A Collaborative Approach to Teach Software Architecture - SIGCSE 2017

1. A Collaborative Approach to Teach Software Architecture Arie van Deursen, Maurício Aniche, Joop Aué, Rogier Slag, Michael de Jong, Alex Nederlof, Eric Bouwers

2. Teaching software architecture is challenging! Very abstract topic Only visible at scale Combination of technical and social skills

3. We wanna change that!

4. We *changed* that!

5. Embrace open source

6. Embrace collaboration

7. Embrace open learning

8. Interact with (real) architects

9. Everything starts with a group + an open source system!

10. Ruby on Rails D3.js Guava GitLab Neo4J Joomla Tensorflow WildflyAtom Play!Vagrant

11. Various software architecture topics (which they then have to apply in their systems)

12. GitHub for the win!

13. Slack!

14. Contribute and interact with your open source system

15. 2 0

16. Assignments

17. DESOSA 2016

18. Puppet Deployment View 2 3

19. Neo4J Development View 2 4

20. 2 5 delftswa.io

21. 26

22. Pitches and Presentations

23. Feedback loop

24. Individual and Group Grading

25. Delft Students on Software Architecture (2015)

30. They love it!

31. Collaboration “Everyone has something to teach, I was very happy to listen to the constructive criticism of my team mates.”

32. Open learning “I liked reviewing them, as it gave me the opportunity to see what other groups were doing, and giving me the opportunity to help them out.” “It’s a must have experience and you learn a lot and it brings responsibility as your work is open and public.”

33. Interact with architects 40% of students believe that contributing to the project helped them to get in touch with architects.

34. This year: AMA with architects

35. Improvements yet to be done • Not easy to apply all the concepts to the systems • Grading is challenging • Mix with industry systems

36. A Collaborative Approach to Teach Software Architecture Arie van Deursen, Maurício Aniche, Joop Aué, Rogier Slag, Michael de Jong, Alex Nederlof, Eric Bouwers