The document discusses a Software Development Residency program that provides a fast-track education focused on quickly developing human capital according to market needs. The residency is a customized program where students learn theory and get hands-on practice at the sponsoring client's development labs. Students work on real projects for the client and provide deliverables throughout the program. The residency aims to produce specialized professionals and solutions to solve the client's immediate demands. Examples of past residency programs and their goals and results are also provided.

1. SOFTWARE
MAR/2012

2. Opportunity
The lack of specialized manpower requires
speedy development of human capital that focus on
market needs and quality deliveries to solve the
most immediate demands.

3. Definition
Software Development Residency is a fast-track
Information Technology and Communication (ITC)
educational program for human resources
prepared according to the needs of the
sponsoring client that deliver results throughout its
duration.

4. Analogy
Professionally
C.E.S.A.R Students
experienced faculty
Hospital Doctors Residents

5. Focus
Theory and High return
Specialization
practice on investment

6. Focus
Theory and High return
Specialization
practice on investment
The students study the theory and are able to practice what
they have learned at CESAR’s own development labs.

7. Focus
The sponsoring client has the opportunity to develop its
manpower according to its own specific demands using
CESAR’s speedy and focused approach.
Theory and High return
Specialization
practice on investment

8. Focus
Theory and High return
Specialization
practice on investment
The sponsoring client’s return will be manpower with
specific skills and the development of quality market
ready solutions.

9. Approach
Using the Problem Based Learning methodology,
experienced professionals from CESAR’s team
contribute to develop specialized professionals
according to the sponsoring client’s needs and
demands.

10. Dynamics
How CESAR’s Sponsoring client
Software Residency
Program is assembled
Project coordinator Residency Coordinator Academic Coordinator
Tutors/Mentors Students Faculty with Professional
Experience

11. Details
The Program is coordinated by CESAR.
The institution understands the needs of
the client and prepares a content-specific
coursework and the Residency’s teaching
methodology accordingly.
The students learn the theory and are guided in
their practical activities by CESAR’s experienced
professionals.
“Learning from those who do.”

12. Steps It will depend on student
performance
1 2 3 4 5 6
Structuring Recruiting Graduation Deliveries Evaluation Hiring

13. Steps 1
1: Structuring
The first step is to prepare the Residency’s course
content taking into account the relationship between
the demands of the sponsoring client and the technical
profile of the participating students.
The sponsoring client may desire to have more than
one Residency program and each will have a
different course content as well as specific
delivery focus.
This is what makes the Software Residency
Development a customized and bold solution.

14. Steps 2
2: Recruiting
Eligible for the Residency are those students who are
near graduation and newly-graduated.
Pre-selection is based on school curriculum,
professional profile, interviews, online testing of
specific knowledge and technical criteria
established according to the sponsoring client.
Scholarships are available due to exclusive
dedication required by the program since it
includes both theoretical classes and
practice/development (hands on approach).

15. Steps 3
3: Student development
CESAR provides a real Project Development environment
supported by quality processes and productivity.
The residents are allocated to work cells (team work
for the resolution of problems).
They are assigned well-defined practical
activities which can be evaluated by the
mentors.
Faculty acts as consultants, and tutoring is
provided by a team of experienced
professionals.

16. Steps 4
4: Deliveries
Solution for the client’s real problems.
Agenda for periodic deliveries during the program and
continuous follow up of these deliveries.
The Sponsoring client will systematically receive
deliveries/artifacts throughout the length of the program
which are high quality and able to solve its immediate
demand.
The student’s final paper is geared to market
publications.

17. Steps 5
5: Evaluation
Residents’ evaluations and feedback are continuous.
Their work performance during the program may not fall
below 7 (maximmum of 10) for all disciplines and attendance
must not be below 75%.
Practical activities are evaluated by different roles:
Faculty, tutors and the client.
The thesis is evaluated by both faculty and tutors.

18. Steps 6
6: Hiring possibilities
Outstanding students may be hired by the client or by CESAR.
After the Residency, graduating students will have expertise
well above those who lack specialization.

19. Benefits
Speedy development of market-ready applications
as well as development of technical skills along
with good interpersonal skills and professional
values.

20. You need the
Residency...
When available manpower lack professional
experience and specific qualifications;
When needed knowledge and specialization are
not taught in conventional schooling;
When there is a need for fast and specific professional
qualifications;
When there is a demand for a high number of quality
solutions in a short time.

21. Cases

22. Case: Widget Residency
GOAL
To produce 85 widgets for the domestic market to
populate the client’s virtual store.
RESULTS
Created a total of 110 user-focused widgets.
In less than 2 months, the widgets generated by
the Residency represented almost 20% of total
downloads from the client’s virtual store.
More than 30 professionals graduated in the
development of applications for mobile platforms.

23. Case: BADA Residency
GOAL
Increase the number of availably applications in the
client’s virtual store.
Increase the developers’ community.
RESULTS
Over 60 applications were published.
Applications were carried out to other languages
and countries.
One of the applications peaked at 4 thousand
downloads/week (~23% of the store’s total).
Twenty developers graduated in this Residency
program.

24. Case: Contact Center’s Technologies Residency

GOAL
Need for the urgent development of human resources
for the management and platform configuration to
manage the client’s Contact Centers.
RESULTS
Development of 20 professionals to meet demands
from both the Residency sponsor and its clients.
Development of skills and company values in the
residents.
Outstanding residents may be hired by the sponsor,
in Brazil or abroad.

25. Case: Software Engineering Residency

GOAL
Transfer project management know-how, team assembly
and application development methodology for CNTI
[National Commission for Information Technology of the
Angola Government].
RESULTS
Establishment of an IT infrastructure for the Angola
government.
Development of professionals focused on CNTI real
problems.
Coaching during the first few months to help the residents
put into practice what they learned during the Residency.

26. Case: Datacom Residency

GOAL
Need for the urgent development of human
resources to meet the demand of evolution
of the country’s telecommunication networks.
RESULTS
Qualification of 18 professionals divided into:
9 focusing on the development of Linux
software for embedded systems (Metro
Ethernet Switches); and 9 focusing on the
development of software for network
management. All residents’ skills were
developed according to the client’s needs
and qualified to work in the research and
development sector of the sponsoring
company.

27. Contact Us
 http://www.cesar.org.br
 negocios@cesar.org.br
 (81) 3425-4624