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- From: mheinric@teal.csn.org (Mark Heinrick)
- Subject: Re: Teaching Software Engineering
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- Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 05:40:45 GMT
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- zaphod@cs.mcgill.ca (Morris BERNSTEIN) writes:
- :
- : After working as a professional software developer for a number of
- : years, I've developed a deep understanding of software engineering.
- : I've continued my reading, so I understand both how it should be done
- : and how it is actually done, and I've developed some humble insights
- : into why it tends not to be done the way it should be done.
- : <stuff deleted>
- :
- : So, does anyone have any suggestions for a term project? I don't
- : particularly want to overwhelm the students with large amounts of
- : work, and I don't want to require particularly fancy programming
- : techniques, but I do what to give them the flavour of the process.
- :
- :
- : Morris
-
- The length of the class and the general level of experience will
- determine the type of project. My own experience is that students
- do much better when they decide on a project and feel they "own"
- it.
-
- A good reference is "Models for Undergraduate Project Courses in
- Software Engineering" (Shaw and Tomayko) in "Lectures in Computer
- Science #536" SEI conference 1991, Tomayko (Ed.).
-
- Best of Luck.
-
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- Mark Heinrich
- Colorado Springs, Colorado
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