CS591 Tentative Schedule (Spring 2005)

Week 1: Jan 13

• Thu: Introduction
• Assignment 1: Survey - due Jan 20

Week 2: Jan 18-20

• Tue: Software Architecture
• Thu: Software Architecture, Requirements and Use Cases
• Assignment 2: Requirements definition - due Jan 27

Week 3: Jan 25-27

• Tue: UML
• Thu: More UML

Week 4: Feb 1-3

• Tue: More UML
• Assignment 3: Initial Design definition - due Feb 8
• Thu: CBSE -- Component Based Software Engineering

Week 5: Feb 8-10

• Tue: CBSE
• Thu: Design Patterns, Antipatterns and Pattern Languages
• Assignment 4: Some bottom-up design - due Feb 24

Week 6: Feb 15-17

• Tue: Alternative processes: Agile Methods
• Thu: Alternative processes: RUP, CMM, PSP, TSP
• Assignment 5: Some planning and some implementation - due Mar 18

Week 7: Feb 22-24

• Tue: Scripting Languages in Software Engineering
• Thu: A Comparison of Two Scripting Languages

Week 8: Mar 1-3

• Tue: Configuration Management
• Thu: Version Control and Configuration Tools

Week 9: Mar 8-10

• Tue: Midterm Exam
• Thu: CSCW

Week 10: Mar 15-17

• Tue: Static Analysis I
• Thu: Project Team meetings

Week 11: Mar 21-25

• Spring break (no classes)

Week 12: Mar 29-31

• Homework: Static Analysis, due April 9
• Tue: Static Analysis II
• Thu: Static Analysis III

Week 13: Apr 5-7

• Tue: Testing I
• Thu: Testing II

Week 14: Apr 12-14

• Tue: Testing III
• Thu: Dynamic Analysis I

Week 15: Apr 19-21

• Tue: Dynamic Analysis II
• Thu: Program Monitoring

Week 16: Apr 26-28

• Tue: Program Visualization
• Thu: Profiling

Week 17: May 3-5

• Tue: Project Presentations

Final Exam: Scheduled Tuesday, May 3, 3:30-5:30pm

Exam Topics (note: hand-out readings are allowed as in-exam notes)

• Configuration Mgt (reading: "Version Models for Software Configuration Management", Conradi and Westfechtel (don't worry about secs. 6 & 7)
• Static Analysis (reading: "Design by Contract with JML", Leavens and Cheon) (note: the ESC paper will not be required for the exam)
• Dynamic Analysis (reading: "The Concept of Dynamic Analysis", Ball (don't worry about sec. 3))
• Testing (readings on Testing)
• More (list still being updated)