Agile Approach to Enhance Student's Capstone (Industry-based) Product Delivery in Tertiary Education

Opportunities to encounter the challenges involved in doing real-world industry projects, including project design, implementation & management, working under constraints, meeting deadlines, and uncertainties. An agile approach is applied to increase student learning in students' capstone projects involving external, real-world industry projects. In the realm of software and enterprise system development, agile methodologies have emerged as the most widely adopted approach, as they promote early and ongoing feedback that aids in aligning and adjusting the development process to meet the client's requirements. These methodologies empower students to prevent procrastination and improve learning objectives related to the design and development of capstone projects. This paper includes a case study to demonstrate an agile approach in capstone projects for both undergraduate and post-graduate students in public tertiary Institutions in Australia. Where students utilised an agile methodology, with the best practices of Scrum with three sprints in semester 1, 2024. The result has shown improvements in students’ active participation, engagement, motivation, and improved understanding of agile practices within project teams and capstone product development. The results of this research can be integrated to modern engineering education, which ensures that students are well prepared for real-world challenges and not only technically proficient but also adaptable and ready to address the complex challenges of the 21st century.