Infusing design thinking into a software engineering capstone course

M Palacin-Silva, J Khakurel… - 2017 IEEE 30th …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
2017 IEEE 30th Conference on Software Engineering Education and …, 2017ieeexplore.ieee.org
Software engineering (SE) educators are challenged to balance the scope and depth in their
courses to train students in skills which will fulfill the ever-evolving industry needs. Capstone
courses are a tool for educators to transfer hands-on experience into practical knowledge
and skills of SE students. This paper describes the design of a Casptone course, at
Lappeenranta University of Technology. The designed course is" human-centric SE
capstone", infusing design thinking methods and agile practices into the project life-cycle …
Software engineering (SE) educators are challenged to balance the scope and depth in their courses to train students in skills which will fulfill the ever-evolving industry needs. Capstone courses are a tool for educators to transfer hands-on experience into practical knowledge and skills of SE students. This paper describes the design of a Casptone course, at Lappeenranta University of Technology. The designed course is "human-centric SE capstone", infusing design thinking methods and agile practices into the project life-cycle knowhow. The capstone was offered in spring of 2017 as a 16-week course for 29 students. Design thinking was effective to perform requirement elicitation, software design and testing. Also, the applied approach allowed students to be self-directed which increased their motivation, as a result there was zero dropout rate. Design thinking is a powerful mean of problem solving and effectively supports SE education in bringing a more hands-on and minds-on, problem-based curriculum.
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