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Agile Software Development 2025/26 fall

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  • Exams
  • Readings

Lectures

Lectures will be delivered on-site, recorded, and available on Moodle.

LectureDateTopic
 02.09There is no lecture
109.09Course organization and Introduction
216.09Intro to Test-Driven Development (TDD)
323.09Requirements management in Agile Software Development
430.09XP and code refactoring
507.10Agile Software Development with SCRUM
614.10Agile at scale
721.10Guest Lecture (TBD)
828.10Project Intro & Web application development using Phoenix II. Phoenix app's architecture, a deep dive

The schedule may change.

  • 09.09 - Course organization and Introduction
    • Slides and recording on Moodle
    • Additional readings
      • "People, Process, and Product” by Dwayne Phillips
      • The agile manifesto and its history
      • Agile 101 by Agile Alliance
      • 16th Annual State Of Agile Report
      • Münch, Jürgen, et al. Software process definition and management. Springer Science & Business Media, 2012. (Ch.1)
  • 16.09 - Intro to Test-Driven Development (TDD)
    • Slides and recording on Moodle
    • Additional readings
      • Test Driven Development: By Example, by Kent Beck
      • Agile Alliance: TDD
  • 23.09 - Requirements Management in Agile Software Development
    • Slides and recording on Moodle
    • Additional readings:
      • User Stories Applied, by Mike Cohn
      • How to split a user story
      • Kanban in 5 minutes
  • 30.09 - XP and code refactoring
    • Slides and recording on Moodle
    • Additional readings:
      • Refactoring, by Martin Fowler and Kent Beck
      • Catalog of refactorings
      • Code smells and refactoring patterns
  • 07.10 - Agile Software Development with SCRUM
    • Slides and recording on Moodle
    • Additional readings:
      • Agile Software Development with SCRUM, by Ken Schwaber y Mike Beedle
      • Scrum Guide
  • 14.10 - Agile at Scale
    • Slides and recording on Moodle
    • Additional materials:
      • SAFe in 7 minutes by Inbar Oren
      • Scaling Agile @ Spotify with Tribes, Squads, Chapters & Guilds by Henrik Kniberg
      • Jeff Sutherland's opinion about The Spotify model
  • 21.10 - Guest Lecture
    • Slides and recording on Moodle
  • 28.10 - Web application development using Phoenix II. Phoenix app's architecture, a deep dive
    • Handout Lecture #7
    • Additional Reading:
      • Phoenix Routing
      • Phoenix Plugs
      • Plug.Conn
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