TY - JOUR
T1 - Developing and using a web-based project process throughout the software engineering curriculum
AU - Bagert, Donald J.
AU - Mengel, Susan A.
N1 - Funding Information:
Susan A. Mengel is currently an associate professor in the Computer Science Department at Texas Tech university and oversees the Master's in Software Engineering program. Her research areas include data mining and Web caching. She developed a software process for students to use in the undergraduate and graduate software engineering courses in addition to web and database servers for student development use. She has participated in NASA and US Army summer research programs and is funded by NSF, USDA, and Texas Coordinating grants. She currently serves on the IEEE-CS Board of Governors as well as the Conference and Tutorials Board, the Audit Committee, and the Web Operations Committee, she has served on the IEEE-CS Educational Activities Board where she worked on the Computing Curriculum effort for both the Computer Science and the Software Engineering volumes.
PY - 2005/1/15
Y1 - 2005/1/15
N2 - In order to facilitate the study and use of software process, which is essential to the education of future software professionals, a standard and tailorable project process has been developed over the last five years at Texas Tech University for use in both undergraduate and graduate curricula, with a total of 12 courses involved. The process is entirely web-based, and includes a complete set of HTML document templates in order to facilitate the creation of project artifacts which are posted to the course web page. This method enhances communication between team members, including distance education students, and between the project team and client. The project process has received positive feedback from all stakeholders involved. This paper discusses the benefits of the web-based project process, its relation to curriculum models, and plans for a more formal assessment of the process. The portability of process to other institutions is also discussed, with an example provided involving the software engineering courses at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.
AB - In order to facilitate the study and use of software process, which is essential to the education of future software professionals, a standard and tailorable project process has been developed over the last five years at Texas Tech University for use in both undergraduate and graduate curricula, with a total of 12 courses involved. The process is entirely web-based, and includes a complete set of HTML document templates in order to facilitate the creation of project artifacts which are posted to the course web page. This method enhances communication between team members, including distance education students, and between the project team and client. The project process has received positive feedback from all stakeholders involved. This paper discusses the benefits of the web-based project process, its relation to curriculum models, and plans for a more formal assessment of the process. The portability of process to other institutions is also discussed, with an example provided involving the software engineering courses at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jss.2003.09.024
DO - 10.1016/j.jss.2003.09.024
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:6444230432
VL - 74
SP - 113
EP - 120
JO - The Journal of Systems and Software
JF - The Journal of Systems and Software
SN - 0164-1212
IS - 2 SPEC. ISS.
ER -