17-622 Agile Methods

6 units, Carnegie Mellon University

Agile methods refers to a number of software development approaches that adopt self-organization, adaptive planning, evolutionary development, frequent delivery and working closely with and incorporating feedback from customers throughout the development process as their principles of operation to achieve responsiveness. This course will introduce students to two well known agile methods: Scrum and Kanban, connecting their practices to established group dynamics and knowledge management theories to explain why they work and under what circumstances

Prerequisites: none listed

Offered: Fall 2026, Fall 2025

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