Infusing Design Thinking into a Software Engineering Capstone Course

Maria Palacin-Silva; Jayden Khakurel; Ari Happonen; Timo Hynninen; Jari Porras

doi:10.1109/CSEET.2017.41

Infusing Design Thinking into a Software Engineering Capstone Course

Maria Palacin-Silva
, Jayden Khakurel
, Ari Happonen
, Timo Hynninen
, Jari Porras

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Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference article in proceedings › Scientific › peer-review

60 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2017 IEEE 30th Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training (CSEE&T)
Editors	Hironori Washizaki, Nancy Mead
Publisher	IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Pages	212-221
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538625361
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/CSEET.2017.41
Publication status	Published - 4 Dec 2017
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	30th IEEE Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training, CSEE and T 2017 - Savannah, United States Duration: 7 Nov 2017 → 9 Nov 2017

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Conference	30th IEEE Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training, CSEE and T 2017
Country/Territory	United States
City	Savannah
Period	7/11/17 → 9/11/17

Keywords

Capstone
Course design
Design thinking
Education
Human-centric
Software curricula
Software engineering

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Palacin-Silva, M., Khakurel, J., Happonen, A., Hynninen, T., & Porras, J. (2017). Infusing Design Thinking into a Software Engineering Capstone Course. In H. Washizaki, & N. Mead (Eds.), 2017 IEEE 30th Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training (CSEE&T) (pp. 212-221). IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1109/CSEET.2017.41

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Palacin-Silva, M, Khakurel, J, Happonen, A, Hynninen, T & Porras, J 2017, Infusing Design Thinking into a Software Engineering Capstone Course. in H Washizaki & N Mead (eds), 2017 IEEE 30th Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training (CSEE&T). IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, pp. 212-221, 30th IEEE Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training, CSEE and T 2017, Savannah, United States, 7/11/17. https://doi.org/10.1109/CSEET.2017.41

Infusing Design Thinking into a Software Engineering Capstone Course. / Palacin-Silva, Maria; Khakurel, Jayden; Happonen, Ari et al.
2017 IEEE 30th Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training (CSEE&T). ed. / Hironori Washizaki; Nancy Mead. IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, 2017. p. 212-221.

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