Software Project Management as Team Building Intervention

Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences

Mohammad Khalid Shaikh¹  Kamran Ahsan¹  Akhtar Raza¹ 

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学科分类：生物科学（综合）

来源: Lifescience Global

【 摘 要 】

Thecoursesofsoftwareprojectmanagement(SPM)andSoftwareengineering(SE)areregularlytaughtatundergraduatedegreeprogramincomputerscience.Studentsoftheseprogramsalsohavetoundertakeprojectsaspartofvariouscoursesduringtheirdegreeprogram.Thepurposeofthisresearchistoassesswhetherthesoftwareengineeringorthesoftwareprojectmanagementcoursehadenhancedthecohesionamongteammemberswhileundertakingasixmonthorayear-longproject.Theteachingofthesetwocoursesisconsideredasateambuildinginterventioninthisresearch.Atotalof167studentsreturnedamodifiedversionofGroupEnvironmentQuestionnairedistributedto200students.Offthese,81werethosewhohadtakentheSEcourseandsubsequentlydidaprojectbeforetheyhadtakenSPMcourse.Therestofthestudents(85)consistedofthosewhohadtakenSPMandhadundertakenfinalproject.TheresultsofthispaperindicatesthattheSPMascomparedtoSEasateambuildinginterventionhadabettereffectonteamcohesion.ThepaperhassuccessfullyidentifiedasinglecoursethatcanenhancetheperformanceofstudentsasateamincontrasttoproposingallthecoursestaughtattheundergraduatecomputersciencedegreeprogramasinterventionforbetterteambuildingandteamworkasproposedbyHoganThomas,2005.

【 授权许可】

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