Software Engineering Education by Example

TL;DR

This paper discusses a software engineering education approach at Nancy University that uses real project simulations to teach students practical skills in managing large-scale software development.

Contribution

It introduces a project-based educational method simulating real-life software engineering projects to enhance practical learning for students.

Findings

Students gain hands-on experience with large projects.

The method helps students understand real-world software engineering challenges.

Improved readiness for industry roles.

Abstract

Based on the old but famous distinction between "in the small" and "in the large" software development, at Nancy Universit\'e, UHP Nancy 1, we experience for a while software engineering education thanks to actual project engineering. This education method has the merit to enable students to discover and to overcome actual problems when faced to a large project which may be conducted by a large development team. The mode of education is a simulation of an actual software engineering project as encountered in "real life\'e" activities.