CSC 508, Fall 1999, Gene Fisher

CSC 508, Fall 1999
Gene Fisher

General Index:

lectures -- lecture notes, as presented in class

handouts -- various informational handouts, distributed in class

textbook -- online textbook containing more detailed discussion of the lecture material

the inferno project -- the class project for CSC 508 and 509

documentation -- documentation for the tools used in 508

bin -- directory of executable tools

Index by Week:

Week 1:

course syllabus -- introductory description of the course
standard operating procedures -- introductory description of how projects will be developed and the standard project directory structure
milestone 1 -- the writeup describing the first course milestone, which entails a detailed search of the academic literature and commercial sites for tools comparable to those proposed for Inferno
milestone 1 addenda -- additional information for milestone 1
CSC 510 project URLs -- links to the projects from last year's CSC 510 class, which are the starting point for this year's work
lecture notes week 1 -- lecture notes for the first week of class
Week 2:

conventions for a standardized GUI -- basic format for the GUIs of all Inferno tools
milestone 2 -- the writeup describing the second project milestone, which entails initial requirements storyboards
lecture notes week 2 -- introduction to the 205/206, 508/509 software process
Week 3:

lecture notes week 3 -- details of the requirements analysis process; project administrative procedures; user interviews (Wednesday)
CSC 205 handouts, supplementary to the lecture notes:
Week 4:

requirements specification document outline -- an overview of the format and contents of the document that each project group will produce this quarter
requirements document standards -- standard file and HTML structure for requirements documents
functional requirements testing procedure -- details of the quality assurance standards and inspection testing procedure for HTML-based functional requirements
milestone 3 -- the writeup describing the second project milestone, which entails continued refinement of requirements scenarios and initial work on formal specification
lecture notes week 4 -- introduction to formal specification
Week 5:

CSC 508 graphical modeling notation -- a general-purpose graphical format for modeling software artifacts
lecture notes week 5 -- further discussion of process and artifact structure
Week 6:

RSL reference manual -- brief overview of the RSL formal specification language
specification language oveview -- detailed description of the RSL formal specification language
conventions for standardized GUI widgets -- an update to the UI conventions, showing details of GUI widgets such as scrollbars, buttons, and the like
lecture notes week 6 -- further discussion of process and artifact structure; further discussion of formal specification
Week 7:

no new handouts -- continue with topics from Week 6 notes
Week 8:

milestone 4 -- continued refinement of storyboards; formalization of objects and operations
Week 9:

lecture notes week 9 -- review of other requirements and specification methodologies
Week 10:

lecture notes week 10 -- final customer interviews; CMM -- the capability maturity model

A Note on File Formats

Data files are available in the following formats:

PostScript, suitable for viewing on a workstation previewer (such as ghostview) or printing on a PostScript printer; all paper notes distributed in class are printed from the online PostScript files; these files have a ".ps" extension.

HTML, suitable for viewing with a WWW browser (such as Netscape); these files have a ".html" extension.

Plain ASCII text, suitable for viewing on a plain ASCII terminal or with a plain text editor (such as vi or emacs); note that plain text files do not contain figures that require graphic display; plain text files have a ".txt" extension.

Troff -me format, generally unsuitable for human use; the troff files are used to generate PostScript, HTML, and ASCII text files from a common source; these files have a ".me" extension.

File links in an HTML document, such as the links above, point to other HTML files. To access the PostScript or plain text version of a document, go to the desired directory and view the desired file with the ".ps" or ".txt" extension.