A Stakeholder Win-Win Approach to Software Engineering Education

Alexander Egyed, Barry W. Boehm, Dan Port

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Abstract

We have been applying the stakeholder win–win approach to software engineering education. The key stakeholders we are trying to simultaneously satisfy are the students; the industry recipients of our graduates; the software engineering community as parties interested in improved practices; and ourselves as instructors and teaching assistants. In order to satisfy the objectives or win conditions of these stakeholders, we have formed a strategic alliance with the USC Libraries to have software engineering student teams work with Library clients to define, develop, and transition USC digital library applications into operational use. This adds another set of key stakeholders: the Library clients of our class projects. This paper summarizes our experience in developing, conducting, and iterating the course. It concludes by evaluating the degree to which we have been able to meet the stakeholder-determined course objectives.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)295-321
Number of pages27
JournalAnnals of Software Engineering
Volume6
Publication statusPublished - 1999

Fields of science

  • 102 Computer Sciences
  • 102022 Software development

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