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

这个项目将解决未来软件专业人员教育中一个重要的、重要的、但在很大程度上被忽视的需求：在真正的软件开发所需的沟通技能方面进行彻底、持续的指导。团队沟通的质量被广泛认为是软件项目成败的关键因素。当今软件工作场所的快节奏和不断变化需要敏捷的方法，即通过不断的团队和客户沟通来驱动。这个项目将为计算机科学和软件工程专业开发一个本科课程，通过探究、批判和反思的练习来促进敏捷沟通，所有这些都基于真实的软件开发环境。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积极、灵活和创造性的敏捷沟通特征。沟通密集的活动以各种方式贯穿于入门课程中。成熟的面向过程的指导性探究学习(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，通过对代码和文档的持续批评来补充教师的反馈。通过软件沟通案例研究的引导性探究计划为学生的团队软件活动做好准备，一系列反思性练习将引导他们专注于自己的团队沟通实践。

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.