CS 6300: Software Engineering Process

Vitals

Announcements

  1. Class on Wednesday, December 6, will be held in the Biology building, room 204. (map)
  2. The online course surveys are available. They are a chance to sign in and say what you think about the class.
  3. Assigment 3 has been CANCELLED.
  4. Assignment 3 hasn't been posted yet. It's due date is unknown.
  5. Please email the TA if you have any constraints on when you can present your project. In particular, graduating students need to present earlier in order to get a grade in on time.
  6. Assignment 3 is now due on 11/22, the day before Thanksgiving.
  7. Assignment 2 has been posted and is due Monday, October 30. Because of the delay, it has been merged with what was to have been Assignment 3, so there are now just three assignments. The previously posted deadline for the final assignment (now number 3) is unchanged.
  8. On Wednesday, October 4, John Chilenski from Boeing will be talking on the testing and certification of safety-critical software. Don't miss it!
  9. Assignment 1 has been posted.
  10. The midterm and essay final described in the first set of slides have been replaced by four assignments.
  11. The deadlines for the project progress report, Assignment 4, Project draft, and the final project reports have all been changed from the hard copy handed out in class 8/25/00.

Final Projects

Handouts

Schedule

Week Mon Topic Reading or deadline Wed Topic Reading or deadline Fri Topic Reading or deadline
1 8/21/00 Class intro   8/23/00 Modeling   8/25/00 UML (Intro)  
2 8/28/00 UML (Use case diagrams and class diagrams) Ch 2 8/30/00 Impromptu UML clinic   9/1/00 UML (Modeling behavior)(powerpoint)  
3 9/4/00 LABOR DAY   9/6/00 UML (powerpointt)   9/8/00 Modes of Communication Ch 3
4 9/11/00 t.b.a   9/13/00 t.b.a. Assignment 1 9/15/00 Coordination  
5 9/18/00 Complexity Skim Pt. 2 9/20/00 Reqts Ch 4 9/22/00 Reqts  
6 9/25/00 Analysis Ch 5 9/27/00 Analysis   9/29/00 Analysis  
7 10/2/00 System design Ch 6 10/4/00 John Chilenski visits (was System design)   10/6/00 Projects Project goals
8 10/9/00 Object design Ch 7 10/11/00 Projects 10/13/00 Projects  
9 10/16/00 Change (ppt) Skim Pt. 3 10/18/00 Rationale mgt Ch 8 10/20/00 Rationale mgt  
10 10/23/00 BREAK   10/25/00 Testing Ch 9 10/27/00 Testing  Project progress
11 10/30/00 Testing (ppt) Assignment 2  11/1/00 Testing   11/3/00 Projects  
12 11/6/00 Config mgt Ch 10 11/8/00 Config mgt   11/10/00 Projects  
13 11/13/00 Projects Ch 11 11/15/00 NO CLASS -- project preparation   11/17/00 Project Poster Sessions  
14 11/20/00 Project Poster Sessions   11/22/00 NO REAL CLASS   11/24/00 THANKSGIVING  
15 11/27/00 Project Management Draft Project Report 11/29/00 Process Improvement   12/1/00 t.b.a.  
16 12/4/00 Project Presentations   12/6/00 Project Presentations Final Project Report 12/8/00 Project Presentations  

Underlined items imply mandatory attendance either for whole class or for specified groups.
Bold items are assignments or activities contributing to final grade.