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Power of Recognition: A Conceptual Framework for Agile Capstone Project in Academic Environment

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Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming (XP 2007)

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Agile methods are finding their way into industry, and also into tertiary education. Approaches on tertiary capstone project are being presented, and questioned, if they provide a supportive learning environment. In this paper, an industrial strength holding, conceptual framework for realizing an agile grounded software project course in academic environment is described and rationalized by pedagogical aspects.

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Giulio Concas Ernesto Damiani Marco Scotto Giancarlo Succi

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Isomöttönen, V., Korhonen, V., Kärkkäinen, T. (2007). Power of Recognition: A Conceptual Framework for Agile Capstone Project in Academic Environment. In: Concas, G., Damiani, E., Scotto, M., Succi, G. (eds) Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming. XP 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4536. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73101-6_20

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