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The culture of quality and software engineering education

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T. P. RoutAuthors Info & Claims

ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, Volume 24, Issue 2

Pages 29 - 34

https://doi.org/10.1145/130962.130967

Published: 01 June 1992 Publication History

Abstract

It is clear that both internal and external pressures within the software development industry will require a much greater focus on effective quality management. The reasons for the slow acceptance of proven quality techniques are canvassed, and it is suggested that cultural obstacles to their use are developed and reinforced through the educational process. Some principles for overcoming the problem are proposed.

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Rout TSeagrott J(2007)Maintaining High Process Capability in a Student Project CourseProceedings of the 20th Conference on Software Engineering Education & Training10.1109/CSEET.2007.35(37-44)Online publication date: 3-Jul-2007
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1109/CSEET.2007.35
Rout TSherwood C(1999)Software engineering standards and the development of multimedia-based systemsProceedings 4th IEEE International Software Engineering Standards Symposium and Forum (ISESS'99). 'Best Software Practices for the Internet Age'10.1109/SESS.1999.766594(192-198)Online publication date: 1999
https://doi.org/10.1109/SESS.1999.766594
Birtle M(1999)Negotiated learning contracts in team projectsAnnals of Software Engineering10.1023/A:10189615160186:1-4(323-341)Online publication date: 1-Apr-1999
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1023/A%3A1018961516018
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Index Terms

The culture of quality and software engineering education
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Computer science education
        Information science education
2. Software and its engineering

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 24, Issue 2

June 1992

59 pages

ISSN:0097-8418

DOI:10.1145/130962

Editor:
James E. Miller
Univ. of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg

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Rout TSeagrott J(2007)Maintaining High Process Capability in a Student Project CourseProceedings of the 20th Conference on Software Engineering Education & Training10.1109/CSEET.2007.35(37-44)Online publication date: 3-Jul-2007
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1109/CSEET.2007.35
Rout TSherwood C(1999)Software engineering standards and the development of multimedia-based systemsProceedings 4th IEEE International Software Engineering Standards Symposium and Forum (ISESS'99). 'Best Software Practices for the Internet Age'10.1109/SESS.1999.766594(192-198)Online publication date: 1999
https://doi.org/10.1109/SESS.1999.766594
Birtle M(1999)Negotiated learning contracts in team projectsAnnals of Software Engineering10.1023/A:10189615160186:1-4(323-341)Online publication date: 1-Apr-1999
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1023/A%3A1018961516018
Cordes DParrish AKwasny SBuck J(1993)An incremental approach to software engineering in a science-based computing curriculumProceedings of the 1993 ACM conference on Computer science10.1145/170791.170827(182-188)Online publication date: 1-Mar-1993
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/170791.170827
Werth L(1993)Quality assessment on a software engineering projectIEEE Transactions on Education10.1109/13.20484236:1(181-183)Online publication date: 1-Feb-1993
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1109/13.204842

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