>So they should train on multiple project iterations with some external group as customers.
That would almost be a Psychology course. Include stakeholders who don't really know what they want, who think they know what they want but constantly "rearrange the furniture," and who try to give you the solution rather than the problem. This would be a great idea. For this to be effective, it would probably have to be 2 semesters, 1 for theory and 1 for practice. It's a great idea though. Get rid of some of those Calc/Physics classes.
I had a professor tell me one time that the "meeting of the minds," between stakeholders and the developer was the hardest part of building software and that getting specs was like "pulling teeth." He wasn't wrong.
That would almost be a Psychology course. Include stakeholders who don't really know what they want, who think they know what they want but constantly "rearrange the furniture," and who try to give you the solution rather than the problem. This would be a great idea. For this to be effective, it would probably have to be 2 semesters, 1 for theory and 1 for practice. It's a great idea though. Get rid of some of those Calc/Physics classes.
I had a professor tell me one time that the "meeting of the minds," between stakeholders and the developer was the hardest part of building software and that getting specs was like "pulling teeth." He wasn't wrong.