Title :
Final year project: A test case for requirements engineering skills
Author :
Beus-Dukic, Ljerka
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electron. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of Westminster, London, UK
Abstract :
This paper provides an overview of our approach to teaching a Requirements Engineering (RE) course which is offered as part of bachelor degrees in Software Engineering, Computing, and Mobile and Wireless. We describe our assessment diet and focus on a particular assignment - a report on student´s final year project requirements. The rationale behind this assignment was to assess the students´ abilities to apply what they have learnt in the RE course on a first complete non-trivial software project. In this position paper we discuss the benefits and challenges of using students´ final year projects as an effective platform to assess their knowledge and skills in applying RE.
Keywords :
computer science education; formal verification; further education; final year project; mobile computing; nontrivial software project; requirements engineering course; requirements engineering skills; software engineering; wireless computing; Analytical models; Computer science; Educational institutions; Software; Tutorials; Writing; assessment; final year project; requirements engineering;
Conference_Titel :
Requirements Engineering Education and Training (REET), 2011 6th International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Trento
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0954-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0956-2
DOI :
10.1109/REET.2011.6046272
