The JDHEP Design Studio is a two-year course in which you will work on at
least one team project each year. You may work on multiple
projects during the year. Most projects are year-long projects sponsored
by a company or other organization. The goal is to select projects that
require a mix of business and software engineering skills to successfully complete.
The three principal objectives of this course are to:
- Expose students to engineering, managerial, and
business problems encountered during the development of software-intensive
products.
- Guide teams through a team development process.
- Demonstrate the benefits of using a defined and
measured process.
Notice that successfully completing a project, which usually means creating
a software product on time that meets its requirements, is not a principal
objective. We would like every project to result in a software product that
meets all of its requirements and is delivered on time, but experience gained
by following a defined and measured process will take precedence when
necessary.