The Teaching of Software Quality in Public HEIs of Paraná: an Exploratory Study

• Giovanna Bettin UEM
• Julio B. Herculani UEM
• Marcelo Y. Shigenaga UEM
• Gislaine C. L. Leal UEM
• Renato Balancieri UEM / UNESPAR
• Edson OliveiraJr UEM
• Thelma E. Colanzi UEM
• Aline M. M. M. Amaral UEM

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/wei.2022.223008

Abstract

Software Quality (SQ) is one of the Software Engineering areas most demanded by the software industry. SQ aims to contribute to the software development life cycle and organizational policies and programs for the continuous improvement of the quality of products and services. Studies indicate that one of the reasons for the scarcity of quality software on the market is the lack of teaching aspects related to SQ in undergraduate courses. In this context, this work aimed to carry out an exploratory analysis of the SQ teaching in 22 undergraduate courses in the Computing area at public universities in the state of Paraná. Our work encourages the discussion of the area and the teaching of SQ in the state by means of six recommendations to the SQ teaching improvement.

Keywords: Software quality, education, HEIs

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