Computer Science Department

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CS314: Software Development Methods
Weekly Schedule

Weekly Activities

The course text is “Object-Oriented Software Engineering” by Lethbridge & Laganiere.

Lecture slides will be posted here on or just before the lecture day.

• Week 1 - Aug 21, 23:
1. Course Overview – Aug 21
2. OO Design principles – Aug 23
3. Forming Assignment teams
4. Reading assignment - Text Chapters: 1, 2
   
   
• Week 2 – Aug 28, 30:
1. Modeling-in-the small: Modeling programs – design class models – Aug 28, 30
2. Reading assignment - Text Chapters (class modeling): 5.1-5.6, 5.8-5.13
   
   
• Week 3 – Sep 4, 6:
1. Design class models (cont’d)
2. Discussion Topic 1: What makes programming challenging?
3. Reading assignment - Text Chapter (V&V): 10.1-10.7
   
   
• Week 4 – Sep 11, 13:
1. Distributing responsibilities – Sep 11
2. Design studio 1: Class modeling exercises – Sep 13
3. HW 1 due - Sep 11
4. Reading assignment - Text Chapter: 10.8-10.11
   
   
• Week 5 – Sep 18, 20

1. Designing good programs: Examples – Sep 18

2. Systematic software testing

3. HW 2 Class model due - Sep 18

4. Reading assignment - Text Chapter: 10.10-10.15

5. Exam 1 Study Guide

• Week 6 – Sep 25, 27:
1. Exam 1 Review – Sep 25
2. Exam 1: OO programming and class modeling - Sep 27
   
   
• Week 7 – Oct 2, 4:
1. Design studio 2: Software testing using JUnit
2. Design studio 3: Software testing exercises
3. Guest lectures by Dr. Jaime Ruiz on Human Computer Interaction (Dr. France will be away at the MODELS conference this week)
4. HW 2 Program and Report due – Oct. 2
   
   
• Week 8 – Oct 9, 11:
1. Systematic software testing (cont’d)
2. Reading assignment - Text Chapter: 6.14-6.17
   
   
• Week 9 - Oct 16, 18:
1. Exam 2 Review – Oct 9
2. Exam 2: V&V and software testing – Oct 18
3. Discussion Topic 2: What makes software modeling challenging?
4. Reading assignment – continue reading Text Chapter: 6.14-6.17
   
   
• Week 10 – Oct 23, 25:
1. Design Patterns
2. Reading assignment - Text Chapter (sequence diagrams): 8.1
   
   
• Week 11 – Oct. 30, Nov 1
1. Design patterns – behavioral patterns (cont’d)
2. Design studio 2: Design patterns exercises – Nov. 1
3. HW 3 due - Oct 30
4. Reading assignment - Text Chapter (requirements): 4
   
   
• Weeks 12 – Nov 6, 8
1. Modeling behavior – sequence diagrams
2. Design Studio 3: Sequence diagram exercises - Nov. 8
3. Discussion Topic 3: What difficulties did you encounter when using design patterns?
   
   
• Week 13 – Nov 13, 15:
1. Example Sequence Diagram
2. Requirements engineering
3. Modeling-in-the-large: Model Driven Development
4. HW 4 due- Nov 13
   
   
• Week 14 – Nov 20, 22:
1. Thanksgiving Break (no classes)
   
   
• Week 15 – Nov 27, 29
1. Design studios 4, 5: Requirements and design modeling of a system
   
   
• Week 16 – Dec 4, 6
1. Course review – Dec 4, 6
2. Dec 4: Submission of polished design studio 5 models for bonus assignment points
   
   
• Week 17: Dec 11
1. Final Exam: Dec 11, 2012; 11:50-13:50 (11:50AM – 1:50 PM); CS Bldg. Room 130

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Last modified October, 2012