Bringing the 'real world' of software engineering to university undergraduate courses

IEE Proceedings: Software

Volumn 144, Issue 5-6, 1997, Pages 287-290

  Dawson, R J ^a   Newsham, R W ^b   Fernley, B W ^c  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

^c Siemens GEC Commun Systems Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer science; Education; Software engineering

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE; EDUCATION; EDUCATION COMPUTING; IMPROVEMENT;

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0031246556     PISSN: 14625970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-sen:19971468     Document Type: Article

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