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| Required? | Title | Author | Publication information |
| Yes | The Mythical Man-Month (MM-M) | Frederick P. Brooks, Jr. | 20th Anniversary edition, Addison-Wesley, 1995 |
| Yes | Software Engineering: A Practitioner's Approach | Roger S. Pressman | 4th edition, McGraw-Hill, 1997 |
More books may be added as the course progresses.
| date | review link | |
| Exam 1 | 4/22 | Review information |
| Exam 2 | 5/18 | done in 5/13 class |
| Final | TBD | Take home exam |
| Week | Date | Topic | Reading | Prepared lecture |
Project info | Individual assignments |
Handouts |
| 1 | 4/1 | Course Overview | Previous 3302 classes | PostScript PowerPoint 97 |
Project overview | Student survey | policies |
| 4/3 | Surprise | PostScript PowerPoint 97 |
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| 2 | 4/6 | Software Life Cycles
Project ideas |
Pressman Ch. 2 | PostScript PowerPoint 97 |
Ideas | ||
| 4/8 | Team Organization | Brooks Chs. 1-3, 7 | PostScript PowerPoint 97 |
Project roles | Some comments on MM-M | ||
| 4/10 | Project teams | PostScript PowerPoint 97 |
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| 3 | 4/13 | Scheduling/Monitoring | Pressman Ch. 7 Project Plan |
PostScript PowerPoint 97 |
Agenda template Status report RWL Status Reporter |
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| 4/15 | Requirements | Pressman, Ch. 11 Brooks, Ch. 11 Requirements Document |
PostScript PowerPoint 97 |
reqts. doc samples | |||
| 4/17 | Team intros | project groups overview | PostScript PowerPoint 97 |
Project plan due |
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| 4 | 4/20 | Architecture | Brooks, Ch. 4 | PostScript PowerPoint 97 |
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| 4/22 | Exam 1 | Review information | exam review material | ||||
| 4/24 | Design Documentation | Design Document | PostScript PowerPoint 97 |
sample designs | |||
| 5 | 4/27 | Technical Reviews | PostScript PowerPoint 97 |
Requirements doc due |
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| 4/29 | Testing | Pressman, Chs. 16-17 | PostScript PowerPoint 97 |
Peer Reviews | Review agenda | ||
| 5/1 | Status meetings | PostScript PowerPoint 97 |
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| 6 | 5/4 | Configuration Management | Pressman, Chs. 9 | PostScript PowerPoint 97 |
CM resources | ||
| 5/6 | Silver bullets and Software Engineering |
Brooks, Ch. 16-17 | PostScript PowerPoint 97 |
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| 5/8 | Status meetings | PostScript PowerPoint 97 |
Design Document due | CS 4310 (RWL) sign-up | |||
| 7 | 5/11 | Alternative SE styles |
The Cathedral and the Bazaar |
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| 5/13 | Review | ||||||
| 5/15 | status meetings | ||||||
| 8 | 5/18 | Exam 2 | |||||
| 5/20 | project demos | ||||||
| 5/22 | project demos | Prototype document final presentation guidelines |
sample 3302 prototypes | ||||
| 9 | 5/25 | Memorial Day Holiday | |||||
| 5/27 | 3302 reflection 1 | PostScript PowerPoint 97 |
Design critiques | ||||
| 5/29 | 3302 reflection 2 | PostScript PowerPoint 97 |
Prototype due | Schedule critiques | |||
| 10 | 6/1 | Project presentations Schedule |
Peer Reviews |
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| 6/3 | Project presentations Schedule |
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| 6/5 | Project presentations Schedule |
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| 11 | 6/?? | Final exam (take home due 2:20pm CCB 101) | |||||