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Fall 2001

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Software Engineering

Course Outline

Instructor: Qusay H. Mahmoud
Email: qmahmoud@cs.sfu.ca

TAs:

  • Brent Whitman, bwhitman@sfu.ca
  • Dongliang Feng, tdfeng@sfu.ca

Textbook: Software Engineering (6th edition), Ian Sommerville, Addison Wesley, 2001.

Prerequisites: A minimum grade of C- is required in CMPT 201, MACM 101 (or CMPT 205), and MATH 151.

Grading Scheme: the final grade will be determined based on the following components:

  • Assignments: 40% (Related to a project)
  • Mid-term Exam: 20% (October 25)
  • Final Exam: 40% (sometime in December, to be scheduled by the university)
Note 1: Students must attain an overall passing grade on the weighted average of exams in the course in order to obtain a clear pass (C or better).

Note 2: Academic Honesty plays a key role in our efforts to maintain a high standard of academic excellence and integrity. Students are advised that ALL acts of intellectual dishonesty are subject to disciplinary action by the School; serious infractions are dealt with in accordance with the Code of Academic Honesty (T10.02): http://www.sfu.ca/policies/teaching/t10-02.htm. Students are encouraged to read the School's Statement on Intellectual Honesty: http://www.cs.sfu.ca/undergrad/Policies/honesty.html.

Tentative Schedule

Date
Topics
Text
Sep. 6 Introduction, Motivation, and UML. Ch. 1 & 2
Sep. 13 Software process and project management
Ch. 3 & 4
Sep. 20 Software Requirements Ch. 5 & 6
Sep. 27 Software Requirements 7
Oct. 4 Software Design Ch. 10
Oct. 11 Software Design (OO and Design Patterns) Ch. 12 & 14
Oct 18 Software Construction & Code Inspection None
Oct. 25 Software Testing + MIDTERM
Ch. 19
Nov. 1 Software Testing Ch. 20
Nov. 8 Software Maintenance and Configuration Management Ch. 29
Nov. 15
Software Quality, Cost Estimation, and Process Improvement
Ch. 23, 24 & 25
Nov. 22 Project Presentations
None
Nov 29 Project Presentations
None
Note: Last day of classes for the Fall semester is December 3. Therefore, Nov 29 is our last day of lectures.



Copyright © 2001, Qusay H. Mahmoud , Simon Fraser University.