Live-Through Case Histories as Motivation for Software Process

摘要

If the level of adoption of Software Engineering Best Practice is to be increased in industry, then it must be taught effectively in the university. Many Computer Science faculty and students, however, either view software process as intellectually shallow or are averse to the oppressive discipline which they perceive to be required to follow it. We have devised a method of motivating students to recognize the necessity of Software Engineering Best Practice by shocking them into the realization that without it they are likely to fail, not in their course work, but in real-world software development projects.