Ten Years of the Agile Software Factory for Software Engineering Education and Training
Robert Green, Joseph T. Chao · 2017
The Agile Software Factory (ASF) was created in the Department of Computer Science at Bowling Green State University nearly ten years ago to promote the use of agile methods, improve student education through service-learning opportunities, and to facilitate community engagement by handling the many software requests that regularly arrive in the department. In pursuit of these goals, the ASF has had many successes and faced challenges in a variety of areas. This paper describes the history of the ASF along with the multiple successes and challenges that it has faced over the years. Future plans to continue fulfilling the educational mission of the ASF while widening its impact are also discussed, including the creation of a student mentorship program, promoting software engineering research, and sponsoring software engineering related events.