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International Conference on Extreme Programming and Agile Processes in Software Engineering

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The Software Hut – A Student Experience of eXtreme Programming with Real Commercial Clients

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The University of Sheffield provides undergraduate students with a real experience of software engineering through a module entitled the Software Hut. Here, 2nd year students work in teams competing to build a real business solution for a real commercial client. In this exercise, eXtreme Programming is used. This article provides a few details of this innovative educational programme.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, University of Sheffield, Regent Court, Portobello Street, Sheffield, S1 4DP

    Bhavnidhi Kalra, Chris Thomson & Mike Holcombe

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  1. Bhavnidhi Kalra
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  1. Informatik og Matematisk Modellering, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, Lyngby

    Hubert Baumeister

  2. FlossLab s.r.l., viale Elmas, 142, 09122, Cagliari, Italy

    Michele Marchesi

  3. Department of Computer Science, University of Sheffield, UK

    Mike Holcombe

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Kalra, B., Thomson, C., Holcombe, M. (2005). The Software Hut – A Student Experience of eXtreme Programming with Real Commercial Clients. In: Baumeister, H., Marchesi, M., Holcombe, M. (eds) Extreme Programming and Agile Processes in Software Engineering. XP 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3556. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11499053_68

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