CofC course pairs computer science students with tech firms

When government agencies and high-tech companies needed a piece of software created 30 years ago, they hired a developer, explained what they needed and then waited for the final product.

“You got stuck in the basement with a computer, and you got a problem to work on, and six months later you had to emerge with a solution, and that was it,” said Sebastian van Delden, chair of the College of Charleston’s Department of Computer Science. “There wasn’t a lot of communication.”

Software developers followed what is called a “Waterfall” method, in which the developer met with the client only at the beginning, to receive the product’s requirements, and at the end, to deliver the finished product, van Delden said.

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