Examining the Relationship of Hungarian Students with Agile Approaches

Abstract

A number of abilities and skills may be required to perform the tasks of a given job efficiently, effectively, and successfully. However, there is one trait that has been appearing in more and more job advertisements in recent years, and across a wider spectrum, as a requirement or at least an advantage: agility. Whether a job applicant is truly agile - and not just claiming to be - usually only becomes apparent later, when they have proven themselves through their work and attitude. However, whether someone is familiar with the basics of the agile approach or is able to identify with them without specific knowledge, can be determined relatively quickly. In the research that forms the basis of this study, we attempted the latter: we examined Hungarian university students' identification with the four pillars and values of the Agile Manifesto, which was originally created in the world of software development in 2001 but is now much more widely known. Our main goal was to gain a better understanding of the relationship between future employees and the agile approach, and to gain insight into whether agility is rather distant from them or whether working according to the agile approach is unlikely to cause them any particular difficulty.