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A classroom outsourcing experience for software engineering learning

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William L. Honig,

Tejasvini PrasadAuthors Info & Claims

ITiCSE '07: Proceedings of the 12th annual SIGCSE conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education

Pages 181 - 185

https://doi.org/10.1145/1268784.1268838

Published: 25 June 2007 Publication History

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Outsourcing of software development is a key part of globalization, oft misunderstood by computer science students, and possibly a cause of declining enrollments in the field. The authors developed and implemented an outsourcing experience for students in an advanced software engineering course. Student teams at two universities developed game playing programs and outsourced key parts of their systems to the other university. Results show students improved their understanding of outsourcing, developed better appreciation for the importance of software engineering techniques, and created ad hoc communication protocols between teams. The paper concludes with recommendations for expanding the approach used to other universities to create a more inclusive computer science and software engineering teaching environment.

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A classroom outsourcing experience for software engineering learning
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Information systems education
      2. Model curricula
    2. Management of computing and information systems
      1. Project and people management
        Project management techniques
        Project staffing
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Collaboration in software development
      1. Programming teams
  2. Software notations and tools
    1. Software configuration management and version control systems

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DOI:10.1145/1268784

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 39, Issue 3
Proceedings of the 12th annual SIGCSE conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education (ITiCSE'07)
September 2007
366 pages
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DOI:10.1145/1269900
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