A Software Project Management Course Role-Play-Team-Project Approach Emphasizing Written and Oral Communication Skills

Abstract

This paper descrikes a role-play team-project approach that provides students with practical software project management experience through team management of a fictitious software project. Under the direction of the Vice President of Software Systems (professor), management teams (students) complete software project managementtasks (course assignment) on their own team's software project. These management tasks reinforce many of the concepts studied in the classroom while also cultivating written and oral communication skills. © 1993, ACM. All rights reserved.