COSC 4351 Fundamentals of Software Engineering
Spring 2007 - MW 7:00 - 8:30PM
University
of Houston - Department of Computer Science


Instructor: Dr. Venkat Subramaniam email:vnkt4351@cs.uh.edu
Office Hours: Visit following page for details: http://www.cs.uh.edu/~svenkat

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Grading: Assignments: 20%, Homeworks: 20%, Midterms 1 & 2: 15% each, Project 30%.


Syllabus (subject to change):

  • Introduction and Motivation
  • Software Development Complexity
  • Process
  • Project and Risk Management
  • Requirements Analysis and modeling
  • Design - Evolutional design
  • Software Testing
  • Estimation, planning and management
  • Agile Practices
  • Iterative and Incremental Development
  • Agile Development, Extreme Programming, Scrum

Team Project - Requirements and Grading Policy

A Team Project carries 30% of the grade. The project has to be proposed by the team and approved by the instructor. All reports should be type written double-spaced. Each student, based on performance and contribution, as indicated by peer evaluation, will receive a percentage of their final team project grade.

 

Students are encouraged to discuss the project details with the instructor on a regular basis, during the semester. The objective of these discussions is to explore various options and tradeoffs in design and development of the project.

Scores: Initial report 7 pts; Development report 8 pts; Project refined report 7 pts; Demo 8 pts.

 

1. Project Team [Due: Jan. 31]

No more than 10 students may belong to a team. Each student of a team will be a project developer, and one of them will serve as the team leader. If any team member(s) drops from the course, the team is still responsible for completing the project. 

2. Project Proposal [Due: Feb. 7]

A proposal of the project with title and objective should be submitted. The proposal should be two to five pages. It should also contain an estimation of time required, per person, to analyze, design, implement and test the project.

3. Initial Report [Due: Mar. 7]

The Initial report report should contain details about the functionality that will be implemented. It should include details about what the application will do, more from the application behavior point of view than from how it will be implememented internally.  

4. Development Report [Due: Apr. 4]

This report should include UML diagrams of the over all system. Details about various approaches taken in developing the system must be presented. This should also present details on problems faced and how they are being resolved. 

5. Project Refined Report [Due. TBD]

This report will contain refinements made to the system upon further development. 

6. Project Demonstration [Due: TBD]

The project demonstration will be scheduled for the final exam time or earlier. One or more members of the team should demonstrate the project in front of a terminal. The grade for this will be based on the team’s answer to questions raised during the demo, organization and presentation of the demo. Each team member is required to be present for this event.


No late submissions allowed on any assignments. Most announcements/assignments will be through email

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