Introduction to Software Engineering

CS 3302 Section B Spring 1997


General Information


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Jump to the syllabus for the quarter.

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Textbooks

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.


Exams

date review link
Exam 1 4/22 Review information
Exam 2 5/18 done in 5/13 class
Final TBD Take home exam

Instructors

Dr. Gregory D. Abowd (Instructor)


Vergilia Chin (Teaching Assistant)


Syllabus

This syllabus will be constanly updated as the quarter progresses. It is the student's responsibility to regularly check the syllabus for updates.

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
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
3 4/13 Scheduling/Monitoring Pressman Ch. 7
Project Plan
PostScript
PowerPoint 97
Agenda template
Status report
RWL Status Reporter
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
4 4/20 Architecture Brooks, Ch. 4 PostScript
PowerPoint 97
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
4/29 Testing Pressman, Chs. 16-17 PostScript
PowerPoint 97
Peer Reviews Review agenda
5/1 Status meetings PostScript
PowerPoint 97
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
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
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
6/3 Project presentations
Schedule
6/5 Project presentations
Schedule
11 6/?? Final exam (take home due 2:20pm CCB 101)


Gregory D. Abowd <abowd@cc.gatech.edu>
Last modified: Tue Jun 9 14:15:31 EDT 1998