Learning software project management in teams with diverse backgrounds
Terje Samuelsen, Ricardo Colomo‐Palacios, Monica Kristiansen · 2016
Software development is a human centric activity. In such environments, team-based work structures are common. These teams are normally formed by people with diverse backgrounds and experience. As a consequence of the need to work in groups, students must be able to develop teamwork competences. In this paper, authors describe an initiative in which informatics students' work together with students with different backgrounds in a software project. Authors describe how students face the project, main challenges and opportunities raised and suggestions for curriculum development. Implications for the potential and limitations of the strategy for improving competence development are discussed.