The document outlines a project-based learning course using Scrum and PaaS Heroku, led by Hiro Yoshioka and Miho Nagase from Rakuten and AIIT. It details the course structure, which includes pre-course, intensive course, and distributed learning over 10 weeks, focusing on competencies in agile software development, continuous delivery, and team collaboration. Key lessons learned emphasize student-driven learning, the importance of modern tools in development, and the necessity for growth hackers to aid future projects.

1. Project
Based
Learning
using
by
PaaS
Heroku
Meetup
01/13/2015
Hiro
Yoshioka
*,
Miho
Nagase
**
@hyoshiok,
@miholovesq
*
Rakuten,
Inc.
**
Advanced
InsMtute
of
Industrial
Technology

2. Agenda
• What
is
project
based
learning
course
at
AIIT.
– Goals
• Topics
• Demo
or
Die
• Lessons
Learned
• Our
Next
Challenges

3. Goals
of
Project
Based
Learning
Course
• アジャイル開発手法である Scrum
を使って、
Web
アプリケーション分野の新しい製品やサー
ビスの企画立案から始まり、プロトタイプ開発に
よるアーキテクチャベースラインの確立、インク
リメンタルな機能強化開発、運用・保守までを実
践する。
• Develop
a
basic
competence
of
modern
techniques
which
are
indispensable
to
run
by
SCRUM
agile
soXware
development.

4. Web
ApplicaMon
Development
by
Scrum
Course
• AIIT
–
Advanced
InsMtute
of
Industrial
Technology;
産業技術大
学院大学
• Pre
Course
–
June
to
July
• Intensive
Course
–
August
to
September
• Distributed
PBL
(Project
Based
Learning),
10
weeks
–
October
to
December

5. Pre
Course
• To
learn
basic
knowledge
of
Agile
soXware
development
methods.

6. Intensive
Course
• To
learn
knowledge
of
business
applicaMon
development
method,
build
a
team,
and
make
a
plan
of
the
Project.
Mini
PBL

7. Distributed
Project
Based
Learning
(Distributed
PBL)
• To
learn
modern
soXware
development
method,
such
as
agile
development,
SCRUM
method,
and
so
on
by
PBL
(project
based
learning).
– We
use
some
commercial
API
such
as
Rakuten
API,
distributed
source
code
management
system,
git,
github,
and
Pla^orm
as
a
Service
(PaaS),
heroku,
Ruby
on
Rails,
and
so
on.

8. Class
room
at
Okinawa

9. Class
room
at
AIIT

10. Topics
• ConMnuous
Delivery
(CD),
Test
AutomaMon,
ConMnuous
IntegraMon
(CI),
Version
Control
System,
Test
Driven
Development
(TDD),
Pla^orm
as
a
service
(PaaS),
API,
Agile,
Scrum
• git,
github,
heroku,
Travis
CI,
VirtualBox,
vagrant,
linux,
Ruby
on
Rails,
chef,
Rakuten
API

11. Demo
or
Die;
Project
Based
Learning
• Each
sprint
is
one
week
(total
10
weeks)
• Make
a
product
backlog.
• Build
a
prototype.
MVP
-­‐
minimum
viable
product
• Give
a
demo
on
every
Saturday.
• Get
feedback
from
the
other
teams
and
coaches.

12. Build/Measure/Learn
hbp://www.slideshare.net/jezhumble/conMnuous-­‐delivery-­‐5359386

13. Lessons
Learned
• Project
Based
Learning
is
well
done.
– knowledge,
skill,
competence
– team
learning
– tacit/implicit
knowledge
• Demo
or
Die,
scrum
– Mme
box,
prioriMzaMon,
MVP
• Modern
Tools
accelerate
development
process
– PaaS,
CI,
scrum,
sprint,

14. RetrospecMve
• We
(professors,
coach)
don’t
teach
but
you
(students)
learn.
• Done
is
beber
than
perfect.
• Face
to
face
communicaMon
is
vital
and
essenMal.
• A
few
dropouts
• Pivot
• Free
to
fail

15. Our
Next
Challenges
• From
‘How’
to
‘What’
and
‘Why’
– you
can
learn
how
to
build
web
services
by
our
course
but
you
learn
‘what’
and
‘why’
to
build
from
experience.
• Growth
Hackers
– we
need
growth
hackers
to
coach
our
PBL.

16. My
wish
to
Students
• Show
your
competence.
– Apply
contests,
e.g.
Mashup
Award
– Build
your
services
– Salesforce
Hack
Challenge
2014,
#4
• hbp://jphack2014.challengepost.com/
updates
タビノタネ
• “The
future
is
already
here
—
it's
just
not
very
evenly
distributed.”
by
William
Gibson

17. Appendix
• Project
URL
– wassermann「あいまいランチ」
• hbps://github.com/esodov/wassermann
– 362
commits
– 3
conMrbutos
– チーム土曜日「タビノタネ」
• hbp://www.tabinotane.com/
• hbps://github.com/tnumata3632/
RakuTabi
– 292
commits
– 5
contributors

18. • Project
URL
(cont.)
– 主音(トニカ)「Tas-­‐quel」
• hbp://tasquel-­‐tonika.herokuapp.com/home/login
• hbps://github.com/enPIT-­‐Tonika/tasquel
– 204
commits
– 4
contributors
– IRohash「eXMck」
• hbp://exMck.herokuapp.com/
• hbps://github.com/328-­‐-­‐/eXMck
– 263
commits
– 6
contributors

19. • Project
URL
(cont.)
– Project
KUA「QUA
Map」
• hbp://quamap.herokuapp.com/
• hbps://github.com/projectKUA/quamap
– 193
commits
– 4
contributors
– buzaar「cloreco」
• hbps://cloreco.herokuapp.com/
• hbps://github.com/aiit-­‐enpit/cloreco
– 19
commits
– 3
contributors

20. Special
Thanks
to
Agile
Coaches
• Masanori
Kado
• Takashi
Takebayashi
• Masashi
Arino
• Kiro
Harada
• Shintaro
Kakutani
• Naoto
Nishimura
• Ayumu
Aizawa
(Heroku)
• Makoto
Takaesu
• Etsuo
Yamada
• Takashi
Imagire
• Tsutomu
Yasui
• Shogo
Kawahara
(Rakuten)
• Takuo
Doi
• Eiji
Ienaga
• Ken
Matsumoto