In Print: ‘Lecture Notes on Collaborative Software Projects’

Publication title

Lecture Notes on Collaborative Software Projects: Practices, Concepts, and Key Events for Designing, Managing, and Prototyping Successful Products

Purdue author

Alejandra J. Magana

Publisher

World Scientific Publishing

Publication date

March 2026

About the book (from the publisher)

“Lecture Notes on Collaborative Software Projects: Practices, Concepts, and Key Events for Designing, Managing, and Prototyping Successful Products” provides a practical, integrated approach to systems analysis and design, guiding readers through the complete process of developing working software prototypes.

Featuring a comprehensive case study with real project artifacts, this book emphasizes teamwork with practical exercises to build effective collaboration skills. Based on the author’s decade and a half of experience teaching systems analysis and design in large-enrollment courses, these lecture notes can be used in undergraduate and graduate teaching modules on information technology, information systems, software engineering, computer science and data science. Aspiring business and system analysts and technology specialists will be equipped with skills to identify business needs, deliver functional solutions to satisfy those needs and manage real-world software projects.

About the Purdue author

Alejandra J. Magana is a professor of applied and creative computing and engineering education and an affiliated faculty member in computer science. She is also the deputy editor for the Journal of Engineering Education and co-editor of the Education Department for IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications. Magana’s research uses design-based research approaches to co-create learning experiences that promote disciplinary engagement mediated by practitioners’ tools and cyberlearning innovations.

About the In Print series

To celebrate our faculty’s excellence in scholarship, Purdue Today’s weekly book series highlights faculty expertise across diverse subjects and disciplines. Find out more about the Purdue University Books Initiative and how to suggest a book for the In Print series on the Office of the Provost website. Purdue University’s Libraries and School of Information Studies’ authored books collection is available here.