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Exploring the intersection between software industry and software engineering education - A systematic mapping of software engineering trends

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Cico, Orges, Jaccheri, Letizia, Nguyen-Duc, Anh, Zhang, He·2021·Journal of Systems and Software
DOI 10.1016/j.jss.2020.110736
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Software has become ubiquitous in every corner of modern societies. During the last five decades, software engineering has also changed significantly to advance the development of various types and scales of software products. In this context, Software Engineering Education plays an important role in keeping students updated with software technologies, processes, and practices that are popular in industries. We investigate from literature the extent Software Engineering Education addresses major Software Engineering Trends in the academic setting. We conducted a systematic mapping study about teaching major Software Engineering Trends in project courses. We classified 126 papers based on their investigated Software Engineering Trends, specifically Software Engineering processes and practices, teaching approaches, and the evolution of Software Engineering Trends over time. We reveal that Agile Software Development is the major trend. The other Trends, i.e., Software Implementation, Usability and Value, Global Software Engineering, and Lean Software Startup, are relatively small in the academic setting, but continuously growing in the last five years. System of Systems is the least investigated among all Trends. The study points out the possible gaps between Software Industry and Education, which implies actionable insights for researchers, educators, and practitioners.

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  • A growing number of researchers and organizations pay attention to the adoption of DevOps in the Global Software Engineering context.

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Authors
Cico, O., Jaccheri, L., Nguyen-Duc, A., & Zhang, H.
Affiliations
  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NO)
  • Nanjing University (CN)
Corresponding author
Cico, Orges
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Venue
Journal of Systems and Software
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2021-02
Volume
172
Pages
110736
ISSN
0164-1212 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.jss.2020.110736
OpenAlex
W3042802686
Cited by
195
References
257
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2026: 25 · 2025: 33 · 2024: 43 · 2023: 33 · 2022: 38 · 2021: 21 · 2020: 2
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22.11
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journal article
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en
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  • Journal of Systems and Software (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Software Engineering Techniques and Practices
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Information Systems Education and Curriculum Development
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Media Technology › Engineering Education and Curriculum Development
Keywords
software engineering education, software engineering trends, industry-education gap, agile software development, teaching methods, project courses, software implementation, usability, global software engineering, systems of systems

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