CSC710 Spring 1999 Syllabus

SYLLABUS FOR CSC710, SPRING 1999

Objectives of the Course: The production of quality software. Project Planning, Requirements Analysis, System Design, Program Design, Program Implementation, Program Testing, System Testing, System Delivery, and Maintenance, Program Documentation including style and aesthetics. A project oriented course. This Software Engineering course will attempt to be comprehensive in scope; leaving opportunity for future courses to explore specific topics in depth.
Attendance Policy: Students are expected to attend all classes.
Homework Assignments: Weekly, due the following week, as assigned.
Additional Assistance: Available prior to or after class, by specific arrangement, or via E-mail.
Text: Software Engineering 5^th Edition by Ian Sommerville, Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-201-42765-6.
Research Project: The Research Project is an integral part of this course. Students will participate in a group project of five to seven students, with individual identifiable assignments. Project will be significant in scope and effort.
Log: Students will maintain a log recording the significant activities performed for the Research project. This log shall contain initial estimates for all activities prior to their inception, final actualities for those activities upon completion of this phase, initial design decisions and the supporting rationale, documentation of all design changes by phase, and any other information deemed by the team to be of usefulness to the group.
Evaluation and Grade Determination: Grade determination will consist of classroom participation/Homework (20%), Final Examination (30%), and Research Project (50%).
University's Academic Integrity Policy: Students are expected to adhere to the University's Academic Integrity Policy.

Week	Topics	Homework	Due Assignment
1	Introduction	1.1, 1.6
2	Computer-based System Engineering	2.1, 2.8	Topic Selection
3	Project Management	3.5	Risk Analysis Estimate
4	Requirements Engineering Requirements Analysis	4.2, 4.6 5.1,5.4,5.5	Project Plan
5	System Models Requirements Definition & Specification	6.3, 6.5 7.2, 7.8	Requirements Definition
6	Software Prototyping Formal Specifications Algebraic Specification Model-based Specification	8.2	Requirements Specification
7	Software Design Architecture Design	12.1, 12.5, 12.7 13.5, 13.6	Deployment Maintenance Plan
8	Object Oriented Design Function Oriented Design	14.2, 14.3a,e
9	Real-Time Systems Design User Interface Design	17.2, 17.4	Preliminary Design
10	Software Reliability Programming for Reliability	18.4	Test Plan
11	Software Reuse Safety-critical Software	20.7 21.1, 21.6, 21.7	Test Procedures
12	Verification and Validation Defect Testing Static Verification	22.1, 22.2, 22.3 23.3, 23.6 24.1, 24.9	Detailed Design
13	CASE Management	29.7 31.4, 31.10	Implementation & Test
14	Project Presentations		Critique
15	Final Exam Project presentations		All Project deliverables due in final form

Term Project

Term Project

Project Deliverables:

Topic Selection -1 sentence to 1 paragraph
Estimation -keep log of changes
Risk Analysis
Project Plan
Requirements Definition - e.g. fig 7.3
Requirements Specification - e.g. fig 7.5
Peer Review - per section 24.1, FAGAN method
Development/Maintenance Plan
Failure Analysis
Test Plan - per fig 22.4
Test Procedure
Peer Review
Preliminary Design
Peer Review
Detailed Design
Peer Review
Implementation & Test
Final deliverables

Project Examples

A Small business ( <100 employee) Accounting package with Accounts Payable and Receivable, payroll, General ledger, Invoice and Estimation portions for an electrical contractor.
A special purpose editor which knows the syntax of a programming language, e.g. Ada, C++, Java.
A Registrar's program to control student registration and scheduling rooms and teachers.
A program to teach arithmetic.
A calendar or personal organizer program.
A program to analyze NFL playoff situations.

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