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Poster: SimSE - A Simulation Environment for Software Engineering Education

Student: Emily Oh

Advisor: André van der Hoek

Abstract: The common practice of teaching software engineering through a series of lectures and an associated class project is insufficient, on its own, to effectively communicate the complex, fundamental dynamics of real-world software engineering processes. In particular, lectures allow only passive participation by students, and class projects are inherently constrained by time, scope, and a dominating focus on deliverables. To address this problem, we introduce a new software engineering educational tool that teaches the software process in a practical manner without the constraints of an actual class project. Specifically, we have started to design and build a detailed, graphical, fully interactive educational software engineering simulation environment, called SimSE. When completed, we anticipate that this tool will enable students to form a concrete understanding of the software process by providing direct, graphical feedback; allowing its users to explore different approaches to managing the software process; and giving them insight into the complex cause and effect relationships underlying the process.

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