Software process in the classroom: the Capstone project experience

Abstract

A process-oriented perspective on large student projects guides students in integrating end-to-end life-cycle skills and provides consistency of experience among projects. After conducting 49 Capstone projects, the authors learned that they must cultivate a process culture, that agile processes provide a bridge from ad hoc programming assignments to organized project work, and that process requires a suitable infrastructure of tools and process expertise.