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Students vs. Professionals in Assisted Requirements Tracing: How Could We Train Our Students?
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Bhowmik, Tanmay Reese, Donna S. |
| Copyright Year | 2014 |
| Abstract | Assisted requirements tracing (ART) skills are essential for new college graduates joining the software industry as their initial assignments often involve substantial tracing-related activities. Although studying human analysts in ART is an emerging research trend, how students might behave differently from software professionals is yet to be investigated. In this paper, we compare the performances, processes, and strategies between students and software professionals in carrying out ART tasks for an unfamiliar system. We observe that both students and professionals performing ART activities generally follow a generic four-phase problem solving process: define the problem, develop a plan, implement the plan, and evaluate the solution. We find that students show significant deficiency in the overall problem solving process, whereas many professionals follow unique and effective tracing techniques in defining the problem, and in developing and implementing the plan. We identify the improvement areas and propose a set of learning activities for Software Engineering students to enhance their tracing skills. We implement two learning activities in a Software Engineering course and report our experience. Our study contributes to the improvement of training students in performing ART and other information-intensive tasks in Software Engineering. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://peer.asee.org/students-vs-professionals-in-assisted-requirements-tracing-how-could-we-train-our-students.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
