An Agile embedded systems capstone course

The objective of this paper is to present the outcomes of an embedded systems senior design capstone course offered for Computer Engineering Technology students. This course has being taught five times using the presented format. At every offering, slight modifications have been done in an attempt to improve the student´s experience and engagement. The most important intended learning outcomes for this course are: to enable team collaboration, to learn project management techniques, to develop a product from idea to implementation, and to make a professional presentation of their work to an audience. The innovative practices included in this course are: use of Agile Project Management methodologies, no paper trail all information is in electronic form, emulation of an entrepreneurial experience.