1. FoxNet Research Assignment due by end of day Friday
You are required to use FoxNet to search for jobs and/or internship opportunities.
Identify 10 MIS related jobs and/or internship For each opportunity you identify you must list:
Name of the employer
Title of the position
Short summary description of the position (2-3 sentences)
Salary if listed
Location if listed
Industry if listed
Short summary list the qualifications
If you feel you are qualified for this position, explain how you met these requirements.  If you do not feel you are qualified for this position, explain why not. If you feel that your field of study will prepare you for this opportunity before graduation, let me know that too.
Partial credit for this assignment will NOT be given if the required number of opportunities is not identified.
If you have secured a full-time internship or a permanent position that is closely related to your major, you will not be required to complete this assignment. Please provide me with a copy of your offer letter and you will receive credit for this assignment. This must be for a job or internship that you have either worked in the last year or will be starting within the next year.
Failure to complete this assignment by the due date will result in a reduction of your final grade by one full letter grade.

2. Agile Methodology

3. What is the Agile methodology?
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Agile software development refers to a group of software development methodologies based on iterative development, where requirements and solutions evolve through collaboration between self-organizing cross-functional teams.

4. Scrum benefits to the organization:
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What is Scrum?
Scrum is a subset of Agile. It is a lightweight process framework (set of practices) for agile development, and the most widely-used one.
For example, the Scrum process framework requires the use of development cycles called Sprints, the XP framework requires pair programming, and so forth.
Scrum benefits to the organization:
Increase the quality of the deliverables
Cope better with change (and expect the changes)
Provide better estimates while spending less time creating them
Be more in control of the project schedule and state

5. What are Agile Events? Web research
Events are the meetings prescribed to carry out the Scrum framework, and are what give Scrum its regularity and structure.
Encompass all of the meetings required to maintain the cyclical process that allows Scrum teams to inspect and adapt.  
Each event has its own specific purpose, cadence, and time-box (Event Examples: Daily Stand Up Meeting, Sprint planning, Sprint review, etc.)

6. What is a Sprint? Web research
A sprint is a set period of time during which specific work has to be completed and made ready for review.
The time-box for a Sprint is 30-days or less

7. What is a Sprint Planning Session (SPS)?
A meeting in which attendees plan out the necessary work for an upcoming sprint. Consists of two parts:
“What” the team will be working on
“How” they will accomplish the work
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What is a Stand Up meeting?
A meeting in which attendees typically participate while standing. The discomfort of standing for long periods is intended to keep the meetings short.
The goal of this event is for the team to get in sync on a daily basis, allowing for better collaboration and transparency
Should last 15 minutes or less.

8. Or Stand Up Meeting
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9. What’s a User Story? What’s an epic? What’s a “spike” ? Web research
User stories are short, simple descriptions of a feature told from the perspective of the person who desires the new capability, usually a user or customer of the system.
What’s an epic?
A bunch of stories grouped together due to likeliness.
What’s a “spike” ?
Story that cannot be estimated until a development team runs a time-boxed investigation. The output of a spike is an estimate for the original story.

10. JIRA software
Jira is a proprietary issue tracking product developed by Atlassian that allows bug tracking and agile project management.
The product name is a truncation of Gojira, the Japanese word for Godzilla, which is a reference to a competitor, Bugzilla.

11. Assignment #3 : Agile….during week 12-14
In this assignment, you and your team will present a status of your project using the “Sprint Review” event format.
Create and be prepared to present a slide deck of 3 pages in which you will report:
What have you achieved so far on your project,
What are you currently working on (present one deliverable), and
What is your ToDo list for the final sprint (last day of class)
Be concise and use interesting visual in your presentation
Each team has 5 minutes to present
All team members need to be present to receive full credit
Send ppt to owlbox (see site for instructions) BEFORE class on April 17

12. Studio time:
Start working on your Sprint presentation with your team!

13. Friday: Change Leadership Day!
- Kotter Chapter 6 : Create Short-Term Wins
- Pick 3 of the stories and be ready to present the key take away/learnings and how it relates to your current project:
The List on the Bulletin Boards
Creating the New Navy
The Senator Owned a Trucking Company
Hoopla