Professional Documents
Culture Documents
...and if the changes are needed it goes back into the hands of the Instructional
Designer.
They agree on small/discrete chunks of what the course should look like in a
"scrum" (meeting) session
That part of the puzzle is built in a "sprint" (iteration), with any issues/changes
addressed quickly
Obviously, the above points do not justify what Agile actually is, and what it does.
However, when compared to other iterative processes, Agile:
Helps the project team stay focused on developing eLearning courses and
content, and NOT get distracted by the "process" of developing the course or
content
No one is suggesting that the advent of Agile has made everything that eLearning PMs
and Developers learned and did over the last decade obsolete. Quite the contrary! What
Agile aims to do is take eLearning project development to the next natural level in its
evolution. That means building (not fully replacing) upon the wealth of knowledge and
experience of the existing body of knowledge.