{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2159402365","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1049/sej.1993.0018","title":"\u2018Slick Systems\u2019 and \u2018Happy Hackers\u2019: experience with group projects at UCL","display_name":"\u2018Slick Systems\u2019 and \u2018Happy Hackers\u2019: experience with group projects at UCL","publication_year":1993,"publication_date":"1993-01-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2159402365","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1049/sej.1993.0018","mag":"2159402365"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1049/sej.1993.0018","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1049/sej.1993.0018","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S168124881","display_name":"Software Engineering Journal","issn_l":"0268-6961","issn":["0268-6961","2053-910X"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Software Engineering Journal","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5111736058","display_name":"Nigel Chapman","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I45129253","display_name":"University College London","ror":"https://ror.org/02jx3x895","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I124357947","https://openalex.org/I45129253"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Nigel Chapman","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, UK"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, UK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I45129253"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5047764862","display_name":"Maria Fox","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1213-9283"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I45129253","display_name":"University College London","ror":"https://ror.org/02jx3x895","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I124357947","https://openalex.org/I45129253"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Maria Fox","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, UK"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, UK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I45129253"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5055458169","display_name":"Elpida Keravnou","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I45129253","display_name":"University College London","ror":"https://ror.org/02jx3x895","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I124357947","https://openalex.org/I45129253"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Elpida Keravnou","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, UK"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, UK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I45129253"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100376654","display_name":"Matthew Lee","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8190-608X"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I45129253","display_name":"University College London","ror":"https://ror.org/02jx3x895","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I124357947","https://openalex.org/I45129253"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Matthew Lee","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, UK"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, UK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I45129253"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5015725705","display_name":"Mark Levene","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8632-4732"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I45129253","display_name":"University College London","ror":"https://ror.org/02jx3x895","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I124357947","https://openalex.org/I45129253"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Mark Levene","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, UK"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, UK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I45129253"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5028797156","display_name":"Derek Long","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I45129253","display_name":"University College London","ror":"https://ror.org/02jx3x895","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I124357947","https://openalex.org/I45129253"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Derek Long","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, UK"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, UK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I45129253"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5037920964","display_name":"P. Rounce","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I45129253","display_name":"University College London","ror":"https://ror.org/02jx3x895","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I124357947","https://openalex.org/I45129253"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Peter Rounce","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, UK"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, UK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I45129253"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5060616788","display_name":"R. Offen","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I45129253","display_name":"University College London","ror":"https://ror.org/02jx3x895","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I124357947","https://openalex.org/I45129253"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ray Offen","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, UK"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, UK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I45129253"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5019048293","display_name":"P. A. Samet","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I45129253","display_name":"University College London","ror":"https://ror.org/02jx3x895","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I124357947","https://openalex.org/I45129253"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Paul Samet","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, UK"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, UK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I45129253"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5103423510","display_name":"Russel Winder","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I45129253","display_name":"University College London","ror":"https://ror.org/02jx3x895","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I124357947","https://openalex.org/I45129253"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Russel Winder","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, UK"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, UK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I45129253"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":10,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5111736058"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I45129253"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":1.1579,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":7,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.85628661,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":94},"biblio":{"volume":"8","issue":"3","first_page":"132","last_page":"132"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10430","display_name":"Software Engineering Techniques and Practices","score":0.9977999925613403,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10430","display_name":"Software Engineering Techniques and Practices","score":0.9977999925613403,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10533","display_name":"Teaching and Learning Programming","score":0.9878000020980835,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1706","display_name":"Computer Science Applications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11299","display_name":"Problem and Project Based Learning","score":0.9818000197410583,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/hacker","display_name":"Hacker","score":0.7250937223434448},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/group-work","display_name":"Group work","score":0.5578398704528809},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/scheduling","display_name":"Scheduling (production processes)","score":0.4921247363090515},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.48189884424209595},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/engineering-management","display_name":"Engineering management","score":0.44242218136787415},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/work","display_name":"Work (physics)","score":0.4419538378715515},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/group","display_name":"Group (periodic table)","score":0.43462204933166504},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software","display_name":"Software","score":0.43384256958961487},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/project-management","display_name":"Project management","score":0.42681917548179626},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-project-management","display_name":"Software project management","score":0.4183599352836609},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-engineering","display_name":"Software engineering","score":0.40379345417022705},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/engineering","display_name":"Engineering","score":0.32751306891441345},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematics-education","display_name":"Mathematics education","score":0.31332436203956604},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/psychology","display_name":"Psychology","score":0.3098698854446411},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/operations-management","display_name":"Operations management","score":0.30639854073524475},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-development","display_name":"Software development","score":0.3024502396583557},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-security","display_name":"Computer security","score":0.21206098794937134},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/systems-engineering","display_name":"Systems engineering","score":0.12283417582511902},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-construction","display_name":"Software construction","score":0.11311861872673035},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/operating-system","display_name":"Operating system","score":0.08433684706687927}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86844869","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2798820","display_name":"Hacker","level":2,"score":0.7250937223434448},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776020993","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2305340","display_name":"Group work","level":2,"score":0.5578398704528809},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C206729178","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2271896","display_name":"Scheduling (production processes)","level":2,"score":0.4921247363090515},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.48189884424209595},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C110354214","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6314146","display_name":"Engineering management","level":1,"score":0.44242218136787415},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C18762648","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42213","display_name":"Work (physics)","level":2,"score":0.4419538378715515},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781311116","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83306","display_name":"Group (periodic table)","level":2,"score":0.43462204933166504},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777904410","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7397","display_name":"Software","level":2,"score":0.43384256958961487},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15952604","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q179012","display_name":"Project management","level":2,"score":0.42681917548179626},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C40919944","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q947779","display_name":"Software project management","level":5,"score":0.4183599352836609},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C115903868","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80993","display_name":"Software engineering","level":1,"score":0.40379345417022705},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.32751306891441345},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C145420912","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q853077","display_name":"Mathematics education","level":1,"score":0.31332436203956604},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.3098698854446411},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C21547014","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1423657","display_name":"Operations management","level":1,"score":0.30639854073524475},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C529173508","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q638608","display_name":"Software development","level":3,"score":0.3024502396583557},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C38652104","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3510521","display_name":"Computer security","level":1,"score":0.21206098794937134},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C201995342","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q682496","display_name":"Systems engineering","level":1,"score":0.12283417582511902},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C186846655","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3398377","display_name":"Software construction","level":4,"score":0.11311861872673035},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.08433684706687927},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C185592680","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2329","display_name":"Chemistry","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C178790620","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11351","display_name":"Organic chemistry","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C78519656","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101333","display_name":"Mechanical engineering","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1049/sej.1993.0018","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1049/sej.1993.0018","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S168124881","display_name":"Software Engineering Journal","issn_l":"0268-6961","issn":["0268-6961","2053-910X"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Software Engineering Journal","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9","display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure","score":0.4000000059604645}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":4,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1993733283","https://openalex.org/W1997586737","https://openalex.org/W2022049297","https://openalex.org/W2151992925"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2110088225","https://openalex.org/W4296934903","https://openalex.org/W825885980","https://openalex.org/W2061115052","https://openalex.org/W658244510","https://openalex.org/W2391935356","https://openalex.org/W2281994843","https://openalex.org/W2352890795","https://openalex.org/W2993134997","https://openalex.org/W4237196316"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"In":[0],"this":[1,108],"paper,":[2],"we":[3,42],"describe":[4],"our":[5],"experience":[6],"of":[7,14,20,39,65,72,81,85,88,90,110],"group":[8],"projects":[9,25,83],"in":[10,49,107],"the":[11,86],"practical":[12],"teaching":[13,111],"software":[15],"engineering":[16],"over":[17],"a":[18],"period":[19],"eight":[21],"years.":[22],"Our":[23],"initial":[24],"tended":[26],"to":[27,35,78,99],"be":[28],"too":[29],"challenging,":[30],"and":[31,52,70,84],"few":[32],"groups":[33],"managed":[34],"produce":[36],"complete":[37],"pieces":[38],"work.":[40],"Recently,":[41],"have":[43],"deliberately":[44],"simplified":[45],"tasks":[46],"slightly,":[47],"resulting":[48],"less":[50],"frustration":[51],"better":[53],"projects,":[54],"so":[55],"that":[56],"students":[57,75],"reap":[58],"more":[59],"benefits.":[60],"Students":[61],"learn":[62],"about":[63],"division":[64],"work,":[66],"co-operation":[67],"with":[68,115],"others":[69],"scheduling":[71],"time.":[73],"As":[74],"are":[76,96],"required":[77],"provide":[79],"assessments":[80],"other":[82],"contributions":[87],"members":[89],"their":[91],"own":[92],"project":[93],"group,":[94],"they":[95],"also":[97],"encouraged":[98],"develop":[100],"critical":[101],"faculties.":[102],"The":[103],"staff":[104],"effort":[105],"involved":[106],"method":[109],"compares":[112],"quite":[113],"reasonably":[114],"traditional":[116],"lectures.":[117]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2025-11-06T03:46:38.306776","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}