Last Modified: October 2, 2001

CS 460 Software Engineering - Fall 2001
Class Meetings

Tuesday, Thursday 9:30-10:45 Tapy Hall 219.

You are expected to complete the reading assignment before the class meeting.

Date Topic Reading What's Due
1 8/21/01 Class Overview Sommerville, Chapter 1
2 8/23/01 Computer-based System Engineering Sommerville, Chapter 2
3 8/28/01 Software Processes Sommerville, Chapter 3
4 8/30/01 Software Requirements Sommerville, Chapter 5 Web site
5 9/4/01 (continued)
6 9/6/01 System Models Sommerville, Chapter 7
7 9/11/01 Initial Project Presentations Initial Project Presentations
8 9/13/01 (continued) first and second homework
9 9/18/01 Architectural Design Sommerville, Chapter 10
10 9/20/01 Object-oriented Design Sommerville, Chapter 12 third homework
11 9/25/01 no class -- illness
12 9/27/01 Requirements Presentations Requirements Presentations
13 10/2/01 Requirements Presentations
14 10/4/01 Verification and Validation Sommerville, Chapter 19 fourth homework
15 10/9/01 Midterm Exam
10/11/01 No class (Fall Break)
16 10/16/01 Software Testing Sommerville, Chapter 20 fifth homework
17 10/18/01 Architecture Presentations Architecture Presentations
18 10/23/01 Architecture Presentations
19 10/25/01 Conceptual Integrity Brooks, Chapters 4, 5, 11, and 19 (pages 251-273) sixth homework
20 10/30/01 The Silver Bullet Brooks, Chapters 16 & 17
21 11/1/01 group meetings -- no class
22 11/6/01 Test Plan Presentations Test Plan Presentations
23 11/8/01 Debate 1 First Debate
24 11/13/01 Guest Lecture
25 11/15/01 Guest Lecture
26 11/20/01 Debate 2 Second Debate
11/22/01 No Class (Thanksgiving)
27 11/27/01 Code Walkthrough Walkthrough Presentations
28 11/29/01 (continued)
29 12/4/01 Demos Demo Day!
30 12/6/01 (continued)
31 12/11/01 Final Exam