Agile Life-cycle And Innovation Management For Self-Organized Teams
Abdela, Eskindir (2014)
Metropolia Ammattikorkeakoulu
2014
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2014060411689
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2014060411689
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The main goal of the thesis is to show how a group of motivated students can develop an innovative solution. The thesis dives into different techniques of team organization, theory and applicability of Agile software development model, leadership trends and innovation fostering mechanisms to show that when properly implemented, a small team can have the potential to produce a product worthy of competing in the global market.
The thesis first covers the previously accepted software development models and perspec-tives and dives deep into the modern school of thought in regards to software development. It first discusses the theory behind the Agile development philosophy. After that it gives a detail process overview of one of the most popular Agile frameworks – Scrum. Then the thesis goes further to see how Agile models help in self-organization and also leadership models and creative management that best suit these development processes. In addition to that, the thesis covers innovation methodologies that a team employs for identifying ideas that make a difference. It covers some of the accepted models that transform an idea to a product.
The thesis focuses on two projects conducted for the Microsoft Imagine Cup. It shows how the team implemented the theory and the application they have managed to produce. In addition, to earning second prize for one of the project, the thesis also discusses the overall success of the projects.
The thesis first covers the previously accepted software development models and perspec-tives and dives deep into the modern school of thought in regards to software development. It first discusses the theory behind the Agile development philosophy. After that it gives a detail process overview of one of the most popular Agile frameworks – Scrum. Then the thesis goes further to see how Agile models help in self-organization and also leadership models and creative management that best suit these development processes. In addition to that, the thesis covers innovation methodologies that a team employs for identifying ideas that make a difference. It covers some of the accepted models that transform an idea to a product.
The thesis focuses on two projects conducted for the Microsoft Imagine Cup. It shows how the team implemented the theory and the application they have managed to produce. In addition, to earning second prize for one of the project, the thesis also discusses the overall success of the projects.