KSAO Framework for Computer Science Project Student Teams

Abstract

: None of the existing Knowledge, skills, abilities and other factors (KSAO) frameworks have included task work skills as KSAO factors; all of them only proposes teamwork KSAO factors. Moreover, all of these frameworks were proposed for professional teams only. The aim of this research is to propose a KSAO framework for computer science capstone project student teams; the framework not only have the teamwork skill component but the taskwork skill component as well. Research papers on technology students, capstone projects, self-managing teams and KSAO frameworks are analyzed comprehensively so as to give rise to a framework that is presented here. The methodology followed is qualitative thematic analysis. The framework is developed as part of a doctoral thesis for guiding the identification of team building criterion for building computer science capstone student project teams and for developing an automated intelligent software for assisting students in team building.