1. Software Process ICS 225 Spring 2002
Walt Scacchi, Ph.D.
Institute for Software Research

2. Overview Introductions Course audience and demographics
Administrative matters
Foundational concepts
Course topics
Questions
Topic 1: Process Life Cycle

3. Introductions Instructor: Dr. Walt Scacchi Teaching assistant(s):
none
Administrative support:

4. Course audience and demographics: what are your career interests?
Executive (Corporate Officer, Vice President, Division Director, etc.)?
IT Consultant?
Entrepreneur?
Academic Scholar?
Other?

5. Administrative matters
Office, office hours and contact
ICS2-242
Tuesday 1:00-2:30pm, and by appointment
Office:
Web:

6. Administrative matters
Projects and Assignments
Team project, final presentation, deliverables
In-class discussion
Assigned articles and case studies
Web-based case studies
Web-based information gathering

7. Administrative matters
Attendance and Participation
Both count!

8. Administrative matters
Grading policy
Final project: 70%
Assignments and discussion: 20%
Attendance: 10%
Project team formation
Team size: 3-5 people
Start building your team today!

9. Administrative matters
Communicating course material:
Am I explaining course materials so that you understand? If not, you must let me know.
Course preparation:
All course materials (e.g., lecture notes, readings, assignments) will be posted on the Web
Discussion:
Assignments or team project work each week

10. Administrative matters
Access:
See my Office hours and TBD hours: contact me!
Progress (Grades):
Scheduled assignments and team project work
Emphasis of conceptual understanding:
50% lecture and course work on concepts for systems analysis and design
50% work on putting these concepts into practice, via the team project.

11. Administrative matters
Rigor: iterative presentation and exploration
Formal vs. informal
Three iteration cycles
Overall value of course to you:
You will learn fundamental concepts of systems analysis and design
You define your team project to best address your professional goals
You should ask questions about topical issues

12. Course matters -- Reading Materials
Required: To be posted at

13. Foundational concepts
Software Life Cycle and Process Models
Upstream Process Engineering
Midstream Process Engineering
Downstream Process Engineering
Conventional Software Engineering vs. Open Source Software Development Processes

14. Course topics Software Life Cycle and Process Models
Meta-Models and Meta-Modeling
Modeling
Analysis
Simulation
Redesign

15. Course topics Visualization Prototyping Administering and Scheduling
Integration
Environment Generation

16. Course topics Instantiation and Enactment Monitoring and Measuring
Enactment History Capture and Replay
Articulation
Evolution and Repository Management
Open Source Software Development Processes

17. Questions? What do you want to learn or take away from this course?
What are your criteria of success?
What do you want me to do to help you achieve your success?
What about the team project?
Others?