Department of Computer Science
CS421 Introduction to Software Engineering
Sections 002 & 003
Spring Term 2005
Professor:
James Baldo Jr., Ph.D.
Office Hours: Before and After Class else by Appointment
Course Syllabus:
CS 421 is a Writing Intensive (WI) Course that, together with CS 306, meets the GMU WI Requirements in the BS CS Program. Accordingly, each student individually in CS421 is required to write a minimum of 1750 individual words, through one or more technical writing assignments, which will be analyzed by the professor and returned to the student with feedback. Students will then have the opportunity to revise and resubmit at least one of these assignments based on the feedback. The selected writing examples will be related to the course textbook homework exercises and will be evaluated and graded by the professor. The student may wish to use the writing guides, as a supplements, on the GMU website. CS421, therefore, meets part of the WI Requirement for all BS students at GMU ( http://wac.gmu.edu ).
Course Description:
CS 421 is a 3-credit course
with firm prerequisites ( Grade of C or better) CS 310 (data
structures and algorithms), ENGL 302 (technical writing for
scientists and/or engineers) and junior/senior standing. It
gives an introduction to principles and techniques used in
software engineering. Integration of concepts of management,
methodologies/processes and metrics. Presentation and
discussion of selected software engineering methods,
documentation and tools. Coverage of object-oriented
requirements analysis and modeling. Working in teams where
students organize, manage and develop a software engineering
project.
Course Concepts:
- Software
engineering and software engineering life
cycle/process models
- UML and
software supporting software engineering
Course Code of Ethics:
Please Read. IEEE and ACM codes of ethics are at these URLs:
http://www.ieee.org/about/whatis/code.html
http://www.acm.org/serving/se/code.htm
The link to the GMU Honor Code has become:
http://jiju.gmu.edu/catalog/apolicies/honor.html
Lab Hours:
Our small group or individual lab teaching and help sessions are in open labs STII-133, Innovation Hall 301 and Johnson Center.. They will be at designated times Monday through Friday when Mr. Mahmoud Elish is available as your Laboratory Tutor. His email is melish@gmu.edu .The posting of the formal repeated tutor sessions is always found at http://www.ite.gmu.edu/labs/, and these are held in the scheduled labs, either STI-124 or STI-128.
The Lab is used for the course project, which is based on the Unified Modeling Language (UML). IBM Rational Rose Enterprise Modeler is utilized as the UML tool for CS421. This tool is installed on PCs in STII-133, Innovation Hall and the Johnson Center. When you use PCs in STII-133 you will be asked for a User Name; for this use the lab number of the PC, e.g. '30' when using PC 30.
In addition to the IBM Rational Rose Enterprise Edition software in STI-133, Innovation Hall 310 and the Johnson Center PC labs, and subset of version RREE from the CD in the back of a UML Toolkit paperback from the textbooks section of the GMU Bookstore in the Johnson Center, you can down load to your own PC term-limited copies of full commercial versions of IBM Rational Rose Enterprise 2002-2004 Edition and other interesting tools by going to http://www-306.ibm.com/software/rational and registering as a student user of IBM Rational Rose. The instructor will provide detailed instructions for downloading the software and obtaining trial license. There is also a page of instructions on
ftp://mason1.gmu.edu/drine/cs421.Required Laboratory Hardware and Software:
Personal Computer, Windows
2000, XP or Windows NT, Connectivity to Internet/Web, Web
Browser.
Account on Mason1. Omni
Lock Code for PC CAD Lab in STII-133. See
Your own copy of IBM
Rational Rose for Windows. You can start with the student 4.0
version on the CD in the back of the UML Toolkit paperback
book, as an option if you believe you need it, available in
the textbooks section of the GMU Bookstore. However, this
beginner's version will not be sufficient for the course
project.
The Lab Project will Focus
on Requirements and Design Engineering in UML
The UML Programming Tutor this semester is Mr. M. Elish, and he can be reached for UML (IBM Rational Rose) questions or assistance at melish@gmu.edu .
Required Textbooks:
1. “Software
Engineering”, 6thEdition, 2005,
Roger Pressman.
2. ‘The Unified
Modeling Language Users Guide, 1st
Edition, 1999, Grady
Optional Textbooks:
3. “UML Toolkit”, 2005, Eriksson, John Wiley, CD-ROM is an optional guide if you believe that you need it.
4. Tutorial/Help Material
from the IBM Rational Rose UML Software or Equivalent,
Download IBM Rational Rose Enterprise Edition 2004 for MS
Windows from
Lectures, Homework, and Examinations:
There is a valuable extended set of textbook study materials for the student at the Pressman Web location is at www.mhhe.com/pressman and is accessed, as instructed on the second sheet of your textbook via your personal student registration code. This includes chapter by chapter drill and practice quizes which you should sue to drill on your understanding of the chapter materials.
Chapter 1 Software and
Software Engineering Engineering. Exercises #1, 5, 6, 10. DUE
TBD.
Chapter 2 Process: A
Generic View. Exercises #1, 3, 6, 8. DUE TBD.
Chapter 3 Prescriptive
Process Models. Exercises #2, 3, 8, 11, 14. . DUE
TBD.
Chapter 5 Practice: A
generic View. Exercises #4, 5, 10, 13, 14.DUE TBD.
Chapter 6 System
Engineering. Exercises #3, 4, 5, 9, 11. DUE TBD.
Chapter 7 Requirements Engineering. Exercises #2, 5, 7, 9, 11 (part a), 12. DUE TBD.
BEGIN SMALL GROUP PROJECTS WORK.
MIDTERM EXAM THURSDAY MARCH 22 Pressman chapters 1-3, 5-7 and the UML Lab Tutorial Material.
CONTINUE SMALL GROUP PROJECTS WORK.
Chapter 10 Architectural
Design. Exercises #1, 4, 11. DUE TBD. This
chapter follows Chapters 6 & 7.
Chapter 22 Process and
Project Metrics. Exercises #1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12. DUE
TBD.
Chapter 15 Product Metrics
for Software. Exercises #1, 4, 5, 7, 8.DUE TBD.
Chapter 13 Software Testing
Strategies. Exercises #1, 3, 4, 7, 9.DUE TBD.
Chapter 14
Software Testing Techniques. Exercises #1, 4 (CS310), 9, 11,
14. DUE TBD.
FINAL EXAM Pressman chapters 1-22 and the UML Lab Tutorial Material..
There are no cs421 classes on the following dates: March 12 - 20, May 9 - 10.