An integrated academic system prototype using accidents and crises management as PBL

Abstract

This paper aims to describe the agile development of an integrated system for accidents and crises management. This academic project prototype was developed at the Brazilian Aeronautics Institute of Technology, on the second Semester of 2015. The project has involved 80 undergraduate and graduate students at the same time from four different electronic and computer engineering courses. The Scrum Framework was combined with Problem-Based Learning (PBL), to develop a prototype within just 17 academic weeks. The prototype was developed as a Proof of Concept (PoC) and applied within a natural disaster scenario management, involving the four segments of: Civil Defense, Health Care, Fire Department, and Police Department. At the end of the project, it was possible to deliver an integrated academic system project prototype, associating a Control Room with Web Applications connected through Cockpit Display Systems (CDSs). Students were able to work geographically dispersed, using free cloud-based tools, and the Safety Critical Application Development Environment (SCADE), from®;ANSYS Esterel Technologies, combining multiple types of hardware like Raspberry Pi and Arduino, and different sets of open-source tools.