Our university bastardised Agile tools to give curriculum designers in an academic setting increased productivity and improved motivation. This allowed the designers to provide better quality and cutting edge courses in less time. The online educational team implemented and shared a personal kanban, dropped job descriptions, and saw massive improvements throughout. Scrum was then studied, dissected, and reassembled for our needs. Writers are now asking regularly to write for us, while designers have more free time for adding new dimensions to the curriculum in addition to normal expectations.
http://submit2011.agilealliance.org/files/session_pdfs/AGILE in Academics.pptx.pdf
