Key Software Engineering Concepts for Project Success: The Use of "Boot Camp" to Establish Successful Software Projects

Author

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

Author_Institution

Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh

fYear

2007

fDate

3-5 July 2007

Firstpage

203

Lastpage

210

Abstract

The use of project initiation techniques is not new to academia or industry. While successfully using "real world" projects to educate software engineers, the master of software engineering (MSE) program at Carnegie Mellon University has learned some key concepts and topics that make software project initiation more successful. We have found that project success is linked to issues surrounding how teams are formed and the specific guidance that they are initially provided. The MSE program uses a concept we call "boot camp" that focuses on some key areas of Software Process issues and Human Communication.

Keywords

computer science education; software engineering; Carnegie Mellon University; Master of Software Engineering; boot camp; software project initiation; software projects; Communication industry; Computer industry; Computer science; Educational programs; Footwear industry; Gas insulated transmission lines; Humans; Industrial training; Recruitment; Software engineering;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Engineering Education & Training, 2007. CSEET '07. 20th Conference on

Conference_Location

Dublin

ISSN

1093-0175

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2893-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CSEET.2007.30

Filename

4271607