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The sometimes harsh reality of real world computer science projects

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Real world projects for senior level software engineering courses offer many advantages for students and others involved. Because of the nature of the projects and the people involved, however, many problems can arise during the design and implementation of such projects. This paper discusses in depth the issues that computer science students sometimes face when they take on one of these real world projects.

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cover image ACM Inroads
ACM Inroads  Volume 1, Issue 4
December 2010
75 pages
ISSN:2153-2184
EISSN:2153-2192
DOI:10.1145/1869746
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Published: 01 December 2010
Published in INROADS Volume 1, Issue 4

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  1. computer science education
  2. software engineering
  3. student projects

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