ ได้แก่ 1) การติดต่อ สื่อสาร 2) การทำงานร่วมกัน 3) การแบ่งปันทรัพยากร 4) การสะท้อนคิดสร้างสรรค์ 5) การสนับสนุนผู้เรียน และกระบวนการออกแบบวิศวกรรมมี 5 ขั้นตอน ได้แก่ 1) ขั้นการกำหนดปัญหา 2) ขั้นการออกแบบ 3) ขั้น การพัฒนา 4) ขั้นการประเมินผล 5) ขั้นการนำเสนอ และมีผลการประเมินความเหมาะสมของรูปแบบสิ่งแวดล้อมการเรียนรู้แบบเสมือนด้วยกระบวนการออกแบบวิศวกรรมอยู่ในระดับมาก (2) ผลการใช้สิ่งแวดล้อมการเรียนรู้ แบบเสมือนด้วยกระบวนการออกแบบวิศวกรรม พบว่า ทักษะความคิดสร้างสรรค์ของนักเรียนครั้งที่ 1 มีค่าเท่ากับ 64.76 ครั้งที่ 2 มีค่าเท่ากับ 75.14 และครั้งที่ 3 มีค่าเท่ากับ 91.19 สูงขึ้น อย่างมีนัยสำคัญทางสถิติที่ระดับ .0

Leadership and Continuous Improvement in the Nigerian Beverage Industry

There is a high failure rate of continuous improvement (CI) initiatives in the beverage industry. Continuous improvement initiatives could help beverage manufacturing managers improve product quality, efficiency, and overall performance. Grounded in the transformational leadership theory, the purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to examine the relationship between idealized influence, intellectual stimulation, and CI. Nigerian beverage industry managers (N = 160) who participated in the study completed the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire Form 5X-Short, and the Plan, Do, Check, and Act (PDCA) cycle. The results of the multiple linear regression were statistically significant, F(2, 157) = 16.428, p \u3c 0.001, R2 = 0.173. Idealized influence (ß = 0.242, p = 0.000) and intellectual stimulation (ß = 0.278, p = 0.000) were both significant predictors. A key recommendation is for beverage manufacturing managers to promote their employees\u27 creativity, rational thinking, and critical problem-solving skills. The implications for positive social change include the potential to increase the opportunity for the growth and sustainability of the beverage industry

Quality of explosively welded steel plates using demex explosive

Заваривање експлозивом се често користи када конвенционалне методе заваривања не могу да обезбеде заварени спој два различита материјала, али и када треба заварити неку специфичну геометрију или велике површине металних плоча. Остваривање споја код заваривања експлозивом се заснива на динамичком дејству великог притиска створеног екплозијом. У ту сврху најчешће се користе индустријски експлозиви ниских параметара детонације, а један од њих је DEMEX, произвођача TRAYAL, из Србије. У овом истраживању DEMEX је примењен за заваривање плоча две различите врсте челика. Пре експерименталног поступка заваривања одабраних металних плоча, експлозив добијен од произвођача је подвргнут улазној контроли квалитета: мерењу његове насипне густине и брзине детонације, коришћењем оптичких сонди и фотодетектора повезаног са електронским бројачем. Експериментална поставка за заваривање била је следећа: експлозив DEMEX у прашкастом стању нанесен је у равномерном слоју преко горње челичне плоче, која је хоризонтално постављена преко доње плоче од друге врсте челика, у паралелном положају, са малим дрвеним дистанцерима ивично постављеним између њих. Активација је извршена електродетонирајућом капислом и малим бустером од пластичног експлозива. Заварени спој је испитан применом метода ултразвучне дефектоскопије, течним пенетрантима и микроструктурне анализе завареног споја. Микроструктурне анализе попречног пресека заварених плоча урађене су на стерео и оптичом микроскопу како би се анализирала зона завареног споја.Explosion welding is often used when conventional welding methods cannot provide welded joint of two dissimilar materials, but also when some specific geometry should be welded, or large surfaces of metal plates. The formation of a joint in explosive welding is based on the dynamic effect of the high pressure created by the explosion. For this purpose, most often some industrial explosives of low detonation parameters are used, and one of them is DEMEX, produced by TRAYAL, Serbia. In this research DEMEX was applied to weld plates of two different types of steel. Prior to the experimental procedure of welding, the selected metal plates, the explosive obtained from the producer was subjected to initial quality control: measurement of its bulk density and detonation velocity, using optical probes and a photodetector connected with an electronic counter. The experimental setup for welding was as follows: explosive DEMEX in powdery state was applied in a uniform layer over the upper plate, which was horizontally placed over the lower plate, in parallel position, with small wooden spacers, marginally placed between them. Activation was performed by an electro-detonating cap and a small booster of plastic explosive. The welded joint was examined using methods of ultrasonic defectoscopy, liquid penetrants testing and microstructural analysis of the welded joint. Cross-sectional microstructural analyses of the welded plates were performed using a stereo and optical microscope to analyze the weld zone