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  1. Xref: sparky comp.software-eng:5197 comp.edu:2266
  2. Newsgroups: comp.software-eng,comp.edu
  3. Path: sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!cs.mu.OZ.AU!munta.cs.mu.OZ.AU!tja
  4. From: tja@munta.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Tim Arnold)
  5. Subject: Re: Class Project For Software Engineering Course
  6. Message-ID: <9300509.25626@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU>
  7. Sender: news@cs.mu.OZ.AU
  8. Organization: Computer Science, University of Melbourne, Australia
  9. References: <1i4lfqINN849@crcnis1.unl.edu> <1ia3e0INN9m5@aludra.usc.edu>
  10. Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 22:09:36 GMT
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  13. karrer@aludra.usc.edu (Anthony Karrer) writes:
  14.  
  15. [stuff about suitable projects]
  16.  
  17. >These are particularly well suited to this class because they are
  18. >fairly well known by students or can easily be learned.  As such you
  19. >avoid the many of the problems of ill-defined requirements specifications
  20. >leading to heart-ache at the end of the semester.
  21.  
  22. Surely one of the major lessons to learn in Software Engineering is
  23. the problem of adequately defining requirements. The actual project
  24. here changes every year or so but it is intentionally ill-defined.
  25. Tutors play the role of client in clarifying requirements.
  26.