Application of project management programs in the educational process when training IT specialists

The article substantiates the need to include Agile technology, Kanban and Scrum systems in the training process of future IT specialists. These systems are implemented in various project management applications. Task trackers are currently widely used by IT companies, as they allow for centralized planning and operational control of tasks performed by a development team, calculating their completion time and key performance indicators, and synchronizing the actions of teams working at different stages of the project. Applications provide communication between departments within the company and communication with customers. The use of task trackers in the educational process allows you to understand the principles of teamwork, forms personal responsibility for achieving a collective goal, increases the competitiveness of a university graduate and forms an integrated approach to training future specialists in the IT field. Knowledge of the operating principles of task trackers must be indicated in the resume. According to employers, the ability to work in a team is a key factor in the list of requirements among skills that are not related to knowledge in the main field of activity. The article outlines the experience of using Russian project management applications in the learning process, their capabilities, the characteristic features of the most famous ones, and also substantiates the interest of students in working in a task tracker: collective planning, defining the goals of a team project, ways and means of achieving them.

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