Preparing Tomorrow's Software Engineers for Work in a Global Environment

Beecham, Sarah; Clear, Tony; Barr, John; Daniels, Mats; Oudshoorn, Michael J.; Noll, John

doi:10.1109/ms.2017.16

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“…In framing the set of articles in this special issue, we sought to classify them in some meaningful way. Drawing on the debate on relative merits of three candidate approaches to the teaching of GSE-Ed [5] and on the Work Integrated Learning continuum outlined in Clear et al [6], we developed the framework above as a continuum model of Global Software Engineering Education.…”

Section: Global Software Engineering Continuummentioning

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Global Software Engineering Education Practice Continuum Special Issue of the ACM Transactions on Computing Education

Clear

Beecham

2019

ACM Trans. Comput. Educ.

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We are pleased to introduce this Special Issue on Global Software Engineering Education published by the ACM Transactions on Computing Education (TOCE) that focuses on educational practices to prepare students for a global workplace. This issue comes at a time when universities are recognizing the need to provide courses that address the challenges of distributed development and presents research that will facilitate course leaders currently running, or embarking on, Global Software Engineering Education (GSE-Ed).

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Section: Global Software Engineering Continuummentioning

confidence: 99%

Global Software Engineering Education Practice Continuum Special Issue of the ACM Transactions on Computing Education

Clear

Beecham

2019

ACM Trans. Comput. Educ.

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“…Globalization of SE, involving global software engineering (GSE) or global software development (GSD), is one of the most recent trends encountered in the literature. Beecham et al reported an eminent need to address this teaching strategy in recent publications [43,44]. Others suggested how Agile through Scrum methodology can adopt to GSE/GSD [45].…”

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“…Publications in journals such as ACM Transactions on Computing Education (TOCE) and Journal of Systems and Software have discussed topics important topics in the involvement of industrial clients, as well as efficiently implement agile methods and teamwork in SE courses [10]. Other publications in IEEE Software and British Journal of Education Technology put focus on Global Software Engineering as an imminent need to prepare future SE students [44] and MOOCs as a tool that can transform SE learning on a global scale [14].…”

Section: Rq6: In Which Bibliographical Sources Are They Published?mentioning

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Industry Trends in Software Engineering Education: A Systematic Mapping Study

Cico

Jaccheri

2019

2019 IEEE/ACM 41st International Conference on Software Engineering: Companion Proceedings (ICSE-Companion)

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Contemporary approaches and trends in software engineering courses have been continuously updated over the last four decades. Adaptation to industry needs is crucial for future educational purposes and vice versa. Tech startups have become a driving force in the economy and a major industry trend. The goal of this paper is first to critically assess how contemporary industry trends and in particular, tech startups have influenced the updating of software engineering curricula. The second goal is to evaluate the contribution of industry and in particular, tech startups, processes and models in present learning approaches. The third goal addresses how stakeholders have helped in the infusion of industry trends and in particular, in tech startup approaches in academia. This study is a systematic literature mapping. A total of 138 papers were selected based on education goals, research, and contribution type. Of the primary education topics, 78% were related to teaching strategies, 9% to globalization and training methods, and less than 5% to tech startup and industry innovation. Common stakeholders accounting for the change are students, researchers, and lecturers and project managers, product owners, customers, and clients from industry. This study showed that industrial models or methods involving Agile and Scrum have been widely adopted. Less investigated areas that have recently become common industry trends, such as tech startup models adopting lean methodology, require further attention and might create opportunities for updating the curricula. We discuss future model possibilities for exploiting tech startups as a means for renewing future capstone courses. Index Terms-software engineering courses, teaching approaches, mapping study, tech startups

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“…The intercultural competencies necessary to work in global software development teams have been investigated by a number of authors. Beecham, et al, (Beecham 2017) conducted a wide-scale literature review of distributed global software engineering courses. They identified a number of difficulties inherent to working in international software teams, which students need to learn to address: distance, teamwork, soft issues, stakeholders from industry, infrastructure and distributed software development processes.…”

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Diversity as an Advantage: An Analysis of Career Competencies for It Students

Brockmann¹,

Schuhbauer²,

Hinze³

2019

Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age (CELDA 2019)

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Due to increasing digitization in all aspects of life, the demand for qualified software development professionals continues to increase. Students from underrepresented groups, such as first generation students from non-academic families, minorities, single parents and women represent an underutilized pool of untapped potential talent. The question arises as to which unique perspectives computer science graduates from underrepresented groups can bring to software development companies. In addition to programming skills, non-technical competencies, such as foreign language abilities, intercultural communication, creativity, conflict management, team-building and organizational skills are vital for success in diverse, international project teams. A large job market database for new graduates, developed for a consortium of universities in Bavaria, Germany, is analyzed using machine learning tools. Career competencies desired by recruiting companies are compared to potential advantages offered by computer science graduates from underrepresented groups.

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Preparing Tomorrow's Software Engineers for Work in a Global Environment

Cited by 43 publications

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Global Software Engineering Education Practice Continuum Special Issue of the ACM Transactions on Computing Education

Global Software Engineering Education Practice Continuum Special Issue of the ACM Transactions on Computing Education

Industry Trends in Software Engineering Education: A Systematic Mapping Study

Diversity as an Advantage: An Analysis of Career Competencies for It Students

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