1. CS 425 Software Engineering
Fall 2010
Course Syllabus
Instructor: Sergiu Dascalu
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
August 23, 2010

2. Outline The Instructor & the TAs The Students The Course The Texts
Initial Pointers
Grading Scheme
Policies
A Look Ahead
Tentative Schedule

3. The Instructor & TAs Instructor: Sergiu Dascalu TAs (volunteer):
Room SEM-236
Telephone
Web-site
Office hours:
TUE 3:30 – 4:30 pm WED 5:30 – 6:30 pm
or by appointment or chance
TAs (volunteer):
Muhanna Muhanna
Sohei Okamoto

4. The Students Registration as of today: Prerequisites:
CS 425: 35 students
Prerequisites:
CS 446 Operating Systems, CH 201, ENG 102

5. The Course. Catalog description: Outline:
Lecture + Lab: 3 + 0; Credit(s): 3
Requirements specifications, structured analysis,
modeling, top down design, testability, maintainability, portability, verification and validation, modification, configuration, management, reliability, efficiency, complexity, compatibility, modularity, interfacing, hardware and language issues. (Major capstone course.) Pre-requisite: CS446
Outline:
This course covers the software development process, from requirements elicitation and analysis, through specification and design, to implementation, integration, testing, and evolution (maintenance).
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6. .The Course
Outline [cont’d]: A variety of concepts, principles, techniques, and tools are presented, covering topics such as software processes, project management, people management, software requirements, system models, architectural and detailed design, user interface design, programming practices, verification and validation, and software evolution.
Although the emphasis will be on modern, object-oriented approaches some more traditional, structured software engineering techniques will also be discussed.

7. The Texts Textbook: Lecture notes:
[SE-9] Ian Sommerville, Software Engineering, 9th Edition, Addison-Wesley, 2011.
Lecture notes:
Presentations by the instructor
Notes you take in the classroom
Additional material as indicated later by the instructor

8. Initial WWW Pointers
Ian Sommerville’s web-page for the 9th edition of his Software Engineering book:
The Software Engineering Institute, at Carnegie Mellon University:
The Object Management Group web-site:
More will be indicated later

9. Grading Scheme..
Tentative (slight modifications are possible):
Individual assignments 12%
Team project %
Midterm test %
Final exam (comprehensive) 30%
Class participation %
TOTAL %
Note that there are no make-up tests or homework in this course
Poor class participation will impact significantly your grade, beyond 5%

10. .Grading Scheme. Passing conditions (all must be met):
50% overall &
50% in tests (midterm test and final exam) &
50% in assignments, project, class participation
For grade A: at least 90% overall and at least 90% in class participation

11. ..Grading Scheme
In addition, for honors students a technical essay is required, worth 10%. In this essay you must obtain at least 50% (in addition to the passing conditions on the previous page). Thus, honors students will have a maximum possible of 110 points for the course.

12. Grading Scale [regular]
Numerical-letter grade correspondence (regular)
A [maximum 100] A B B B C C C D D D
F < 50

13. Grading Scale [honors]
Numerical-letter grade correspondence (honors)
A 100 – [maximum 110] A B B B C C C D D D
F < 55

14. Disability statement
If you have a disability for which you need to request accommodations, please contact as soon as possible the instructors or the Disability Resource Center (Thompson Student Services - 107).

15. Policies.. Late submission policy:
Maximum 2 late days per assignment/project deliverable
Each late day penalized with 10%
No subdivision of late days
Example: a 90/100 worth assignment gets 81/100 if one day late (90*0.9 = 81) or 72/100 if two days late (90*0.8 = 72)

16. .Policies.
Legal notices on the world-wide web: Read and comply with accompanying legal notices of downloadable material
Specify references used in assignments and project
Do not plagiarize (see next slide)

17. ..Policies
Plagiarism and cheating: Will not be tolerated. Please read the policies of University of Nevada, Reno regarding academic dishonesty:

18. A Look Ahead…..
The 4 parts of Ian Sommerville’s textbook on Software Engineering (9th edition):
Introduction to Software Engineering
Ex: software processes, agile software development
Dependability and Security
Ex: sociotechnical systems, dependability and security
Advanced Software Engineering
Ex: software reuse, component-based software engineering
Software Management
Ex: project management, project planning

19. .A Look Ahead: tentative schedule….
Week #
Dates (M, W)
Contents 1
Aug 23, 25
Lectures (Introduction) 2
Aug 30, Sep 01
Lectures, A#1 given 3
Sep --, 08
Lecture, A#2 given
A#1 due 4
Sep 13, 15
Lectures, Invited talks 5
Sep 20, 22
Lectures, Invited talks, Project P#1 given
A#2 due 6
Sep 27, 29
Project meetings 7
Oct 4, 6
Lectures, Project P#2 given
P#1 due

20. ..A Look Ahead: tentative schedule…8
Oct 11, 13
Lectures, Technical essay given (TESS) 9
Oct 18, 20
Lectures, Project P#3 given
Project P#2 due 10
Oct 25, 27
Lecture
Midterm [10/27] 11
Nov 01, 03
Lectures, Project P#4 given 12
Nov 08, 10
Lecture, Invited Talk
Project P#3 due 13
Nov 15, 17
Lectures 14
Nov 22, 24
Lectures, [Project presentations]
Technical essay (TESS) due 15
Nov 29, Dec 01 16
Dec 06, -
Project P#4 due, Demo (12/06 & 07)
Final EXAM (12/13)

21. …A Look Ahead.. Summary of course objectives:
Comprehensive study of software engineering concepts, principles, and techniques
Extensive coverage of the phases and activities of the software process
Study of several advanced software engineering topics
Practical software development work within the framework of integrated development environments

22. ….A Look Ahead. Our intentions/expectations:
Provide guidance in the complex software engineering spectrum
Help you be better prepared for practical software development work
Open perspectives on software engineering
Hope that you will both work hard and enjoy the work in this course

23. …..A Look Ahead Your intentions/expectations?
In what ways do you think this course could help your professional development?
What topics are you most interested in?
What suggestions do you have for the instructors and the course?

24. Course updates
New edition of the textbook (9th), substantially different from previous editions
Only one midterm instead of two
More emphasis on project prototyping
Hopefully, more project topics from industry
Possibly, one short class presentation on project

25. Next class
WED Aug 25:
Class on the need for software engineering & short videos with well-known SE researchers and practitioners
Students’ introduction (be prepared to talk 1 minute or so about yourself)