Agile Project Management in a Junior Enterprise

Abstract

The academic formation in the Universities can be strongly leveraged by the performance of the Junior companies. These companies play a very important role, for the opportunity it offers students to approach classroom theory with practice in companies. For this purpose, this research aimed to study and propose the application of agile Scrum management methodology in the projects executed by a Junior company. The study consisted in adopting the Scrum methodology through an action research and checking the advantages in the executed projects. The main results can be highlighted: a greater alignment of the teams involved; Greater alignment of project results with customer requirements; Deliveries on time. As a conclusion, it was observed that the implementation of the Scrum methodology in the evaluated Junior company caused a change of culture and the strengthening of team spirit, with the members assuming greater responsibilities.