Case Study: Technische Universität München achieves scalable, hands-on computer science education with Jira Software

Atlassian enables state-of-the-art computer science education at TUM

Technische Universität München (TUM), a leading science and technology university in Munich, wanted to move beyond traditional lecture-and-exam formats. In the Software Engineering program, instructors Dora Dzvonyar and Lukas Alperowitz faced the challenge of scaling hands-on, client-based project courses for about 100 students to better prepare them for real-world employment.

By adopting Atlassian tools—Bitbucket for branch-based exercises and pull requests, Jira Software for Kanban-based progress monitoring, and Confluence for team documentation—the instructors organized and scaled the course with distributed student-assistant reviews. The approach boosted engagement and produced measurable results: 11 mobile apps, 72 sprints, 4,300+ commits, 1,100 pull requests, improved communication and idea exchange, and a persistent knowledge base in Confluence.

Technische Universität München

Dora Dzvonyar

Chair for Applied Software Engineering