A television distance education course to teach the management of software projects

Abstract

This paper presents the content of the television distance education course called management of software projects. It is a mandatory course of the undergraduate program of computer science from University Laval. Thirteen television programs are used to show the workplace reality. The first part of this paper summarizes the result of the needs analysis that drives us to design and develop this kind of distance learning material. The second part gives an idea of the knowledge that students must acquire. The third part gives emphasis to the use of television programs to share parts of the professional lives of forty experienced managers of software projects.