Quality-Driven Competition: Uniting Undergraduates, Graduates and Professionals on Global Software Development Projects

Author

Gotel, O. ; Kulkarni, Vaishali ; Say, Moniphal ; Scharff, C. ; Sunetnanta, T. ; Touch, S. ; Des, P.

Author_Institution

Pace Univ., New York, NY

fYear

2008

fDate

14-17 April 2008

Firstpage

19

Lastpage

21

Abstract

This short paper describes an innovative project-based learning experience for software engineering education and training. A global software development project is currently underway to unite students from across the globe, with widely different backgrounds and learning objectives, in distinct project roles that are designed to leverage skill sets and foster overall quality and success. The background to this project is summarized in this paper, along with the motivation, set-up and governance model. A number of achievements from three years of sustained collaboration across the institutions make this educational model possible, and these are described together with the on-going challenges we are facing.

Keywords

computer science education; project management; software engineering; software management; training; global software development projects; innovative project-based learning experience; quality-driven competition; software engineering education; software engineering training; Cities and towns; Computer science; Educational institutions; Educational technology; Paper technology; Programming; Quality management; Software design; Software engineering; Software systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Engineering Education and Training Workshop, 2008. CSEETW '08. 21st IEEE-CS Conference on

Conference_Location

Charleston

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3387-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CSEETW.2008.4

Filename

4566940