About the project
Back to my engineering school, on the other side of the room
Before founding Doctor Project, in June and July 2022, I went back to the Paris engineering school where I earned my master's degree. This time I was on the other side of the room, teaching project management modules and sitting on master's defense juries.
The Challenge
Agile and V-cycle are not two religions
Engineering students are comfortable with technology and less with what surrounds it: scope, stakeholders, priorities that change mid-sprint. Agile and the V-cycle can sound like two opposing camps, when the real skill is knowing when each one fits the project in front of you.
HOW WE FIX ISSUES
Course modules, startup week mentoring and defense juries
I taught Agile and V-cycle modules using situations from real e-commerce projects, mentored student teams during the school's startup week and sat on M1 and M2 defense juries.
Explaining a framework to students is a good test of whether you really understand it. That habit of making complex things simple is one I use with clients every week, for example when we set up governance for a PIM project.
