@article{fornaro_heil_tharp_2007, title={Reflections on 10 years of sponsored senior design projects: Students win-clients win!}, volume={80}, ISSN={["1873-1228"]}, DOI={10.1016/j.jss.2006.09.052}, abstractNote={Undergraduate computer science degree programs often provide an opportunity for students to experience real software projects as a part of their programs of study. These experiences frequently reside in a course in which students form software development teams, are assigned to a project offered by a corporate sponsor and devote one or two semesters to the task of making progress on the project. In an ideal model, faculty mentor student teams who, in turn, behave as subcontractors or consultants to the sponsor. Students work for a grade, not directly for the sponsor as a true subcontractor would. In the ideal model, students demonstrate what they have learned about software engineering process, as well as their ability to implement programmed solutions. Student teams provide progress reports, both oral and written, and directly experience many of the challenges and successes of true software engineering professionals. This paper reports on one such program after 10 years of operation. The technologies and software development processes of student projects are summarized and presented as an informal survey. Student response is discussed in terms of software systems they produced and how they went about producing them. The maturation of these students as software engineering professionals is also discussed.}, number={8}, journal={JOURNAL OF SYSTEMS AND SOFTWARE}, author={Fornaro, Robert J. and Heil, Margaret R. and Tharp, Alan L.}, year={2007}, month={Aug}, pages={1209–1216} }
 @inproceedings{heil_1999, title={Preparing technical communicators for future workplaces: A model that integrates teaming, professional communication skills, and a software development process}, DOI={10.1145/318372.318567}, abstractNote={This paper outlines a model that uses teaming as a framework to support professional communication and process to improve student performance, as measured by the quality of output. It describes a pedagogical approach used in a computer science undergraduate senior class that integrates teaming, professional communication and a software development process. The approach demonstrates the importance of team instruction and monitoring to the overall success of projects. It discusses how effective teaming strengthens process and professional communication which, in turn, lead to the creation of a high quality product; it is believed that this model may be applied to a variety of subject areas.}, booktitle={Conference proceedings, the Seventeenth Annual International Conference of Computer Documentation, 99, September 12-14, 1999, New Orleans, LA USA}, publisher={New York: Association for Computing Machinery}, author={Heil, Margaret Scaturro}, year={1999}, pages={110–119} }