1. The Experimental Training Course
SE MSF .NET

2. Authors of the Presentation
An Experimental Training Course SE MSF.NET
Authors of the Presentation
Nikita I Boyko,
Alexey G Dubinsky, Associate Professor, PhD, Dnipropetrovsk National University
Irina V Mozgovaya, Associate Professor, PhD, Dnipropetrovsk National University
Vladimir L Pavlov, Intel
Alexandr D Firsov, Associate Professor, PhD, Dnipropetrovsk National University
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3. Agenda Introduction Course Content How We Developed The Course
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Agenda
Introduction
Course Content
How We Developed The Course
Conclusions

4. History of the SE MSF .NET Course
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History of the SE MSF .NET Course
July 2003 – N. Boyko and V. Pavlov came up with the idea to create the course
Project team was formed
The course was given a name SE MSF .NET
August 2003 – open rehearsal of lectures began
September 2003 – pilot lecturing began
February 2004 – student teams started to work on course projects
June 2004 – exam
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5. Real World Practical Demands
Many representatives of Ukrainian and Russian software development companies consider that IT graduates must:
possess knowledge of contemporary software development processes; understand how software is developed and created
be familiar with modern concepts of software testing, configuration management, requirement management, etc.
posses skills and knowledge of software development techniques, UML, CASE-tools
know technical English
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6. ACM Association for Computing Machinery Founded in 1947
More than 75,000 members
More than 100 conferences conducted annually
More than 25 periodicals
International collegiate programming contests
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7. IEEE-CS
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Computer Society
More than 100,000 members
More than 140 conferences conducted annually
More than 20 periodicals
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8. Computing Curricula 2001
The first attempt to create computing curricula recommendation for Computer Science was undertaken by ACM in 1968, the second version was published in 1978.
IEEE-CS – the same steps were undertaken in 1977 and 1983
At the end of 1980’s ACM and IEEE-CS teamed up and released a Computing Curricula in 1991
2001 – the last version was released
In 2002, Saint Petersburg State University (Russia) published the translation of СС2001-CS in Russian
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9. CС2001 Structure СС 2001 consists of 5 volumes: Computer Science
Software Engineering
Computer Engineering
Information Systems
Overview
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10. The Diversity of the Computing Field
Software Engineering SE
SE MSF .NET CS IS
Information Systems
Computer Science CE
Computer Engineering
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11. Software Engineering in СС2001:CS
Core disciplines:
SE1. Software design
SE2. Using APIs
SE3. Software tools and environments
SE4. Software processes
SE5. Software requirements and specifications
SE6. Software validation
SE7. Software evolution
SE8. Software project management
Elective disciplines:
SE9. Component-based computing
SE10. Formal methods
SE11. Software reliability
SE12. Specialized systems development
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12. Characteristics of CS Graduates
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Characteristics of CS Graduates
Section 11.1 of the СС2001-CS lists the five major characteristics that a CS-graduate must possess
One of the five characteristics is “significant project experience”:
To ensure that graduates can successfully apply the knowledge they have gained, all students in computer science programs must be involved in at least one substantial software project. Such a project demonstrates the practical application of principles learned in different courses and forces students to integrate material learned at different stages of the curriculum.
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13. The Objectives of Our Software Engineering Course
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The Objectives of Our Software Engineering Course
Introduce students to the core disciplines from the Software Engineering section of CC2001:CS
Train students in Software Engineering methods using Microsoft Solution Framework as an example
Provide the experience of working on software projects in a team environment
Teach basic knowledge of the Microsoft .NET Framework
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14. Module abbreviation Module Name
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The extract from the list of skills that a Ukrainian university graduate must posses. Specialty “ – Software Development for Automatic Control Systems”
Module abbreviation
Module Name
ПП.11
Software Development Life Cycle
ПП.50
Object-Oriented Approach to Software Development
ПП.52
Financial Planning and Analysis of Software Projects
ПП.61
Document Flow Management for Software Development Projects
ПП.77
Project Management

15. Some Related Courses
Course that is based on Ian Sommerville‘s classical book:
A number of universities (for example Saint Petersburg State University, Russia) build their courses using these materials
Microsoft training courses
1846 “Microsoft Solutions Framework Essentials”
2710 “Analyzing Requirements and Defining Microsoft .NET Solution Architectures”
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16. Agenda Introduction Course Content How We Developed The Course
Conclusions
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17. Software Engineering Knowledge of Software Engineering MSF Teamwork in
The CC2001:CS
standard
Course SE MSF.NET
Software
Engineering
Knowledge of
Software
Engineering
MSF
Teamwork in
a software
project
Project
experience
.NET
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18. Microsoft Solutions Framework
There is a number of software project management methodologies (RUP, MSF, CDM, XP etc.)
We have chosen Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF)
flexibility and scalability
totally free
the whitepapers have been translated into Russian
two of the project participants are Microsoft Endorsed MSF Practitioners
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19. What is MSF?
The MSF is a collection of Microsoft's proven practices on managing successful IT projects
Microsoft barely markets MSF, and they do not sell it. Instead, Microsoft focuses on making money *USING* MSF
Microsoft initially made MSF available in The latest version of MSF is 3.0; it was released in Like Windows, or any other products, MSF evolves and matures as long as new versions are released
All MSF-related materials are open for public access. Besides this, anyone can download the set of templates of all the documents used in MSF projects for free
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20. MSF Process Model Deployment complete Release Readiness Approved
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Deployment complete
Deployment Stable Interim Milestone
Site Deployments
Complete Interim Milestone
Core Team Organized
Vision/Scope Drafted
Core Components Deployed
Release Readiness Approved
Vision/Scope Approved
Pilot Complete
Technology Validation
User Acceptance Testing Complete
Functional Specification Baselined
Pre-Production Test Complete
Release Candidates
Master Plan Baselined
Zero Bug Bounce
Master Schedule Baselined
Bug Convergence
Development and Test Environment Set Up
Scope Complete
Project Plans Approved
Proof of Concept Complete
Internal Build 1 Complete
Internal Build 2 Complete
Internal Build n Complete
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21. MSF Team Model Program Management Product Management Development
Project management Solution architecture Process assurance Administrative services
Program Management
Technology consulting Implementation architecture and design Application development Infrastructure development
Business value Marketing Customer advocacy Product planning
Product Management
Development
User Experience
Test
Test planning Test engineering Test reporting
Accessibility Internationalization User advocacy Training/support material Usability research and testing User interface design
Release Management
Infrastructure Support Operations Logistics Commercial release management
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22. MSF Project Management Discipline
Integration Management
Scope Management
Time Management
Cost Management
Communications Management
Human Resource Management
Procurement Management
Risk Management
“Bridge” between MSF and PMBOK
Quality Management
Team Leads
Program Management
Product Management
Development
Test
User Experience
Release Management
at overall project level
at sub-team level
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23. MSF Risk Management Discipline2 1
Risk Statement
Analyze and Prioritize
Identify
Master Risk List 3 5
Control
Plan and Scedule
Top Risks 6
Learn
Track and Reprt
Risk Knowledge Base, 4
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24. MSF Readiness Management Discipline
Define
Knowledge Skills Abilities
Assess
Evaluate
Change
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25. Why .NET?
For implementing software solutions, students need an appropriate development framework
A typical situation is modeled: an IT specialist needs to become familiar with new technology in bounded terms
.NET is a new technology promoted by Microsoft
Advantages:
actively promoted by Microsoft
will be highly used in the nearest future
Students learn only those elements of .NET Framework which are required for working on practical tasks
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26. Pilot Deployment of the Course
Department of Applied Mathematics of Dnipropetrovsk National University
Chairs:
Software Development
Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Cybernetics (CM&MC)
Course “System Analysis and Design of Informational Systems”
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27. First Attendees of the Course
4th year students of the Department of Applied Mathematics, Dnipropertrovsk National University
Specialties:
Software Development for Automatic Control Systems
Intellectual Decision Making Systems
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28. Classes are Lectured by the Department of Applied Mathematics Faculty
Lectures
Chair of CM&MC
N. Boyko
K. Runduyev
Chair of
Software Development
I. Mozgovaya
Lab work
A. Firsov
Software
Development
O. Beloborod’ko
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29. The Course is Planned for Two Semesters
1st semester:
9 lectures
9 lab classes
2nd semester:
17 lectures
17 lab classes
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30. 26 Lectures Software Engineering – 12 MSF-based Project Management – 8
.NET Technologies– 3
Additional Topics – 3
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31. 26 Classes in the Department’s Laboratory
9 classes – lab work on .NET using web-based technologies (HTML, SOAP)
17 classes – team work on projects
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32. Material Distribution among Semesters
Fall (the first) semester of 2003/2004
Familiarizing with .NET
Specific topics of SE and MSF
3 lab tasks
Spring (the second) semester of 2003/2004
Profound topics of SE
Detailed study of MSF
Course project
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33. Lectures that the Students Attend During the First Semester
Course introduction
Microsoft .NET Framework review
UML language review
Project Management in IT.
The review of Web-service based architecture. XML and SOAP
MSF Team Model
Risk management in IT-projects
The Envisioning phase of the MSF Process Model
The Planning phase of the MSF Process Model
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34. Lectures that the Students Attend During the Second Semester
Course Review
Conceptual, Logical and Physical Design in the MSF Process Model
Design Patterns
UML Meta Model
The Development Phase in the MSF Process Model
The Stabilizing Phase in the MSF Process Model
Software Testing
The Deployment Phase in the MSF Process Model
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35. Lectures That the Students Attend During the Second Semester (2)
Management in IT-operations. Overview of ITIL and MOF
Integrated Development Environments (IDEs)
Managing Security Requirements. Security in .NET
Creating Windows Applications in .NET
Employment in IT. Professional Ethics
Rational Unified Process
Agile Processes, eXtreme Programming
SW/CMM+CMMI
Overview of Component Software Development (CORBA, COM, RMI, Advanced Aspects of .NET Programming)
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36. Feedback From Students
The course is interesting, useful and unusual
Students like that the course contains plenty of information about contemporary achievements and tendencies in the IT-industry
Students of the course often feel as if they have read “the table of contents”, but not the book itself
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37. Feedback From Students (2)
The scope of the course is very broad and does not allow them to learn many areas deeply, even though details are important in programming
Students appreciate that they do not need to write the lectures down – leaving more time for absorbing information
Some students, however, do need to write the lecture down – sometimes people remember information better while writing
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38. Lab Tasks of the 1st Semester
Three compulsory lab tasks
Create a small (static) web-site using XML
Expand the site with database interaction
Create web-services
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39. Lab Tasks of the 2nd Semester
Complete a course project
Work in a team of 5-8 students
The team performs its work in compliance with MSF methodology
The team reports the status to the supervisor on a regular basis
At the end of the 2nd semester student teams compete in a contest
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40. Student Projects Requirements Potential customers
The project must not be for profit
The result of the project must be useful for the university
.NET technologies must be used
Potential customers
Dean’s office
University department
Lyceum of Information technology
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41. Student Documentation
A Vision Scope document
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42. Master Risk List
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43. A Use-case Diagram
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44. Every Student Receives:
Presentation handouts for each lecture
Additional materials for every lecture (hardcopies of referenced articles, printouts of diagrams, etc.)
CD that contains materials on software engineering
CD that contains necessary .NET-related materials (including free software)
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45. CD 1 “Informational Resources on Software Engineering”
Materials on Software Engineering, including
SWEBOK Standard
Ion Sommervillel’s presentations to his course “Software Engineering”
Materials on UML, including
UML and SPEM standards
Materials on MSF, including
MSF whitepapers in Russian and English languages
Document templates for MSF-based projects
A video presentation of the MSF overview lecture
Materials on CMM, including
SW-CMM and CMMI official CMU SEI documentation
Other resources
Materials on RUP, Agile, etc.
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46. CD 2 “Resources on Microsoft .NET”
Installation packages:
MSDE 2000 SP3
Microsoft .NET Framework SDK 1.1
Microsoft Web Matrix (the latest available version)
SharpDeveloper (the latest available version)
Additional materials:
Off-line copies of useful web-resources
Current C# language ISO standard
Current HTML and XML W3C standards
Current CLI ISO standard
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47. Students’ Knowledge Control
Regular control (quizzes during lectures)
Midterm control (midterm examination and quizzes)
Laboratory tasks (1st term)
Course project (2nd term)
The course peaks with the exam. Three questions:
Software Engineering
MSF
Microsoft .NET Framework and ASP.NET
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48. Possible Alternatives for the Examination
A student, who successfully passes an approved certification exam before April 15th, is exempt from the course exam
IBM 486 “Object-Oriented Analysis and Design with UML”
MS “Microsoft Endorsed MSF Practitioner Exam”
. . .
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49. Knowledge Transfer
While working on the course one of the team members (a university lecturer) passed his exams and became a Microsoft Endorsed MSF Practitioner, another team member (a student) became a Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD) for .NET
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50. Encouraging the Students
A Prize CD, which contains a video of recognized professional lectures, is given to students who finish their laboratory tasks first
Department competition among student projects
Winners will receive a prize - a set of IT books
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51. Agenda Introduction Course content How We Developed The Course
Conclusions
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52. The Training Course SE MSF.NET
Has been created by the following 12 people: O. Biloborod’ko, N. Boyko, A. Dubinsky, S.Zemlyana, E.Kolesnikova, D.Malenko, I.Mozgova, V.Pavlov, O.Pylypenko, K.Runduev, O.Fedorenko, A.Firsov under the leadership of vice president of the Managers Union of Dnipropetrovsk, CTO of eLine Software V.Pavlov
Sponsored by The Managers Union of Dnipropetrovsk
Please send your comments on this course to:
СОЮЗ МЕНЕДЖЕРОВ
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53. Managers Union Support
Student kits
Presentation handouts for every lecture
Students CDs
Computers are upgraded in a Department's lab
Purchasing books for the Department's library
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54. What is a “Project”?
A project is a temporary venture, with a finite beginning and end, whose goal is to create a unique product or service
Project management is an independent discipline that has been rapidly developing throughout the last decades
Constraints: budget, schedule, quality
Project Management methods
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55. Course Development as a Project
The development of the course is considered to be a project
It is reasonable to use project management methodologies in our case
We have chosen MSF (see slide 16)
Are there any specifics?
Similarity to software projects
Adaptation is necessary
MSF has been reworked
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56. MSF Adaptation for the Educational Project
Modified Team Model
Completely different Process Model
Project and Risk Management disciplines have undergone minor changes
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57. Traditional MSF Team Model
Stakeholder
Product
Management
Customer
Project Team 6
Program Management
Project Sponsor
Development
Role Cluster
External
Stakeholder
User Experience
User
Testing
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Release Management
Maintenance

58. Institutionalization
Adapted Team Model
Stakeholder
Coordination
Sponsor
Project Team
Teacher care
Teacher 7
Development
Student care
Student
Role Cluster
External
Stakeholder
Business care
Potential Employer
Testing
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Institutionalization
University

59. Role Clusters Coordination Institutionalization Teacher-care
coordinating the teamwork and managing schedule and budget constraints
Institutionalization
correspondence to educational standards and coordination with other courses
Teacher-care
assurance that training materials are complete enough for teaching the course
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60. Student-care Business-care Development Testing
the course is designed to be interesting and understandable for students as well as useful for their future careers
Business-care
students are to acquire the necessary skills and qualities to attract potential employers
Development
creating training materials, quizzes and laboratory tasks
Testing
verification that the quality of the course corresponds to predetermined norms and requirements
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61. Project Outputs Project vision/scope Course curriculum
Project structure definition
Presentations for all lectures and laboratory work, additional materials
Template
Recommendation
Trainer's CD contains current versions of these materials
A new version of the CD is released every two weeks on a regular basis
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62. Testing
Careful testing of the outputs is one the most important constituents of the project work
The team performs continual testing of the course materials in open lectures
the lecture rehearsal is conducted by the author and the tester of the course team
open lectures occur once a week on weekends
IT-specialists and university lecturers from Dnipropetrovsk and other Ukrainian cities are invited to the lecture rehearsals
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63. Lecture Lifecycle An author creates an initial version
A tester submits remarks on how to improve the lecture, and then the author revises it
At a general project group meeting, the lecture is discussed and the author revises it again
Open rehearsal is conducted
After an open lecture rehearsal, the author revises it taking feedback into account
A proofreader corrects the presentation
External peer-review is conducted
The lecture is corrected accounting for the notes from external reviewers
Perhaps we are to involve a graphical designer?
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64. External Review
Another quality assurance procedure is the reviewing of created materials
The course curriculum has been successfully reviewed by professionals from a number of top-rated American, Russian and Ukrainian universities
Currently the lectures of the first term are being reviewed
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65. Risks
Project risk is an uncertain event or condition that, if occurs, has a positive or negative effect on project objectives (PMBOK)
Being unmanaged, risks can become problems
Risk analysis is performed according to the MSF Risk Management Discipline
A number of obstacles, that could have hampered the success of the project, have been identified
Measures have been planned and taken to minimize or abolish major risks
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66. Some Results of Risk Analysis
OBSTACLE: There is no projector for showing Power Point presentations at the department auditoriums
SOLUTION: Before each lecture students get individual kits with printed handouts
OBSTACLE: The time in a computer auditorium is limited; some students do not have Internet access
SOLUTION: Each student gets two CDs with free software and additional course materials including the copies of useful web-sites
OBSTACLE: The university library does not have enough books and manuals for the course
SOLUTION: Necessary books have been bought for the department’s library
OBSTACLE: computers in the laboratory of the Applied Mathematics department do not have enough memory for using Microsoft .NET Framework
SOLUTION: Additional memory has been installed
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67. Agenda Introduction Course content How We Developed The Course
Conclusions
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68. Research Project
While working on the course, an idea was born to conduct research on formalizing MSF using SPEM
Its result has been reported at the Moscow State University conference which took place on March 4th, Moscow, Russia
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69. The Evolution of the Course
This course is supposed to be a basis for a set of the following courses:
“Software Engineering”
“IT-Project Management using Microsoft Solution Framework”
“IT-operations Management”
“Object Oriented Analysis and Design Using UML Language”
“Object Oriented Programming in C# Language”
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70. The Discussion of the Course
The Guild of Certified Professionals, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, November 17th, 2003
International conference "United Information Space", Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, December 3rd-4th, 2003
Microsoft Workshop "Contemporary Technologies and their Training Approach". Nizhniy Novgorod, NNGU, February 14th, 2004, Moscow, Russia, February 16th, 2004
Workshop “Teaching IT in Ukrainian Universities", Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, March 30th, 2004
Report on “Microsoft Research Academic Days” - St. Petersburg, Russia, April 22nd, 2004
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71. Conclusion
The course of Software Engineering is being developed at Dnipropetrovsk National University (DNU, Ukraine); the course covers all core SE disciplines from the IEEE / ACM Computing Curricula 2001: Computer Science volume
The participants of this project organized their efforts by adapting contemporary project management approaches
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72. You can download this presentation from:
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73. ? ? ? Questions? An Experimental Training Course SE MSF.NET

74. An Experimental Training Course SE MSF.NET
The picture of the space ship “Ocean-O” is used in the background. Such satellites are manufactured at the Ukrainian factory UMZ, located in Dnipropetrovsk
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