Teaching unified process in software design and development courses: a case study

  • Authors:
  • Jiang Li

  • Affiliations:
  • Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

The texts and instructions in software design and development courses often lack practical information for students to go through the complete software development cycle. This paper studies a case of teaching software engineering that emphasizes on applied approaches in real-world projects. A unified process approach was adopted and a practical application for video-rental business was designed, implemented, and tested. Students experienced the entire development cycle of a software product. The results demonstrate the usability of the product and the student evaluations show the effectiveness of the teaching methodology.