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Assessing the software process maturity of software engineering courses

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James S. Collofello,

Manmahesh Kantipudi,

Mark A. KankoAuthors Info & Claims

SIGCSE '94: Proceedings of the twenty-fifth SIGCSE symposium on Computer science education

Pages 16 - 20

https://doi.org/10.1145/191029.191040

Published: 12 March 1994 Publication History

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Since its introduction by the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) in 1987, the SEI Software Process Maturity Model has gained wide visibility and acceptance by industry. Its overall goal is to enable an organization to assess its software process maturity in order that it might be able to improve its software development process. Inspired by the success of the SEI model, this paper describes an attempt to develop an analogous, but highly simplified and unvalidated process maturity framework applicable to software engineering project courses. Our goal is to enable an instructor of a software engineering project course to assess the software development processes utilized in the course and to improve these processes leading to better managed and more successful projects.

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Collofello JChi Heng Ng (1999)Assessing the process maturity utilized in software engineering team project coursesFIE'99 Frontiers in Education. 29th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference. Designing the Future of Science and Engineering Education. Conference Proceedings (IEEE Cat. No.99CH3701110.1109/FIE.1999.839292(12A9/5-12A9/9)Online publication date: 1999
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Collofello JNg C(2013)Assessing the Process Maturity Utilized in Software Engineering Team Project Courses*Journal of Engineering Education10.1002/j.2168-9830.2001.tb00570.x90:1(75-78)Online publication date: 2-Jan-2013
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Assessing the software process maturity of software engineering courses
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Computer science education
      2. Model curricula
2. Software and its engineering

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SIGCSE '94: Proceedings of the twenty-fifth SIGCSE symposium on Computer science education

March 1994

414 pages

ISBN:0897916468

DOI:10.1145/191029

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Villanova Univ., Villanova, PA
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Villanova Univ., Villanova, PA

ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 26, Issue 1
March 1994
410 pages
ISSN:0097-8418
DOI:10.1145/191033
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Villanova Univ., Villanova, PA
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Collofello JChi Heng Ng (1999)Assessing the process maturity utilized in software engineering team project coursesFIE'99 Frontiers in Education. 29th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference. Designing the Future of Science and Engineering Education. Conference Proceedings (IEEE Cat. No.99CH3701110.1109/FIE.1999.839292(12A9/5-12A9/9)Online publication date: 1999
https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.1999.839292
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https://doi.org/10.1002/j.2168-9830.2001.tb00570.x
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https://doi.org/10.1080/08993408.2011.606118
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