| Week | Date | Topic | Reading* | Assignments Due |
| 1 | Jan 14 | Course Introduction; Review of Software Life Cycle and COCOMO | SE Ch. 1, SEE Ch. 4; Spiral Model, Risk paper; SEE Chs. 8, 9, 30 | Student Information Form |
| 2 | Jan 21 | Library Project Description - Boehm | TBD | Class Project Proposal |
| 3 | Jan 28 | Library Operations and SIRSI Development System - Kwan et al. | TBD | Homework #1, Metrics report |
| 4 | Feb 4 | Software Engineering for Reliability, Cost/Reliability Tradeoffs, Project Reliability Issues- Boehm; Project Documentation | SEE Ch. 24.1; SE Ch. 15 | Metrics report |
| 5 | Feb 11 | Software Reliability and Safety - Nikora COTS Integration - Abts | SEE Chs. 20, 21 | Project Plan, Revised RequirementsSpecification, Initial SDF, Metrics report |
| 6 | Feb 18 | Software Verification and Validation; Software Testing, Software Development Files | SE Chs. 19, 22, 23; SEE Ch. 32.4 |
Homework #2, Metrics report |
| 7 | Feb 25 | Static Verification; Software Inspections | SE Ch. 24, Inspection Guidelines, Inspection Analysis paper | Test Plan, Metrics report |
| 8 | Mar 4 | Midterm Exam (Open Book) | Metrics report |
********* Spring Recess March 10-15 *********
| 10 | Mar 18 | Software Maintenance, Class Inspections | SE Ch. 28; SEE Ch. 30 | Design Document, Inspection Plan, Metrics report |
| 11 | Mar 25 | Improving Software Productivity and Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) | SE Chs. 17, 18; Productivity paper |
Inspection Report, Metrics report |
| 12 | Apr 1 | Software Reuse and Re-engineering | SE Ch. 16 | Homework #3, Metrics report |
| 13 | Apr 8 | Software Configuration Management and Documentation, Quality Assurance | SE Chs. 29, 30, 31 | Test Report, Metrics report |
| 14 | Apr 15 | Capability Maturity Model - Hefner | CMM paper | Homework #4, Metrics report |
| 15 | Apr 22 | Final Demonstrations | User Manual, Version Description Document, Final Report, SDF Completion, Metrics report |
| * | SE: Sommerville, Software Engineering, |
| SEE: Boehm, Software Engineering Economics (in course notes) |
Last Update: 1/2/97