Note that this schedule may change somewhat as the quarter goes on, depending on our progress through the topics, visitor schedules, and so on. I expect that the assignment dates will be as shown, however I may change them if events warrant.
| Date | Day | Topic | Reading | Homework |
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| Jan 3 | Mon | Introduction | RD: 1, 2, 3 | |
| Jan 4 | Tue | |||
| Jan 5 | Wed | Project Lifecycle | Boehm | HW1 LCO assigned [partner signup] |
| Jan 6 | Thu | Life Cycle Objectives Milestone | RD 6, 7, 10 | |
| Jan 7 | Fri | - Discussion: What This Class is About and Why; Common Reasons for Failed Software Projects;
'Plans Change!' - LCO team meetings |
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| Jan 10 | Mon | What is a project? | RD 4, 5 | |
| Jan 11 | Tue | LCO materials due before 10PM | ||
| Jan 12 | Wed | LCO Presentations | ||
| Jan 13 | Thu | LCO Presentations | ||
| Jan 14 | Fri | LCO Presentations | project preferences due before Sunday night | |
| Jan 17 | Mon | Holiday - Martin Luther King Day | ||
| Jan 18 | Tue | |||
| Jan 19 | Wed | LCO discussion | team membership | |
| Jan 20 | Thu | Life Cycle Architecture Milestone | LCA assigned | |
| Jan 21 | Fri | - Discussion: Desirable Qualities in Teammates and Employees
- LCA team meetings and team conversations |
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| Jan 24 | Mon | System Requirements | ||
| Jan 25 | Tue | |||
| Jan 26 | Wed | Design | ||
| Jan 27 | Thu | Guest: Dave Socha (UrbanSim) - Design | ||
| Jan 28 | Fri | - Discussion: Addressing Biggest Risks First; Group Agreement Strategies; Communicating Designs
- LCA team meetings |
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| Jan 31 | Mon | Architectural Description | ||
| Feb 1 | Tue | LCA materials due before 10PM | ||
| Feb 2 | Wed | LCA Presentations all day | Select time slot | |
| Feb 3 | Thu | Project Teams | RD: 4, 12, 13 | Post-LCA essay and peer review assigned |
| Feb 4 | Fri | - Discussion: Communication Issues inside the Team and with Other Stakeholders
- dev team meetings |
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| Feb 7 | Mon | LittleApp to BigApp | RD: 19 | |
| Feb 8 | Tue | |||
| Feb 9 | Wed | Personalities | Myers-Briggs test | Post-LCA essay and peer review due before 10PM |
| Feb 10 | Thu | Construction | RD: 18 | |
| Feb 11 | Fri | - Discussion:
Automated Testing, Documentation, Zero-Feature Release; Beta Release;
Contracts and Speech Acts
- dev team meetings |
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| Feb 14 | Mon | Verification and Validation | ||
| Feb 15 | Tue | |||
| Feb 16 | Wed | Post-LCA dev team meetings with course staff | Select time slot | |
| Feb 17 | Thu | Guest: Tessa Lau (IBM Research) | ||
| Feb 18 | Fri | - Discussion: Waterfall vs. Agile Processes; Dominion vs. Communion Models of Management; Feedback on Post-LCA Meetings; Outsourcing | Beta release due before 10PM | |
| Feb 21 | Mon | Holiday - Presidents Day | ||
| Feb 22 | Tue | |||
| Feb 23 | Wed | Guest: Ian King (Microsoft) - Quality Assurance: Test Development and Execution | ||
| Feb 24 | Thu | Ship It! | ||
| Feb 25 | Fri | - Discussion:
Software Engineering Conclusions from the 'Ariane 5' Disaster; Code Size Implications;
When is Software Good Enough? - dev team meetings |
Essay #1 returned with questions | |
| Feb 28 | Mon | Initial Operating Capability | Answers to essay #1 questions due (in class, on paper) | |
| Mar 1 | Tue | Signup your team for a post-beta discussion meeting on Wed, Mar 02 | ||
| Mar 2 | Wed | Guest: Jacques Crocker (MAQ Software) -
Outsourcing and Globalization in Software Development; Post-beta discussion meetings throughout the day |
Peer review #2 due before 10PM | |
| Mar 3 | Thu | Case Histories | ||
| Mar 4 | Fri | - Discussion: How This Course Differs from Other CSE Courses and from the 'Real World'; Mastery and Life-long Learning | Final release due before 10PM | |
| Essay #2 due before 6PM Sunday [submit] | ||||
| Mar 7 | Mon | Intellectual Activity | ||
| Mar 8 | Tue | |||
| Mar 9 | Wed | More Intellectual Activity | Final reading and take-home exam announced | |
| Mar 10 | Thu | Demo day (Poker Buddy, eChat, CLIC) | Essay #2 returned with questions | |
| Mar 11 | Fri | Demo day (ABM, Arena, Grocery) | ||
| Answers to essay #2 questions due (on paper) before 6PM Saturday | ||||
| Mar 16 | Wed | Final Exam | References to discussed materials | Final exam and final questionnaire due before 10PM [submit] |