Schedule: CSE 3310 Fundamentals of Software Engineering
(Fall 2008)
Note: Some sections of certain chapters may be omitted or modified as the course progresses. The lists of excluded sections will be specified during lectures, if any. Lecture material and due dates may be adjusted.
| Week | Date | Covered Topics | Related Comments |
| 1 | 8/25 & 8/27 | Introduction, Chapter 1
Process Model, Chapter 4 |
Chapters 2 and 3 not required |
| 2 | 9/1 & 9/3 |
9/5: Project Management, Chapter 5 |
Labor day holiday - 9/1 |
| 3 | 9/8 & 9/10 | Discuss Term Project & Teams
Software Requirements, Chapters 6&7 |
|
| 4 | 9/15 & 9/17 |
Software Requirements - Cont'd UML, Use Cases and SRA |
Team Assignment: Deliver Project Scope & Initiation Document - Due 9/17 |
| 5 | 9/22 & 9/24 |
System Model, Chapter 8 |
|
| 6 | 9/29 & 10/1 | Formal Specification, Chapter 10 | |
| 7 | 10/6 & 10/8 | Team
presentations
(in class presentations by teams: Use Cases, SRA & UML) |
Team Assignment: Deliver Use Cases, SRA
& UML Documents - Due 10/8
|
| 8 | 10/13 & 10/15 | 10/13: Mid-term Exam
10/15: Discuss Term Project & Review Midterm |
Mid-term Exam on 10/13 |
| 9 | 10/20 & 10/22 | Software Design, Chapter 11 | Teams should begin Design & Development |
| 10 | 10/27 & 10/29 | Distributed Systems, Chapter 12
CORBA overview |
|
| 11 | 11/3 & 11/5 | Verification & Validation, Chapter 22 | |
| 12 | 11/10 & 11/12 |
Software Testing, Chapter 23 |
Individual Assignment: Peer Reviews (i.e. team member evaluation) - Due 11/12 |
| 13 | 11/17 & 11/19 | Software Evolution, Chapter 21 | |
| 14 | 11/24 & 11/26 | Management & Processes, Chapters
25,26,27,28 (Selected sections)
Covered topics include: Project Planning; Managing People; Software Cost Estimation; COCOMO model |
Prepare for final product demos and presentations next week |
| 15 | 12/1 & 12/3 | Final
Project Demos & Presentations
|
Team presentations of the final product
Hand in: all Source Code, Documentations (i.e. User Manual, Test plan, SRA, Use Cases, UML) and executable (or web link); see Final hand-in guideline - Due 12/3 in class |
| 16 | 12/8 & 12/10 |
Final Exam (in class) |
See University schedule
Exam covers: All material beyond midterm |