Digital Technologies project framework: semester-spanning agile Scrum projects as an integral third of a robotics-relevant CS curriculum

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Description

The article proposes a project-based learning framework in which students work in small teams on industry-relevant problems across multiple semesters. The bachelor's program comprises 180 ECTS points, of which 60 are project-based courses worth ten ECTS each, organized with the Scrum framework. The authors state that "the project team is not driven by consecutive tasks to develop a product but by the development of a minimum viable product (MVP)" defined by user stories. Projects are consecutive: early semesters teach project skills, later ones mix cohorts for interdisciplinary work.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

• A multi-semester study program structure so that application modules and skill refinement can span several projects rather than a single course
• Scientific staff acting as Product Owner and a senior student acting as Scrum Master for each team

Constraints

• The framework is described for the undergraduate program of one applied computer science degree (Digital Technologies); the authors note transferability to other domains is future research

Target Learners

• undergraduate bachelor's students in applied computer science (Digital Technologies)

Learning Goals

• practical robotics and software engineering skills alongside theoretical knowledge
• agile self-managed teamwork on industry-relevant problems

Claims

• In a winter 2025/2026 student project, a student team incrementally built a ROS2 software ecosystem for automated disassembly of brick assemblies across seven sprints [+W]

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• Scrum methodology as an educational scaffold: a project-management framework with ceremonies, roles and artefacts that structures planning, monitoring and reflection in complex context-based learning environments
• AI-driven talent cultivation reform framework with five interconnected components
• ROS-based disassembly station with two robots and conveyor belts as the project hardware platform

Examples

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Key Sources

• Tobias Geger, Dominique Briechle and Andreas Rausch. (2026). Bots and Blocks: Presenting a project-based approach for robotics education. https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.14529

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title	Digital Technologies project framework: semester-spanning agile Scrum projects as an integral third of a robotics-relevant CS curriculum
description	The article proposes a project-based learning framework in which students work in small teams on industry-relevant problems across multiple semesters.
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generated	by process:settle-candidates on 2026-10-10
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