IUSE/PFE: RED Innovation: Using Scrum to Develop an Agile Department

IUSE/PFE：RED 创新：使用 Scrum 开发敏捷部门

• 批准号: 1920780
• 负责人: Massood Towhidnejad
• 金额: $ 199.87万
• 依托单位: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-10-01 至 2024-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1920780&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IUSE; PFE; RED; Innovation; Using

The next generation of engineers will need essential technical and professional skills to solve the complex problems facing society. Changes to how departments operate, the curriculum, and teaching practices in engineering programs are required to better prepare students for the profession. Efforts to implement these kinds of changes are often slowed down by department cultures or faculty attitudes about the amount of time and work that would be involved. In this project the Electrical, Computer, Software, and Systems Engineering (ECSSE) Department at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University will implement an innovative approach to become a department that responds quickly to student and industry needs. This approach will apply agile development methods typically used in industry to deliver the best products faster. Agile methods involve working on teams in short cycles which allow shared work responsibility, frequent feedback, and adjustments between cycles. The ECSSE Department will use the Scrum agile method to organize how the department carries out its normal operations. The department will also embed Scrum agile product development into courses across the curriculum. The new approach will allow faculty to achieve quicker changes and implementation of prioritized items for the department. Examples of prioritized items will include incorporating more evidence-based practices in courses such as just-in-time teaching, case-based teaching, active learning, and peer instruction; fostering inclusive learning environments; updating course materials; revising department procedures; and recruiting diverse students and faculty. Consequently, both faculty and students in the department will gain expertise with this agile professional skill. The project will investigate how the changes to department operations enhance faculty and student experiences. The findings would help inform other engineering departments about practices to improve the education of a diverse student population to be well-skilled engineers for the workforce. The objectives of this project will be to radically transform the ECSSE department into an agile department that: 1) develops students into engineers with agile skills desired by industry, and 2) develops an agile faculty culture which models the use of agile practices for students. Faculty will work collectively in Scrum teams to innovate the practices, policies, and culture of the department. Students will use Scrum in individual and team projects throughout the middle two years of the curriculum to progressively build their expertise for the culminating capstone courses in the senior year. The research study will use an explanatory case study design guided by social cognitive theory. Quantitative and qualitative analyses will be performed using data from interviews with faculty and students, feedback from stakeholders, and artifacts from Scrum teams. Research results could lead to transformations in engineering education by offering a model on the novel use of Scrum as an agile organizational practice and its influences on the collective efficacy of faculty. This project is jointly funded by the Division of Undergraduate Education and the Division of Engineering Education and Centers reflecting the alignment of this project with the respective goals of the divisions and their programs.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

下一代工程师将需要基本的技术和专业技能来解决社会面临的复杂问题。改变部门如何运作，课程和工程项目的教学实践需要更好地为学生的职业做好准备。实施这些变革的努力往往会因部门文化或教职员工对所涉及的时间和工作量的态度而放缓。在这个项目中，安柏瑞德航空大学的电气、计算机、软件和系统工程（ECSSE）系将实施一种创新的方法，成为一个快速响应学生和行业需求的部门。这种方法将应用行业中通常使用的敏捷开发方法，以更快地交付最好的产品。敏捷方法涉及在短周期内的团队工作，允许共享工作责任，频繁反馈和周期之间的调整。ECSSE部门将使用敏捷方法来组织部门如何执行其正常操作。该部门还将把敏捷产品开发嵌入整个课程的课程。新的方法将使教师能够实现更快的变化和部门的优先项目的实施。优先项目的例子将包括在课程中纳入更多的循证实践，如及时教学，基于案例的教学，主动学习和同伴指导;培养包容性的学习环境;更新课程材料;修订部门程序;和招聘不同的学生和教师。因此，该部门的教师和学生都将获得这种敏捷专业技能的专业知识。该项目将调查部门运作的变化如何提高教师和学生的经验。调查结果将有助于通知其他工程部门的做法，以改善教育的多样化的学生群体是熟练的工程师的劳动力。该项目的目标是从根本上将ECSSE部门转变为敏捷部门：1）将学生培养为具有行业所需敏捷技能的工程师，2）开发敏捷教师文化，为学生使用敏捷实践建模。教师将共同努力，以创新的做法，政策和部门的文化。学生将在整个课程的中间两年的个人和团队项目中使用Score，以逐步建立他们的专业知识，为高年级的终极课程。本研究将采用以社会认知理论为指导的解释性案例研究设计。定量和定性分析将使用来自教师和学生访谈的数据，来自利益相关者的反馈，以及来自Soccer团队的工件进行。研究结果可能会导致工程教育的转变，提供一个模型的新用途的敏捷组织实践及其对教师的集体效能的影响。该项目由本科教育部和工程教育与中心部共同资助，反映了该项目与各部门及其计划各自目标的一致性。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

Initial Faculty Perceptions of Scrum for Departmental Change. In Content Access.

教师对 Scrum 部门变革的初步看法。

• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference
• 作者: Pembridge, J. J.;Wilson, T. A.;Roa, O. E.
• 通讯作者: Roa, O. E.

Introducing Agility into Research Teams

将敏捷性引入研究团队

• DOI: 10.1109/fie56618.2022.9962665
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: 2022 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE
• 作者: Ochoa, Omar;Reynolds, Sarah A.
• 通讯作者: Reynolds, Sarah A.

Adopting Agility in Academia through Pilot Projects

通过试点项目在学术界采用敏捷性

• DOI: 10.1109/fie49875.2021.9637458
• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: 2021 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE
• 作者: Ochoa, Omar;Towhidneiad, Massood;Wilson, Timothy;Pembridze, James;Bowen, Erin;Castro, Carlos
• 通讯作者: Castro, Carlos

I/O, meet Scrum: Agile engineering processes for teams and change management

I/O，遇见 Scrum：团队和变更管理的敏捷工程流程

• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: 36th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology
• 作者: Bowen, E.;Pembridge, J.;Wilson, T.;Towhidnejad, M.;Castro, C.A.;Ochoa, O.;Mystrow, N.;Roa, O.
• 通讯作者: Roa, O.

The Agile Academic Enterprise

敏捷学术企业

• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference
• 作者: Wilson, T. A.;Towhidnejad, M.;Pembridge, J. J.;Bowen, E. E.;Ochoa, O.;Castro, C. A.
• 通讯作者: Castro, C. A.