CSCI 6620 Software Engineering

1991 Catalog Data: Creation of reliable software.  Top-down design,
structured programming techniques, verification and debugging of
programs.  Defining module interfaces.  Estimating program timing
and storage requirements.  Program documentation.  Programming
style and aesthetics.  A project-oriented course.

Prerequisite CSCI 5555 Data Structures

Sample Textbook: R. Pressman, Software Engineering, McGraw-Hill,
1992.

References:    S.L.Pfleeger, Software Engineering, Macmillan, 1991.
               Ian Sommerville, Software Engineering, Addison-Wesley
               Frederick P. Brooks.  The Mythical Man-Month.Addison-Wesley,1982
               David Gries.  The Science of Programming.  Springer-Verlag, 1981
     
Goal:          To provide students with the knowledge and experience of 
               designing, developing, testing, and documenting
               (comparatively) large software systems working as a team.

Topics:   1. Introduction- need and current trends in software engineering
                    
          2. Project management: metrics and estimation
                    PROPOSAL: due 2nd week 

          3. Project management: planning

          4. Requirements analysis
                    CONTRACT      : due 5th week

          5. Structured analysis/ objected-oriented analysis
                    RAPID PROTOTYPE: due 7th week

          6. Formal Methods

          7. Program implementation (Software design fundamentals)

          8. Software testing 

          9. Software maintenance
                    USER MANUAL AND SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION : due 12th wee

          10. Selected issues in software development and maintenance
                    SYSTEM DELIVERY: due 13th - 15th week

          11. Two Examinations