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Learning software project management in teams with diverse backgrounds

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Terje Samuelsen,

Ricardo Colomo-Palacios,

Monica KristiansenAuthors Info & Claims

TEEM '16: Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality

Pages 127 - 131

https://doi.org/10.1145/3012430.3012507

Published: 02 November 2016 Publication History

Abstract

Software development is a human centric activity. In such environments, team-based work structures are common. These teams are normally formed by people with diverse backgrounds and experience. As a consequence of the need to work in groups, students must be able to develop teamwork competences. In this paper, authors describe an initiative in which informatics students' work together with students with different backgrounds in a software project. Authors describe how students face the project, main challenges and opportunities raised and suggestions for curriculum development. Implications for the potential and limitations of the strategy for improving competence development are discussed.

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Index Terms

Learning software project management in teams with diverse backgrounds
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Computer science education
        Information systems education

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Assyne N(2019)Soft Competencies and Satisfaction Levels for Software Engineers: A Unified FrameworkSoftware Quality: Quality Intelligence in Software and Systems Engineering10.1007/978-3-030-35510-4_5(69-83)Online publication date: 9-Dec-2019
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Robal T(2018)Fair and Individualized Project Teamwork Evaluation for an Engineering Course2018 28th EAEEIE Annual Conference (EAEEIE)10.1109/EAEEIE.2018.8534256(1-9)Online publication date: Sep-2018
https://doi.org/10.1109/EAEEIE.2018.8534256

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