Agile communicators: Preparing students for communication-intensive software development through inquiry, critique and reflection

这个项目将在未来的软件专业人员的教育中解决一个重要的，重要的，并且很大程度上被忽视的需求：真正的软件开发所需的沟通技巧的彻底的，持续的指导。团队沟通的质量被广泛认为是软件项目成功或失败的关键因素。当今软件工作场所的快节奏和不断变化需要敏捷方法，即由不断的团队和客户沟通驱动。该项目将为计算机科学和软件工程项目开发一门本科课程，通过探究、批判和反思的练习来促进敏捷沟通，所有这些都以真实的软件开发环境为基础。该项目的目标是在计算机科学和软件工程专业的学生中加强敏捷沟通的主动性、灵活性和创造性特征。交流密集的活动以各种方式穿插在入门课程中。完善的过程导向探究学习（POGIL）框架将提供一种结构化的探究方法。关于测试覆盖率、编程风格和代码文档的自动反馈将通过WebTA提供，WebTA是一种工具，它通过对代码和文档的持续批评来补充讲师的反馈。通过软件交流案例研究引导探究的课程为学生的团队软件活动做准备，一系列反思练习将引导他们关注自己的团队交流实践。

This project will address a significant, important, and largely overlooked need in the education of future software professionals: thorough, sustained instruction in the communication skills required for real software development. The quality of team communication is widely acknowledged to be a key factor in the success or failure of software projects. The fast pace and constant change of today's software workplace demand an Agile approach, i.e., drive by constant team and customer communication. This project will develop an undergraduate curriculum for computer science and software engineering programs that promotes Agile communication through exercises in inquiry, critique and reflection, all grounded in authentic software development settings.The goal of the project is to strengthen the Agile communication characteristics of proactivity, flexibility, and creativity among computer science and software engineering students. Communication-intensive activities are woven through introductory courses in a variety of ways. The well-established Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL) framework will provide a structured approach to inquiry. Automated feedback on test coverage, programming style and code documentation will be provided through WebTA, a tool that supplements instructor feedback with continual critique of code and documentation. A program of guided inquiry through case studies of software communication prepares students for their team software activities, and a series of reflective exercises will lead them to focus on their own team communication practices.