An analysis of the gap between the knowledge and skills learned in academic software engineering course projects and those required in real: projects

Author

Ludi, Stephanie ; Collofello, James

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Abstract

This paper describes how the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge, (SWEBOK) can be used as a guide to assess and improve software engineering courses. A case study is presented in which the guide is applied to a typical undergraduate software engineering course. The lessons learned are presented which the authors believe are generalizable to comparable courses taught at many academic institutions. A novel approach involving largescale software project simulation is also presented a way to overcome some of the course deficiencies identified by the guide

Keywords

computer science education; educational courses; software engineering; teaching; SWEBOK; Software Engineering Body of Knowledge; academic institutions; case study; knowledge learning; large-scale software project simulation; skills learning; undergraduate software engineering courses; Collaborative software; Collaborative work; Computational modeling; Computer science; Computer science education; Knowledge engineering; Professional societies; Software engineering; Software quality; Taxonomy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference, 2001. 31st Annual

Conference_Location

Reno, NV

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6669-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.2001.963881

Filename

963881