CIS 480

Fall 2004

http://www2.umassd.edu/CISW3/CoursePages/pages/CIS480/outline.html

Course Information  Portal  Monday Lab  Wednesday Lab  Friday Lab  Projects
WeekDateTopic Reading Assignment
1 Sept. 6
Labor Day - No Class
Sept. 8

Course Overview

Software

Chapter 1

Initial Expectations to be completed by September 13th. See Learning Portal for details.

Prepare Resumè and upload to Portal. You need to prepare a current resumè. The project leads in your lab section will be reviewing resumès to determine staffing for project teams. The resumè you complete should be uploaded to the Learning Portal. Once there the visibilty should be set to your lab section (Monday is 48001, Wednesday is 48002, and Friday is 48003).

Sept. 10

Software Process

Chapter 2

2 Sept. 13

Process Models

Chapter 3

Sept. 8 - Last Day to Add/Drop
Sept. 15

Requirements Engineering

Chapter 7

Sept. 17

Requirements (cont.)

Crashproof Code

3 Sept. 20

Software Engineering Practice

Chapter 5

Sept. 22

Project Management

Chapter 21

Sept. 24

Project Management (cont.)

4 Sept. 27

Project Scheduling

Chapter 24

Sept. 29

Risk Management

Chapter 25

Oct. 1

Quality Management

Chapter 26

5 Oct. 4

Cost of Quality
Process Improvement Example

Oct. 6

Change Management

Chapter 27

Oct. 8

Process and Project Metrics

Chapter 22

6 Oct. 11
Columbus Day - No Class
Oct. 12 Follow Monday Schedule
Oct. 12

Project Estimation
Defect Data

Chapter 23

Oct. 13

Process Models Revisited
CMM

First Circuit Court of Appeals - United States v. Councilman

Oct. 15

Agile Methods

Chapter 4

Quality Code
7 Oct. 18

Analysis Modeing

Chapter 8
Endangered Species

Oct. 20

User Interface Design

Chapter 12

UI Hall of Shame

FIE Conference - Oct. 20 - 23, Savannah, GA
Oct. 22

No Class

8 Oct. 25

Exam 1 - Chapters and Lectures covered to date.
Text coverage includes Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 21, 24, 25, 26, and 27. The supplemental material provided through the lecture notes and the readings are also pertinent.

McConnell Software Engineering is not Computer Science exerpted from After the Gold Rush. Microsoft Press.

Oct. 25 Mid-Semester
Oct. 27

Design Engineering
Formal Specification

Chapter 9

Oct. 29

People Management
Cost Drivers

Midterm Results

9 Nov. 1

Design Engineering (cont.)

Nov. 3

Software Development

Chapter 13

Nov. 5

Testing Strategies

10 Nov. 8

Testing Techniques

Chapter 14

Nov. 10
Follow Thursday Schedule
Nov. 11 Veterans Day - No Class
Nov. 12

Testing Techniques (cont.)

11 Nov. 15

Testing Techniques (cont.)

Last Day to withdraw from a class
Nov. 17

Product Metrics

Chapter 15

Nov. 19

Product Metrics (cont.)

12 Nov. 22

CMMI

Z Specification Example

Nov. 24

CMMI (cont.)

Thanksgiving Recess: Nov. 25 - Nov. 28
13 Nov. 29

Architectural Desgn

Chapter 10

Dec. 1

Architectural Desgn (cont.)

Dec. 3

Project Presentations

  1. Game Manager
  2. Content-based Image Retrieval

Chapter 11

14 Dec. 6

Project Presentations

  1. Vehicle Navigation
  2. Advising System

Dec. 8

Project Presentations

  1. Survey System
  2. Tile Estimator

Dec. 10

Project Presentations

  1. Programming Contest
  2. Letter Recognition

15 Dec. 13

Project Presentations

  1. Subject Pool Management
  2. B-Scan

Dec. 15

Project Presentations

  1. Drive-by-Wire
  2. Youth Basketball League Management

Fall Classes End December 16
Examinations: December 17-23
Examination for this course: December 17 Time: 11:30am-2:30pm