Infusing Design Thinking into a Software Engineering Capstone Course
Infusing Design Thinking into a Software Engineering Capstone Course
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将设计思维融入软件工程顶点课程
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2017
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J. Porras
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Maria Palacin;Jayden Khakurel;A. Happonen;Timo Hynninen;J. Porras
软件工程 (SE) 教育工作者面临的挑战是平衡课程的范围和深度，以培训学生满足不断变化的行业需求的技能。顶点课程是教育工作者将实践经验转化为SE学生的实践知识和技能的工具。本文介绍了拉彭兰塔理工大学 Casptone 课程的设计。设计的课程是“以人为中心的SE顶点”，将设计思维方法和敏捷实践融入到项目生命周期的专业知识中。该顶点课程于 2017 年春季为 29 名学生提供为期 16 周的课程。设计思维对于执行需求获取、软件设计和测试是有效的。此外，应用的方法允许学生自我指导，这增加了他们的积极性，因此辍学率为零。设计思维是解决问题的强大手段，可以有效支持 SE 教育，带来更多实践和思考、基于问题的课程。
Software engineering (SE) educators are challenged to balance the scope and depth in their courses to train students in skills which will fulfill the ever-evolving industry needs. Capstone courses are a tool for educators to transfer hands-on experience into practical knowledge and skills of SE students. This paper describes the design of a Casptone course, at Lappeenranta University of Technology. The designed course is "human-centric SE capstone", infusing design thinking methods and agile practices into the project life-cycle knowhow. The capstone was offered in spring of 2017 as a 16-week course for 29 students. Design thinking was effective to perform requirement elicitation, software design and testing. Also, the applied approach allowed students to be self-directed which increased their motivation, as a result there was zero dropout rate. Design thinking is a powerful mean of problem solving and effectively supports SE education in bringing a more hands-on and minds-on, problem-based curriculum.