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State-Based Monitoring And Goal-Driven Project Steering: Field Study Of The Semat Essence Framework, Cécile Péraire, Todd Sedano Dec 2013

State-Based Monitoring And Goal-Driven Project Steering: Field Study Of The Semat Essence Framework, Cécile Péraire, Todd Sedano

Cécile Péraire

At Carnegie Mellon University in Silicon Valley, the graduate master program ends with a practicum project during which students serve as software engineering consultants for an industry client. In this context, students are challenged to demonstrate their ability to work on self-managing and self-organizing teams. This paper presents a field study of the Software Engineering Method and Theory (SEMAT) Essence framework. The objective is to evaluate the effectiveness of the Essence’s novel state-based monitoring and goal-driven steering approach provided by the Essence kernel alphas and their states. The researchers conducted the study on seven graduate master student teams applying the …


Cal Poly Architecture And Architectural Engineering Studio: A Collaboratory, Thomas Fowler Iv, Kevin Dong, James Doerfler, Mark Cabrinha Dec 2013

Cal Poly Architecture And Architectural Engineering Studio: A Collaboratory, Thomas Fowler Iv, Kevin Dong, James Doerfler, Mark Cabrinha

Thomas Fowler IV, DPACSA, FAIA

A California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly), Architectural Engineering (Arch-E) professor Kevin Dong spearheaded an interdisciplinary collaboration, which started as an off-campus collaboration. In its first year, and in subsequent iterations over eight years, involved a partnership with Cal Poly's Department of Architecture and faculty members Jim Doerfler, Thomas Fowler IV, and for a time, Mark Cabrinha.