Technical Debt Trade-Off - Experiences from Software Startups Becoming Grownups

Cico, Orges

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“…I have so far published my literature review in ICSE 2019 conference [12] and the Journal of Systems and Software [13]. Moreover, I have published in ICSOB 2019 [9] and EASE 2020 [10] conferences evidence related to growth phase startup SE practices. Furthermore, I have made several contributions in SEE context associated with students' skills and startup formation motivation in venues such as ICSOB 2019 [8], EDUCON 2020 [11], and FIE 2020 with the title "Towards Designing an Experience-based Course around Innovation Bootcamps -A Cohort Study.…”

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Towards transferring lean software startup practices in software engineering education

Cico

2020

Proceedings of the 28th ACM Joint Meeting on European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Softw

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In the modern economy, software drives innovation and economic growth. Studies show how software increasingly influences all industry sectors. During the last five decades, software engineering has also changed significantly to advance the development of various types and scales of software products. In this context, Software Engineering Education plays an essential role in keeping students updated with software technologies, processes, and practices popular in industries. In this Ph.D. work, I want to answer the following research questions: (1) To what extent are SE Trends presented in SEE research? (2) What do we know about the Lean Startups paradigm? (3) What is the impact of Lean Startup practices to software engineering students and curriculum? I utilize (1) literature review and (2) Mixed-methods approaches (data and methods triangulation) in gathering empirical evidence. In the first phase of the research, I pinpoint the relevance of Lean Startup within the software engineering education throughout an extensive literature review. I gather empirical evidence on Lean Startup practices and their potential transfer in software engineering education during the second research phase. I demonstrate that Lean Startup is part of the emerging software engineering trends within software engineering education research. I identify the gap of growth phase Lean Startup research in present software paradigms. I demonstrate that students can acquire soft, hard, and project management skills in a more realistic context while introducing growth phase Lean Startup practices throughout external course activities. I expect that the present software engineering curricula can benefit from a model and framework, which I intend to propose, facilitating Lean Startup practice transfer within the software engineering curriculum. CCS CONCEPTS• General and reference → Empirical studies; • Social and professional topics → Software engineering education.

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Towards transferring lean software startup practices in software engineering education

Cico

2020

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“…3) Framework Domains and Dimensions. Our framework relies on dimensions from our previously proposed student team-centered model [15], our growth-phase startup research [40][41][42], and opinions gathered from renowned experts in the startup education field (Table 2). Meanwhile, Figure 5 provides a graphical represenation of our proposed framework characterized by its domains, with corresponding dimensions categorized in conceptual and practical areas.…”

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The development and validation of a framework for teaching software engineering through startup practice in higher education

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Jaccheri

2021

2021 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE)

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Context: Approaches to teaching software engineering are becoming more interdisciplinary and teamcentered, similar to a startup practice context. Therefore, educators must have an adequate framework for supporting software engineering teaching through startup practice. However, only a meager set of existing frameworks introduce startup practice to teach software engineering. Aim: Our study aims to develop and validate a framework for teaching software engineering through startup practice in higher education. Method: We developed a framework for introducing startup practices in software engineering education. We first identified the framework domains (course teaching and design perspectives, course theoretical lens, and course design and interaction practices) based on a previous literature review pinpointing lean software startups as part of software engineering education research. We further identified dimensions for each domain based on investigations in both our software engineering experience-based course and growth phase startup context. Finally, we validated the framework using a Delphi method. Results: We found that the perception of the framework dimensions was positive among the experts who, on average, rated 14 out of 19 dimensions as highly important (approximately 75%) and the rest (25%) as of average importance. From the current results, we are able to deduce that our proposed framework can provide realistic learning expectations for SE students but also for other disciplines that can relate to software engineering. Contribution: The study's outcomes contribute to developing and validating a framework for teaching software engineering through startup practice in higher education. Our framework lays a foundation for educators and researchers by successfully combining experience-based software engineering courses with lean software startup industry practices. Furthermore, our framework contributes to students acquiring adequate professional skills to address societal challenges with a mindset focused on increased innovation and startup formation.

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Lean Software Startup Practices and Software Engineering Education

Cico

2022

2022 IEEE/ACM 44th International Conference on Software Engineering: Companion Proceedings (ICSE-Companion)

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Technical Debt Trade-Off - Experiences from Software Startups Becoming Grownups

Cited by 4 publications

References 18 publications

Towards transferring lean software startup practices in software engineering education

Towards transferring lean software startup practices in software engineering education

The development and validation of a framework for teaching software engineering through startup practice in higher education

Lean Software Startup Practices and Software Engineering Education

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