27 August 2021 by Phillip Johnston • Last updated 14 December 2021Dave Parnas sent me “Software Systems Engineering programmes a capability approach” in an e-mail exchange and asked for my thoughts. This was a pleasant kick in the pants, because this paper had been in my “to-read” pile for quite a while. This paper take a new approach toward designing computing curriculums: starting with the capabilities that we want developers to have, and working back from there. Instead of discussing the knowledge that would be conveyed to students during their education, this paper focuses on things that a software developer …
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