The impact of agility on a bachelor´s degree in computer science

Author

Wellington, Carol ; Briggs, Thomas ; Girard, C. Dudley

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Shippensburg Univ., PA

fYear

2006

fDate

23-28 July 2006

Lastpage

404

Abstract

Shippensburg University offers a computer science degree with the choice of five concentrations including software engineering. We first introduced agility as an XP component in part of our two-semester product development sequence. Within the software engineering concentration, agile concepts spread into our course on software metrics and process management. With that experience, our faculty have become interested in including agile concepts into other courses. This paper describes how a number of our undergraduate courses, the content of our computer science core, and our department´s general health have been affected by agile techniques and philosophies

Keywords

computer science education; educational courses; educational institutions; programming; software management; software metrics; Shippensburg University; XP; agile philosophies; computer science degree; process management; product development sequence; software engineering; software metrics; undergraduate courses; Computer science; Educational institutions; Engineering management; History; Product development; Programming; Software engineering; Software metrics; Stress; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Agile Conference, 2006

Conference_Location

Minneapolis, MN

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2562-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AGILE.2006.54

Filename

1667605