Title :
Applying software process modeling and improvement in academic setting
Author :
Jaccheri, Maria Letizia ; Lago, Patricia
Author_Institution :
Dipartimento di Autom. e Inf., Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Abstract :
This work concerns the software process of a software engineering course project work. The quality manual contains a general process model, written in a formal software process modeling language that describes activities, tools, products, responsibilities, and measures. The quality manual serves as a basis for obtaining project specific plans, and for communicating the process to students, colleagues, and customers. The formal process model is the basis for analyzing and improving the process over the years, thus improving the quality of the provided education. The analysis of a given project run has revealed some problems and errors in the original model. This list of problems has been used as an action list to design a new process model. The new model will be exploited for the next years project runs
Keywords :
computer science education; educational courses; formal specification; software quality; specification languages; academic setting; action list; education; errors; project work; quality manual; software engineering course; software process improvement; software process modeling; software process modeling language; software products; software tools; Continuing education; Educational products; Knowledge management; Object oriented modeling; Particle measurements; Process design; Software engineering; Software measurement; Software quality; Software tools;
Conference_Titel :
Software Engineering Education & Training. Tenth Conference on
Conference_Location :
Virginia Beach, VA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7886-0
DOI :
10.1109/SEDC.1997.592435