Software Engineering Competency Research Articles

Industry Class Clustering of Software Expertise Competency at SMKN 2 Kraksaan Using Constrained K-Means Clustering Algorithm

Addressing the gap between school education and industry needs is a recurring concern, as many graduates struggle to enter the workforce due to lacking practical skills. Industry Classes aim to bridge this gap by preparing students with relevant skills and knowledge aligned with real-world industry demands. This study focuses on the application of Constrained K-Means Clustering to categorize students in the software engineering competency classes at SMKN 2 Kraksaan. This algorithm modifies traditional K-Means by utilizing Linear Programming Algorithm (LPA), ensuring each cluster meets predefined subject requirements. The research involves analyzing academic proficiency test data (TKDA) from 96 X-grade students, evaluating their abilities in analogy, series, figural, mathematical, and recall skills. Using a 3-cluster approach, each with 32 to 60 student capacity constraints, the study aims to optimize student distribution for effective learning outcomes. Evaluation through silhouette method yielded a score of 0.3199, indicating satisfactory separation between clusters with overlap to address. Cluster analysis revealed Cluster 2 as the most proficient, showcasing strengths in recall and series attributes critical for software engineering. These findings suggest that Constrained K-Means Clustering is effective in classifying students, highlighting Cluster 2 as optimal for software engineering competencies at SMKN 2 Kraksaan. Future research should focus on enhancing data quality, expanding sample size, and refining algorithms for improved clustering accuracy and effectiveness.

Satisfaction Evaluation of Teaching Factory in Software Engineering Competence at Telkom Malang Vocational High School Using the Countenance Method

The purpose of this quantitative research study is to determine the influence of Interpersonal Communication Skills, Self-Efficacy, and Public Perception towards The Glass Ceiling Phenomenon. There are four hypotheses in this study, 1. H1: There is no influence of interpersonal communication skills towards the glass ceiling phenomenon. 2. H2: There is an influence of self-efficacy towards the glass ceiling phenomenon. 3. H3: There is an influence of public perception towards the glass ceiling phenomenon. and 4. H4 There is a simultaneous influence of interpersonal communication skills, self-efficacy, and public perception towards the glass ceiling phenomenon. This study involved 189 respondents who matched the criteria of respondents needed by the researcher. The sampling technique used is convenience sampling. The results of this study show that the independent variables can have an effect of 0.822 or 82.2% towards the dependent variable. In addition, interpersonal communication skills have a negative influence towards the glass ceiling phenomenon of 0.047 or 4.7%, self-efficacy has an influence towards the glass ceiling phenomenon of 0.628 or 62.8%, and public perception influences 0,257 or 25.7% on work pressure.

Internet of Things for Project-Based Learning in “Vocational High School Building Village Program”

This study aims to map the setup of an Internet of things-based project-based learning model as a learning medium in the VHS program to develop communities at SMK Negeri 2 Kuningan in West Java. The research technique is a qualitative and quantitative approach engaging class X-XII students in the field of software engineering competence at SMK Negeri 2 Kuningan via exploratory and in-depth observations. Gunungmanik Village, Kuningan, West Java Province was the location of the internet of things-based learning initiative being implemented. The analysis strategy employs Aiken's formula, and the success factor is confirmed by a panel of experts using an analysis interactive model approach that includes data collecting, data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion drawing. According to the finding of the study the internet of things, project-based learning model in the Village Development Vocational School program was classified into three model configurations, namely: 1) Project based learning based on the internet of things as a medium for developing students' vocational skills in completing student work projects by 69%; 2) Project based learning based on the internet of things serves as a learning medium to place theoretical and practical knowledge in the classroom by 73%; 3) Project based learning based on the internet of things as a medium for integrating theoretical-practical learning, collaborative learning solutions to contextual problems providing more autonomy to students in the decision-making process by 74%. The result of this PBL was successful to meet the desired outcomes.

A Software Engineering Competency Inventory for Scientific Software Development Processes

Araştırma amaçlı bilimsel yazılım geliştirme süreçleri, yazılım yaşam döngüsü açısından hem süreç hem girdi ve çıktılar bakımından iş veya endüstri amaçlı yazılımlardan bazı farklılıklar göstermektedir. Bilimsel yazılım geliştiricilerin, kod yazma deneyimi olsa da yapısal ve güncel yazılım mühendisliği yetkinliklerinin olmama olasılığı, bilimsel yazılımların gereksinimleri karşılaması ve sürdürülebilirliği açısından sorun yaratabilmektedir. Bu çalışmada literatürde bilimsel yazılım geliştirme alanında gereksinim duyulduğu belirtilen pratikler ile temelde IEEE Yazılım Mühendisliği Yetkinlik Modeli’nin (IEEE’s Software Engineering Competency Model -SWECOM) yetkinlikleri eşleştirilmiş; ve bilimsel yazılım geliştirme açısından en gereksinim duyulan yazılım mühendisliği pratikleri belirlenmiştir. Yapılan sıklık analiziyle özellikle yazılım tasarımı ve yapımı sırasındaki detaylı tasarım ve planlama yetkinliklerine ihtiyaç duyulduğu belirlenmiştir. Üretilen envanter, Ar-Ge destekleri çerçevesinde eğitim programları geliştirmek ve iyileştirmek için kullanılabilecektir.

Pregled metoda optimizacije primenjenih na sistem upravljanja energijom

Energy is fundamental in supporting people's daily subsists and the continual mission for human life improvement. The computer-aided instruments system used by electric utility grids or microgrids operators to control, monitor, and optimize the power system operation is generally named Energy Management System (EMS). The topic of optimization methods applied to decision making problems in such system is a difficult and complex combination of mathematical formulation, modeling and algorithmic solution. The best result in such process is applied to the problem to be optimized, which must be studied in great depth. Furthermore, difficult mathematical calculations and procedures can be elaborated; also, computer knowledge and software engineering competences must be provided. The subject of this paper is an overview of the existing important optimization methods used in electric power management system such as unit commitment, optimal power flow and economic dispatch.

Empirical Study on Improvements to Software Engineering Competences Using FLOSS

Empirical Study on Improvements to Software Engineering Competences Using FLOSS

Remote Evaluation of Software Engineering Competences

The paper focuses on and examines the issues and problems related to remote evaluation of software engineering competences using progressive competence representation model. Authors suggested original approach for Master Program in Software Engineering competence evaluation as a combination academic competences and professional competences from European Competence model (e-CF). Examples of competence description for 16 subjects from proposed a Joint Master Program in Software Engineering are developed. Several types of scoring rubrics for Software Engineering competences evaluation are reviewed and rubrics’ templates created. The developed models and templates can be used by universities and IT enterprises for training results evaluation as well as for competence evaluation for Software Engineering Master program's graduates.

Implementing Project Management Category Process Areas of CMMI Version 1.3 Using Scrum Practices, and Assets

Software development organizations that rely on Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) to assess and improve their processes have realized that agile approaches can provide improvements as well. CMMI and agile methods can work well together and exploit synergies that have the potential to improve dramatically business performance. The major question is: How to realize the integration of these two seemingly different approaches? In an earlier work, we have conducted a field study within six companies. These companies worked with agile methods for years and the Egyptian Software Engineering Competence Center (SECC), which is the regional CMMI appraisal center, assessed them. This study was mainly conducted to enhance the empirical understanding in this research field. Additionally, it showed that companies usually don’t use agile in a good way that helps in covering the CMMI specific practices. In this paper, we present a new approach for mapping between CMMI and Scrum method. This mapping has been analyzed, enhanced, and then applied to the same companies. Putting in considerations that other previous efforts have worked in the same context but for an older version of CMMI, our research is using the latest CMMI version, which is 1.3. The research shows that our mapping approach has resulted in 37% satisfaction and achieved 17% partial satisfaction for CMMI specific practices. This resembles 19.4% enhancement in the satisfaction, and 6.2% improvement in the partial satisfaction against the previous related research effort that was already not targeting the latest CMMI version.

Software Engineering Competence Evaluation Portal

This paper presents the results of the initial research phase of Software Engineering Competence Evaluation Portal design and implementation. The web portal will be dedicated to joint master program training content and supervision synchronization between several Baltic universities. The functionality of the portal will provide a common support service for learning outcomes information exchange, referring to a graduate's knowledge, skills and competence upon completion of the Master of Science in Software Engineering (Information Technology) Programs.

A report on software engineering education workshop

In this report, we present a summary and a few reflections of a one day workshop on Software Engineering Education held on February 22, 2012 at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India collocated with the 5th India Software Engineering Conference. We identify a gap and believe there is a need for creating an annual discussion forum that serves the need of having a regular workshop for software engineering education in India and also benefit the global software engineering education community by sharing the workshop insights and results by a publication process. The workshop consists of two keynotes, one from academia and one from industry, two subgroups discussions and presentations by the subgroups on their discussions. Three systematic techniques, invitation of position statements, set up of a Google group and an online survey, were employed before the workshop to estimate number of participants, subgroups and size of each subgroup for effective discussions. Twenty participants attended the workshop. The keynotes were on Using Collaborative Learning and Divergent Thinking to Teach Software Engineering and on Software Engineering Competency Development Model. Three topics were selected for subgroups discussions by the participants: use of various methods, such as learning while playing and project-based software engineering, over Power Point lecture, requirements and needs of undergraduate software engineering degree program from the perspective of Indian software industry and curriculum content, coverage, and impact of software engineering courses. The workshop was a successful endeavor and the response in terms of the contributions by participants is a clear indicator and confirmation of the need of having a focused discussion forum for brainstorming on software engineering education in India