Effort measurement in student software engineering projects
Tuya, J.; Garcia-Fanjul, J.
Frontiers in Education Conference, 2000. FIE 2000. 30th Annual
Volume 1, Issue , 2000 Page(s):F1A/3 - F1A/6 vol.1
Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/FIE.2000.897672
Summary:Teaching software engineering by means of student involvement in
the team development of a product is the most effective way to teach the
main issues of software engineering. Some of its difficulties are those
of coordinating their work, measuring the time spent by the students
(both in individual work and in meetings) and making sure that meeting
time will not be excessive. Starting in the academic year 1998/1999, we
assessed, improved and documented the development process for the
student projects and found that measurement is one of the outstanding
issues to be considered. Each week, the students report the time spent
on the different project activities. We present and analyze the
measurement results for our 16 student teams (each one with around 6
students). It is interesting to note that the time spent in meetings is
usually too long, ranging from 46% in the requirements analysis phase to
21% in coding, mainly due to problems of coordination. Results from
previous years are analyzed and presented to the following year's
students for feedback. In the present year (2000), we have decreased the
amount of time spent by the student doing group work, and improved the
effectiveness and coordination of the teams
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