Teaching communication and interpersonal skills in an extreme programming course

The major problems of software development projects are not so much technical as sociological in nature. The industry seems to agree very much with this statement while the university seems to give it little importance. This article analyzes the social problems that affect software development teams...

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Autores: Teles, Vinícius Manhães, Oliveira, Carlo Emmanoel Tolla de
Tipo de recurso: informe técnico
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2002
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da UFRJ
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:pantheon.ufrj.br:11422/1890
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11422/1890
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Extreme (Programação)
Engenharia de software
Software engineering
CNPQ::CIENCIAS EXATAS E DA TERRA::CIENCIA DA COMPUTACAO
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Sumario:The major problems of software development projects are not so much technical as sociological in nature. The industry seems to agree very much with this statement while the university seems to give it little importance. This article analyzes the social problems that affect software development teams with special attention to communication. lt shows that universities and industry have different views about what skills students should develop. The article proposes the introduction of an extreme programming course which can address some of the main concerns expressed by industry.