Utilizing corporate models in a software engineering studio

Author

Schlimmer, Jeffrey C. ; Hagemeister, Jack R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA, USA

fYear

1997

fDate

1-16 Apr 1997

Firstpage

185

Lastpage

191

Abstract

The software company called powerPen, which now markets eight different products to computer users worldwide, evolved from a software engineering studio class at Anonymous University and is operated entirely by undergraduate students. Their achievement in developing successful market quality software products is unique and exciting from an educational viewpoint and provides long-term benefits for the participants. Industry response to the program has been rewarding in terms of financial support, summer internship offers for students, and availability of jobs for graduates. The current financial model under which powerPen operates allows managerial simplicity and negates most legal liability, which makes it desirable for educational purposes

Keywords

computer science education; corporate modelling; educational courses; product liability; software engineering; software quality; computer users; corporate models; education; financial model; financial support; graduate jobs; legal liability; market quality software products; powerPen; software company; software engineering studio; software engineering studio class; summer internship; undergraduate students; Companies; Computer industry; Computer science; Employment; Energy management; Lifting equipment; Power engineering computing; Programming; Software engineering; Software standards;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Engineering Education & Training. Tenth Conference on

Conference_Location

Virginia Beach, VA

ISSN

1093-0175

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7886-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SEDC.1997.592453

Filename

592453