The Bologna Declaration principles adoption in Portugal led to a complete overall of university degrees, so a new LEI-ISEP (baccalaureate degree in Informatics Engineering) was proposed which broadly incorporates the CDIO paradigm and many of its techniques and suggestions, as well the ACM guidelines for computing curricula. A key requirement of CDIO is the students’ ability to autonomously conceive and implement systems, using industry best practices. To this effect, five multidisciplinary project courses were created, one in each of the first five semesters, complemented by a capstone project/internship. In this paper we present the rationale behind these courses and describe the actual implementation and results of three of them (LAPR1, 3 and 5), that took place in the first semester of the 2007/2008 school year.
PRACTICING THE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
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Conceive
Defining customer needs; considering technology, enterprise strategy, and regulations; developing concepts, techniques and business plans.
Design
Creating the design; the plans, drawings, and algorithms that describe what will be implemented.
Implement
The transformation of the design into the product, including manufacturing, coding, testing and validation.
Operate
Using the implemented product to deliver the intended value, including maintaining, evolving and retiring the system.
