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General Information
This preliminary syllabus can be expected to change as the course progresses.
Quizzes take place during the normal class periods. The quizzes test
material in the lectures. Project presentations are scheduled separately. Everybody must
make at least one presentation during the semester. Some lectures may be scheduled for the class time on Wednesday evenings.
Otherwise the time period is reserved for project meetings, but
projects can agree to meet at other times.
Week 1: The Process of Software Development
| Date |
Event |
| Tuesday 1/25 |
Lecture 1: Introduction to Software
Engineering [PowerPoint, HTML] |
| Thursday 1/27 |
Lecture 2: Software Processes
[PowerPoint, HTML] |
Week 2: Feasibility Studies
Week 3: Legal Aspects of Software Development
| Date |
Event |
| Tuesday 2/8 |
Lecture 5: Legal Aspects of Software Engineering
[PowerPoint, HTML] |
| Thursday 2/10 |
Quiz 1 |
Week 4: Requirements I
| Date |
Event |
| Tuesday 2/15 |
Lecture 7: Requirements I [PowerPoint,
HTML] |
| Thursday 2/17 |
Lecture 8: Requirements II [PowerPoint,
HTML] |
| Friday 2/18, 5:00 p.m. |
Assignment 1, Feasibility Study
and Plan (report) |
Week 5: Requirements II
Week 6: Usability
Week 7: System Architecture
| Date |
Event |
| Tuesday 3/8 |
Lecture 13: System Architecture and Design
1 [PowerPoint, HTML]
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| Thursday 3/10 |
Lecture 14: System Architecture and Design
2 [PowerPoint, HTML]
|
| Wednesday 3/9 - Friday 3/11 |
Assignment 2: Presentation
and Report |
Week 8: Design I
Reading:
| Date |
Event |
| Tuesday 3/15 |
Lecture 15: Object Oriented Design 1 [PowerPoint,
HTML] |
| Thursday 3/17 |
Lecture 16: Object Oriented Design 2 [PowerPoint,
HTML] |
Spring Break
Week 9: Design II
| Date |
Event |
| Tuesday 3/29 |
Lecture 17:Object Oriented Design 3 [PowerPoint,
HTML] |
| Thursday 3/31 |
Lecture 18: Object Oriented Design 4 [PowerPoint,
HTML]
Quiz 3 |
Week 10: Reliability and Performance I
| Date |
Event |
| Tuesday 4/5 |
Lecture 19: Reliability 1 [PowerPoint,
HTML] |
| Tuesday 4/5 - Thursday 4/7 |
Assignment 3, Presentation
and report |
| Thursday 4/7 |
Lecture 20: Reliability 2 [PowerPoint,
HTML] |
Week 11: Reliability and Performance II
| Date |
Event |
| Tuesday 4/12 |
Lecture 21: Reliability 3 [PowerPoint,
HTML] |
| Thursday 4/14 |
Lecture 22: Performance of Computer
Systems [PowerPoint, HTML] |
Week 12: People
Week 13: Business Aspects of Software Engineering
| Date |
Event |
| Tuesday 4/26 |
Lecture 25: Business Aspects of Software
Engineering [PowerPoint, HTML] |
| Thursday 4/28 |
Lecture 26: Delivering the System [PowerPoint,
HTML]
Quiz 4
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Week 14: Risk
| Date |
Event |
| Tuesday 5/3 |
Lecture 27: Risk in Software Development
[PowerPoint, HTML] |
| Thursday 5/5 |
[no lecture] |
| Wednesday 5/4 - Thursday 5/5 |
Assignment 4, Presentation |
Examination Week
| Thursday, May 12 |
Project Delivery (code, documentation, presentation slides) |
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