Software Development Studio: Basic I

Academic unit or major

Graduate major in Computer Science

Instructor(s)

Katsuhiko Gondow / Marie Sakai

Class Format

Exercise (HyFlex)

Media-enhanced courses

-

Day of week/Period
(Classrooms)

5-8 Tue

Class

-

Course Code

CSC.T423

Number of credits

020

Course offered

2024

Offered quarter

1Q

Syllabus updated

Mar 14, 2025

Language

Japanese

Syllabus

Course overview and goals

A project is an effort to create one-of-a-kind product or service with a limited amount of time.
In this course students experience and gain an understanding of problems faced during project-style software development, and examine solution methods through practical experience.

This course is called a PBL course, and focuses on the following.
(PBL: Project Based Learning)
* think on their own
* communicating with others and team work
* the customer value produced by a system
* development process

Students develop an software product using scrum development process, which is one of agile development processes.
Students form development teams in the first class, and are generally required to be in the same team in Basic II.

Course description and aims

By gaining experiences in problems that arise during project-style software development, students gain an understanding of the process of examining solution methods.

Keywords

Project, Project Management, Software Development, Agile, Scrum, Team Building, Communication

Competencies

• Specialist skills
• Intercultural skills
• Communication skills
• Critical thinking skills
• Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

The project (team) will be determined in the first or second class.
In the first half of 1 quarter, a short lecture about agile development process will be given, and project teams will do group work.
In the second half of 1 quarter, project teams will practice agile development process.
The theme of a software will be revealed in a class. At this point, it may be a tool to help research process.

Course schedule/Objectives

Study advice (preparation and review)

To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.

Textbook(s)

None

Reference books, course materials, etc.

To be specified in class

Evaluation methods and criteria

Daily report 30%
Quarter report 30%
Response to requirement changes 40%

Related courses

• CSC.T424 ： Workshop on Software Development
• CSC.T430 ： Camp on Team-based Software Development
• CSC.T427 ： Software Development Studio: Basic II
• CSC.T432 ： System Development Stuido: Advanced I
• CSC.T437 ： System Development Stuido: Advanced II

Prerequisites

This course was created for the Education Program for Leading Information Technology Specialists (ITSP). Check requirements for the ITSP program.
http://www.itpro.titech.ac.jp/