APSEC 2022
Tue 6 - Fri 9 December 2022
Thu 8 Dec 2022 13:45 - 14:00 at Room1 - Education Chair(s): Shinsuke Matsumoto

Practical software engineering courses incorporate industrial clients to present a more realistic environment for the students. Clients introduce problem statements to students in the predevelopment phase. These documents describe the project’s vision, scope, requirements, and acceptance criteria. An unreasonable trade-off between efficiency and creativity can lead to unfulfilled client expectations or very constrained creative space for students. In problem statements, a good balance between freedom and efficiency helps foster such a creative-friendly environment that facilitates creative thinking and innovative approaches.
This paper describes a case study in a software engineering project course among 17 projects (with over 100 students) in the past two semesters with real industrial clients. We develop criteria to classify problem statements into three main types. Innovation and creativity are measured through self-evaluation surveys and project documentation. The findings show that a problem statement with a known problem, fewer than 15 requirements, and fewer than 30 constraint word occurrences has the highest potential to strike the balance to encourage creativity and achieve project success.

Thu 8 Dec

Displayed time zone: Osaka, Sapporo, Tokyo change

13:00 - 14:30
EducationEDU - Software Engineering Education at Room1
Chair(s): Shinsuke Matsumoto Osaka University
13:00
15m
Paper
Virtual Reality for Software Engineering PresentationsBest EDU Paper Award
EDU - Software Engineering Education
Chaiyong Rakhitwetsagul Mahidol University, Thailand, Morakot Choetkiertikul Mahidol University, Thailand, Apirak Hoonlor Mahidol University, Mores Prachyabrued Mahidol University
13:15
15m
Paper
How students design simple programs. An study on the effort and perceptions of the design activity.
EDU - Software Engineering Education
Diego Vallespir Universidad de la República - Pyxis, Silvana Moreno Universidad de la República Uruguay
13:30
15m
Paper
Automatic Programming Assessment System for Computer Science Bridge Course - An Experience Report
EDU - Software Engineering Education
Sebastian Geiss RWTH Aachen University, Tim Jentzsch RWTH Aachen University, Nils Wild RWTH Aachen University, Christian Plewnia RWTH Aachen University
13:45
15m
Paper
Balancing between Creativity and Efficiency in Software Engineering Project Courses
EDU - Software Engineering Education
Ruoqing Wang Technical University of Munich, Snezhina Milusheva Technical University of Munich, Stephan Krusche Technische Universität München
14:00
15m
Paper
Threshold Concepts and Skills in Software Architecture: Instructors' Perspectives
EDU - Software Engineering Education
Usman Nasir Blekinge Institute of Technology, Muhammad Laiq Blekinge Institute of Technology