Authors:
Rafael Queiroz Gonçalves
and
Christiane Gresse von Wangenheim
Affiliation:
Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Brazil
Keyword(s):
Project Management, PMBOK, Instructional Design, Instructional Unit, Dotproject+.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Applications
;
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Information Systems Analysis and Specification
;
Operational Research
;
Project Management
;
Software Engineering
Abstract:
Project management (PM) tools are mandatory to properly manage software projects. The usage of these tools
is an important competence for professionals in the computer area, and its teaching is addressed in superior
computer courses. In this context, general usage tools are usually adopted, such as MS-Project, but the lack
of educational features of in these tools has motivated the development of several educational PM tools.
However, previous studies have shown that these tools still do not cover the whole PM process, as defined by
PMBOK. As a result, this study aims at presenting an instructional unit to assist in the teaching of
functionalities that support an extensive part of this process, covering the initiating and planning processes
groups for all knowledge areas. It adopts an open-source and educational PM tool – dotProject+, and other
instructional materials. The instructional unit was applied in several case studies in undergraduate computer
courses. Its results demonstrat
ed students were able to learn how to use the PM tool to carry out that part of
PM process, and teachers state students learning was facilitated by the instructional materials adoption.
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