NDLI: Improving software project management skills using a software project simulator

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Merrill, D. Collofello, J.S.
Copyright Year	1997
Description	Author affiliation: Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ, USA (Merrill, D.)
Abstract	Software project management skills are becoming an important component of software engineering education. Software engineers working in teams need to carefully plan and coordinate their efforts in order to be successful. Unfortunately, most universities provide inadequate education in software project management. Most use lecture-based approaches which provide the necessary steps in software project management, but are deficient in providing the students with hands-on experience. Software project simulation provides a bridge between course-based and hands-on experience. It provides an interactive environment of repeatable exercises. It also provides a medium for measurable evaluation of student performance which can be used to customize the education process to fit the needs of individual students. Our work focuses on using system dynamics modeling for simulating software development activities because of its ability to dynamically represent relevant project attributes in the software development process. A system dynamics model of the incremental software development process has been developed and validated. This paper describes a process for utilizing this system dynamics model to create simulation environments suitable for addressing specific education objectives. Benefits and guidelines for use of a tool of this kind are provided. Our experience with using this tool in a large class is also described.
Starting Page	1361
Ending Page	1366
File Size	758748
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0780340868
ISSN	01905848
DOI	10.1109/FIE.1997.632676
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	1997-11-05
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Project management Programming Management training Computer simulation Computational modeling Costs Computer science education Software performance Software standards Aerospace simulation
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Education Computer Science Applications Software

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