Scrum

In Scrum projects self-organized teams develop software products in an iterative process. A major advantage of this approach is that the project becomes more flexible. For example, the project team can react very quickly if new requirements are discussed during the project. Another advantage is the possibility to deliver product increments on a regular base instead of having to wait until the end of the project. The aim of this article is to discuss challenges that must be overcome when these regular increments are moved into the production environment.

This article is about agility, awareness and diversity in project management. In agile project management and especially in the working world 4.0, the importance of cooperation in diverse teams is emphasized again and again. Diversity does not only comprise crossing cultural, organizational and professional boundaries, but also integrating people who are sometimes excluded from communication in the working world. Deaf people belong to this group of people who are often disadvantaged regarding their job opportunities. Daily.Srum.Diverse offers a possibility to work together agilely in various teams and to bring together agility and diversity.

Experts shape theses about the trends of Industrie 4.0 in the fields of human, technology and organisation. Whereas Industrie 4.0 often focuses on the intelligent networking of technical objects, this contribution considers human and organizational aspects of mechatronic engineering of manufacturing systems. Thereto, the theses of Industrie 4.0 are compared with the Agile Manifesto and agile principles using the example of the agile framework Scrum, showing that agile engineering can provide an innovative approach to the efficient job design and organisation in the age of Industrie 4.0.