Title :
A client-focused, team-of-teams approach to software development projects
Author :
Keen, Chris ; Lockwood, Carmen ; Lamp, John
Author_Institution :
Tasmania Univ., Hobart, Tas., Australia
Abstract :
This paper describes an innovative and very successful final year project course that has been provided in the Department of Computer Science over the past four years. Students are formed into relatively large teams of 16 and tackle a challenging, realistic project during a single semester. Unlike many computer science project courses that emphasise the technical issues, to the detriment of the end-user, this course is focused on the people involved in the project and the client. The project team is highly structured and team members take on all of the roles that one is likely to encounter in projects in the workplace
Keywords :
computer science education; educational courses; human resource management; project management; software development management; client-focused approach; computer science project courses; end-user; software development projects; student teams; team-of-teams approach; workplace; Computer science; Computer science education; Electrical capacitance tomography; Employment; Identity-based encryption; Lamps; Programming; Space technology; Teamwork; Time factors;
Conference_Titel :
Software Engineering: Education & Practice, 1998. Proceedings. 1998 International Conference
Conference_Location :
Dunedin
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8828-9
DOI :
10.1109/SEEP.1998.707631
