To satisfy the ever-changing needs in the business environment, companies have to rethink how IT, not just software development, is organized, structured, and measured. Building a healthy environment for Business-IT effectiveness is essential for business development. This course provides new ideas to organization transformation, which enables innovation, adaptability, and responsiveness. Topics to be covered include Agile Software Development, Ergonomics, Business-IT alignment, organization norms, and team design and development.

Upon completion of the course, students should be able to: 1. Explain the twelve principles of the Manifesto for Agile Software Development; 2. Explain the processes, values, and concerns of agile software development; 3. Understand the importance of interaction and collaboration among workers and teams; 4. Able to apply popular agile software development frameworks into an existing business environment; 5. Able to redesign existing agile software framework according to constraints of a business.