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Adopting virtual reality as a medium for software development process education

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Rory V. O'Connor,

Paul ClarkeAuthors Info & Claims

ICSSP '18: Proceedings of the 2018 International Conference on Software and System Process

Pages 71 - 75

https://doi.org/10.1145/3202710.3203161

Published: 26 May 2018 Publication History

Abstract

Software development is a complex process of collaborative endeavour which requires hands-on experience starting from requirement analysis through to software testing and ultimately demands continuous maintenance so as to mitigate risks and uncertainty. Therefore, training experienced software practitioners is a challenging task. To address this gap, we propose an interactive virtual reality training environment for software practitioners to gain virtual experience based on the tasks of software development. The goal is to transport participants to a virtual software development organization where they experience simulated development process problems and conflicting situations, where they will interact virtually with distinctive personalities, roles and characters borrowed from real software development organizations. This PhD in progress paper investigates the literature and proposes a novel approach where participants can acquire important new process knowledge. Our preliminary observations suggest that a complementary VR-based training tool is likely to improve the experience of novice software developers and ultimately it has a great potential for training activities in software development organizations.

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Adopting virtual reality as a medium for software development process education
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Modeling and simulation
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Software development process management
      1. Software development methods
        Agile software development

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ICSSP '18: Proceedings of the 2018 International Conference on Software and System Process

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DOI:10.1145/3202710

General Chair:
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