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

敏捷沟通者：通过探究、批评和反思，让学生为沟通密集型软件开发做好准备

• 批准号: 1504860
• 负责人: Charles Wallace
• 金额: $ 21.87万
• 依托单位: Michigan Technological University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-09-01 至 2018-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1504860&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Agile; communicators; Preparing; students; communication

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.

这个项目将解决一个重大的，重要的，在很大程度上被忽视的需要在未来的软件专业人员的教育：彻底的，持续的指导所需的真实的软件开发的沟通技巧。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，通过不断的团队和客户沟通来驱动。本项目将为计算机科学和软件工程专业的本科生开发一门课程，通过在真实的软件开发环境中进行探究、批判和反思的练习来促进敏捷沟通。本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。沟通密集型活动以多种方式贯穿入门课程。完善的过程导向的引导探究学习（POGIL）框架将提供一个结构化的探究方法。 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是一种通过不断批评代码和文档来补充教师反馈的工具。 通过软件沟通的案例研究指导调查程序为学生的团队软件活动做好准备，一系列的反思练习将引导他们专注于自己的团队沟通实践。