CS451: Software Engineering

E-mail: yfcai AT cs DOT drexel DOT edu

Office: University Crossings 104

Office Hours: Tuesday 1:00pm-3:00pm

Phone: 215-895-0298

Introduction

The topics to be covered in the course include: software development process, project management, scheduling, planning, requirement capture and analysis, configuration management, architectural design, object-oriented design, programming practices, and application generation. More information can be found in the beginning of course memo (PDF).

Announcements

Announcements will be posted on the announcements page.

Ethics - we take this very seriously

Any violation of the usual standards of computer ethics by students in CS 451 will result in immediate dismissal from the class and a formal record being filed with the University administration. Violations include but are not limited to: stealing passwords, breaking into systems by exploiting known security holes, causing flippant and irrelevant mail to be sent or received, sending intentionally and malicious anonymous e-mail, and tampering with system files or the files of others.

Term Overview

Please note that the schedules are subject to change.

Content Textbook Assignment distribution Due Dates

week 1

June 23-27

24-Jun Class Info A1: Warm up

26-Jun Introduction Jalote chapter 1; Brooks chapter1, 2

week 2

June30-July 4

1-Jul process/project management Jalote chapter 2, 5 IA1: Set up your company

3-Jul process/project management Brooks chapter 3, 4 Group Setting up

Week 3

July 7-11

8-Jul Software Processes Jalote chapter 2, 3 RA3 Reading Assignment

10-Jul Software Development Process Jalote chapter 3 A1 IA2

week 4

July 14-18

15-Jul Requirement Process Jalote chapter 4 GA4 Requirement Doc

17-Jul Requirement Process

week 5

July 21-25

22-Jul Requirement Process/Architecture Jalote chapter 6,7,8

24-Jul Software Architecture Garlan and Shaw's paper RA3

week 6

July 28-Aug 1

29-Jul Software Architecture Garlan and Shaw's paper, Jalote chapter 9 GA5 Design Doc

31-Jul midterm

week 7

Aug 4-8

5-Aug

7-Aug No Class work on project GA4, GA5

week 8

Aug11-15

12-Aug Software Design GA6 Test Doc

14-Aug Homework and Midterm

week9

Aug 18-22

19-Aug Implementation Jalote chapter 9

21-Aug Verification Jalote chapter 10 GA6

week 10

Aug 25-29

26-Aug Extreme Programming

28-Aug Project Demo

29-Aug All deliverables due

Note: Late assignment/project submissions are subject to penalty: 12% each day. Assignments turned in more than three days late cannot be accepted and receive a score of 0. Make-up submissions will only be allowed in extreme circumstances.

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