Proposal Based Studio Projects: How to Avoid Producing "Cookie Cutter" Software Engineers

Author

Root, David ; Rosso-Llopart, Mel ; Taran, Gil

Author_Institution

Master of Software Eng. Programs, Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA

fYear

2008

fDate

14-17 April 2008

Firstpage

145

Lastpage

151

Abstract

The proposal based studio is a method to teach software engineers best practices without developing a "cookie cutter" environment. It teaches students how to get projects done in the fixed time of a degree program without relying on a dogmatic, fixed "recipe" process. This paper discusses how students are provided a template with six general process areas for which they must "propose" solutions. These proposed solutions are unique to each 4 to 5 member Master of Software Engineering team and are continuously reviewed by the faculty throughout the project.

Keywords

computer science education; software engineering; Master of Software Engineering team; cookie cutter environment; cookie cutter software engineers; proposal based studio projects; Best practices; Computer industry; Computer science; Computer science education; Educational programs; Gas insulated transmission lines; Programming; Proposals; Software development management; Software engineering; proposal based studio projects; software engineer teaching method;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Engineering Education and Training, 2008. CSEET '08. IEEE 21st Conference on

Conference_Location

Charleston, SC

ISSN

1093-0175

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3144-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CSEET.2008.20

Filename

4556960