The main purpose of this assignment is to establish a deep understanding for best practices and current research related to some of the topics presented in the course. You will also increase your abilities to research a topic of study to (1) learn how to search and locate literature (eg. Journal articles) using library and internet resources; (2) analyze information found in journal articles, and (3) synthesize new knowledge into a written literature review.
In order to reach these goals, you will write a systematic literature review of at least 8 scientific sources presented in an integrated and critical way.
A literature review is an essay directly related to the topic or problem under study. An important purpose of the literature review is to learn what others have discovered before you begin your own investigation, and to ground your study in a particular context of what is known about a subject in order to establish a foundation for the topic (or question) being researched.
How to proceed
Choose a topic that you are interested in studying from the topics listed below.
Formulate a research question that describes what you would like to know about your topic.
Search for journals, books, and conference articles that contain information about your topic.
Find articles, read the abstracts and skim the articles to determine if they correspond well to your topic and research questions.
Select at least 8 sources.
Read the articles and begin to sort and classify them according to their findings.
Organize your articles by sorting and classifying their findings in a meaningful way, always considering your original topic and inquiry question.
Write an outline for your literature review and reflection.
Write your report.
Revise your report.
Available topics:
Lean software development
A-B testing
Data-driven innovation
Test driven development
Ecosystem driven development
Challenges for high-performing teams
Large-scale agile development
Expected length
The report should be 4000 (+/- 500) words in length.
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