Introduction to Software Engineering

CS 3302 Winter 1996

General Information

• Description: Course Description (from the General Catalog):

   Prerequisites: CS 2201 or one of the following: CS 2360, CS 2390, or CS 2430; and junior standing.

  Introduction to current techniques used in large-scale software development. Topics include requirements analysis, functional specification, systems design, implementation, testing and maintenance.

  Revised Course Description (from the instructor): The difficult part in designing any software system is usually not the coding of the software. And the executable object is not the only artifact of importance in the entire design process. One of the principal concerns of software engineering is the disciplined development of an application that meets certain market or customer demands and can be developed by a group of people in a controlled and somewhat predictable manner. Consequently, the emphasis in this course is not so much on the construction of code as it is on the construction and documentation of a design by a team.

  Software engineering is about building systems that people will use. Therefore, there is also a strong emphasis in this class on a real-world educational experience. The projects chosen for this course have been selected because they are not only interesting but potentially useful to a wide audience.

  Goals:

  • Understand the significance of the various products produced during application design.
  • Understand the various processes used to manage a software design project.
  • Practice and improve on group problem solving and communication skills.
  • Develop insight into how discipline can be used to enhance creativity in design.

• Meeting Time: MWF 10:00-11:00 am
• Meeting Place: 101 CoC
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Textbooks

Exams

	date	weight	review link
Midterm	1/26	10%
Final (tentative)	3/11	25%

Instructors

Dr. Gregory D. Abowd (Instructor)

• Office: 205 CoC
• Phone: 894-7512
• Email: abowd@cc.gatech.edu
• Office Hours: Tuesdays 12:00-2:30 pm

Jean-Marc DeBaud (Teaching Assistant)

• Office: 153 CoC
• Phone: 894-2573
• Email: debaud@cc.gatech.edu
• Office Hours: TBD

	Date	Topic	Reading	Lecture	Project	Homework	Handout
1	1/5	Introduction
2	1/8	Snow Day
3	1/10	Teams/projects	Chapters 1-4
4	1/12	Projects
5	1/15	Holiday -- No Class
6	1/17	Schedules/Plans	Chapters 5-8
7	1/19	Project Plans due
8	1/22	Requirements	Chs. 9-12
9	1/24	status
10	1/26	Midterm
11	1/29	status
12	1/31	Design	Chs 13-15
13	2/2	status
14	2/5	status
15	2/7	The Silver Bullet	Chs. 16-17
16	2/9	status
17	2/12	More Silver Bullet	Ch. 18
18	2/14	status
19	2/16	status
20	2/19	Reflections on MM-M	Ch. 19
21	2/21	status
22	2/23	Prototypes due
23	2/26	Software Engineering and WWW
24	2/28	Demos (no class)
25	3/1	Demos (no class)
26	3/4	Final presentations
27	3/6	Final presentations
28	3/8	Final presentations
	3/11	Final exam (11:30-2:20)