An Agile, Graduate, Software Studio Course

Author

Laplante, Phillip A.

Author_Institution

Eng. Div., Pennsylvania State Univ., Malvern, PA

Volume

49

Issue

4

fYear

2006

Firstpage

417

Lastpage

419

Abstract

The value of a studio course in undergraduate software engineering programs is well documented. What is not as well understood is how to provide a relevant studio experience to working, seasoned professional software engineers as part of a Master´s of Software Engineering (MSE) degree program. The challenge is that students´ experiential diversity complicates the selection of projects that address different students´ needs. Further, when the studio experience is compressed into 14 weeks, significant challenges are presented in controlling the process environment while providing a realistic and meaningful learning experience for part-time students. In this paper, a novel software studio course developed specifically for working, experienced professionals in an MSE program is described

Keywords

computer science education; educational courses; software engineering; Master of Software Engineering degree program; software studio course; undergraduate software engineering programs; Computer industry; Computer science; Educational programs; Life testing; Maintenance engineering; Process control; Programming; Software development management; Software engineering; Software testing; Agile; capstone; graduate; professional; software engineering;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Education, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9359

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TE.2006.879790

Filename

4012666