Computer Science Department

CS 514: Software Product and Process Evaluation, Fall 2008
Under Construction - Subject to Change

• Instructor: Prof. J. Bieman, bieman(at)cs.colostate.edu
• Class Times: T+Th, 11:00AM-12:15PM; 310B UNVSC.
• Office Hours: To Be Announced.
• Syllabus
• Required Texts:
  • N. Fenton and S. Pfleeger. Software Metrics: A Rigorous and Practical Approach 2nd Edition. PWS Publishing, 1997. Boston. Int. Thompson Computer Press. ISBN: 0-534-95600-9, or 0-534-95425-1. Out of Print. Will be available electronically via RamCT.
  • P. Ammann and J. Offutt. Introduction to Software Testing. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, ISBN 0-52188-038-1, 2008.
  • Optional Reference Text:
    • R. Binder. Testing Object-Oriented Systems: Models, Patterns, and Tools. Addison-Wesley, 1999. ISBN: 0-201-80938-9
• Prerequisites: CS 414 (and by transitivity CS 314), or consent of instructor. Students are expected to know the basics of software engineering as taught in an undergraduate course, have experience in designing and debugging object-oriented software, and have a basic understanding of object modeling notations such as UML, OMT, and/or Booch. Students are expected to have the basic background of the undergraduate core of computer science, which includes discrete math (sets, graphs, first-order predicate calculus), data structures, operating systems, and basic probability and statistics.
  Note on CS 414 as a prerequisite: Officially CS 414 is a prerequisite. However, I accept CS 414 as a corequisite, since CS 514 depends on material from CS 414 primarily during the last half of the course which covers testing object-oriented systems. That means that you can enroll in CS 514 if you have already taken CS 414 or are taking CS 414 while enrolled in CS 514. You must have taken CS 314 or an equivalent software engineering course.
• The Computer Science Department Student Information Sheet

Important Notices:

You must have a Colorado State University eIdentity (eID), before you can be installed into the CS514 RamCT courseware system. The CS514 RamCT page will have all of the course notes, assignments, discussions, etc., so it is very important for you to be installed on this system.

Visit the eIdentity and eServices web page to get your eID.

You will not be able to fully participate in the course until you have an eID.

WARNING: Make sure you exit your web browser when you're finished with a RamCT session. If you do not do this then the next person that uses the machine will be able to access your account!

Read material before class. Quizzes focus on reading assignments.

Some Links (to be expanded):

• A good article on boxplots: How to Draw a Boxplot.