Software Residency @C.E.S.A.R
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SEP/2014
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The lack of specialized manpower requires speedy development of human capital that focus on market needs and quality deliveries to solve the most immediate demands. Software Development Residency is a fast-track ICT educational program for human resources prepared according to the needs of the sponsoring client that deliver results throughout its duration.
Transcript of Software Residency @C.E.S.A.R
SEP/2014
SEP/2012
Since 2007
The lack of specialized manpower requires speedydevelopment of human capital that focus on market needs and quality deliveries to solve the most immediate demands.
Software Development Residency is a fast-trackInformation and Communication Technology (ICT) educational program for human resources prepared according to the needs of the sponsoring client that deliver results throughout its duration.
StudentsProfessionally
experienced facultyCESAR
Doctors ResidentsHospital
The students study the theory and are able to practice what they have learned at CESAR’s own development labs.
The sponsoring client has the opportunity to develop its manpower according to its own specific demands using CESAR’s speedy and focused approach.
The sponsoring client’s return will be manpower with specific skills and the development of quality market ready solutions.
Using the Problem Based Learning methodology, experienced professionals from CESAR’s team contribute to develop specialized professionals according to the sponsoring client’s needs and demands.
Sponsoring client
Tutors/Mentors StudentsFaculty with Professional
Experience
Academiccoordinator
Project coordinator
Residencycoordinator
This is how CESAR’sSoftware Residency program is assembled
The Program is coordinated by CESAR. The institution understands the needs of the client and prepares a content-specific coursework and the Residency’s teaching methodology accordingly.
The students learn the theory and are guided in their practical activities by CESAR’s experienced professionals.
It will depend on student performance.
Structuring
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Recruiting
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Graduation
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Deliveries
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Evaluation
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Hiring
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The first step is to prepare the Residency’s course content taking into account the relationship between the demands of the sponsoring client and the technical profile of the participating students.
The sponsoring client may desire to have more than one Residency program and each will have a different course
content as well as specific delivery focus.
This is what makes the Software Residency development a customized and bold solution.
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Eligible for the Residency are those students who are near graduation and newly-graduated.
Pre-selection is based on school curriculum, professionalprofile, interviews, online testing of specific knowledge and technical criteria established according to the sponsoring client.
Scholarships are available due to exclusive dedication required by the program since it includes both theoretical classes and practice/development (hands on approach).
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CESAR provides a real Project Development environmentsupported by quality processes and productivity.
The residents are allocated to work cells (team work for the resolution of problems).
They are assigned well-defined practical activities which can be evaluated by the mentors.
Faculty acts as consultants, and tutoring is provided by a team of experienced professionals.
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Solution for the client’s real problems.
Agenda for periodic deliveries during the program andcontinuous follow up of these deliveries.
The Sponsoring client will systematically receive deliveries/artifacts throughout the length of the programwhich are high quality and able to solve its immediatedemand.
The student’s final paper is geared to market publications.
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Residents’ evaluations and feedback are continuous.
Their work performance during the program may not fallbelow 7 (maximmum of 10) for all disciplines and attendancemust not be below 75%.
Practical activities are evaluated by different roles: Faculty, tutors and the client.
The thesis is evaluated by both faculty and tutors.
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Outstanding students may be hired by the client or by CESAR.
After the Residency, graduating students will have expertisewell above those who lack specialization.
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Speedy development of market-ready applications as well as development of technical skills along with good interpersonal skills and professional values.
When available manpower lack professional experience and specific qualifications;
When needed knowledge and specialization are not taught in conventional schooling;
When there is a need for fast and specific professional qualifications;
When there is a demand for a high number of quality solutions in a short time.
To produce 85 widgets for the domestic market to populate the client’s virtual store.
Created a total of 110 user-focused widgets.
In less than 2 months, the widgets generated by the Residency represented almost 20% of total downloads from the client’s virtual store.
More than 30 professionals graduated in the development of applications for mobile platforms.
Case: Widget Residency
Increase the number of availably applications in the client’s virtual store.
Increase the developers’ community.
Over 60 applications were published.
Applications were carried out to other languages and countries.
One of the applications peaked at 4 thousand downloads/week (~23% of the store’s total).
Twenty developers graduated in this Residency program.
Case: BADA Residency
Need for the urgent development of human resources for the management and platform configuration to manage the client’s Contact Centers.
Development of 20 professionals to meet demands from both the Residency sponsor and its clients.
Development of skills and company values in the residents.
Outstanding residents may be hired by the sponsor, in Brazil or abroad.
Case: Contact Center’s Technologies Residency
Transfer project management know-how, team assembly and application development methodology for CNTI [National Commission for Information Technology of the Angola Government].
Establishment of an IT infrastructure for the Angola government.
Development of professionals focused on CNTI real problems.
Coaching during the first few months to help the residents put into practice what they learned during the Residency.
Case: Software Engineering Residency
Need for the urgent development of human resources to meet the demand of evolution of the country’s telecommunication networks.
Qualification of 18 professionals divided into: 9 focusing on the development of Linux software for embedded systems (Metro Ethernet Switches); and 9 focusing on the development of software for network management. All residents’ skills were developed according to the client’s needs and qualified to work in the research and development sector of the sponsoring company.
Case: Datacom Residency
