CSC 508: Graduate Software Engineering I

CSC 508: Graduate Software Engineering I

Instructor

Gene Fisher (gfisher@thyme.csc.calpoly.edu)
Office: 14-210
Office Hours: MWF 3-4, Tu 1-3

Course Objectives

to construct an integrated, graphical, uniform-language, multi-platform software development environment for use by undergraduate software engineering students
to gain in-depth knowledge about all phases of the software engineering process in so doing

Course Materials

Course materials consist of the following:

Lecture notes, book chapters, and other handouts; passed out weekly in class.

A reference manual and primer on the formal requirements specification language we will use, also to be passed out in class

WWW resources in the SE research literature and industrial sites

Online class examples, available in the master class account on kdat. The master class directory is kdat:~gfisher/508. Subdirectories of interest include:

lectures -- online version of the course lecture notes

handouts -- online version of the handouts

book -- online version of text book chapters

examples -- project examples, excerpts of which will be handed out in class

doc -- documentation on the tools used in 508

bin -- directory of executable tools

Online project examples, available in kdat:~gfisher/projects, in particular ~gisher/projects/work/inferno

Activities

CSC 508 is the first in a two-quarter sequence during which we will specify, design, implement, test, and document a software development environment (SDE) for use by CSC 205/206 students. In the first quarter of work, we will focus on requirements analysis, specification, and interface prototyping of the proposed SDE. In the second quarter (CSC 509), we will design and implement the SDE. In both quarters, we will test and document the project.

As part of the requirements phase, we will conduct a survey of recent SE literature and WWW sites for existing SE environments with comparable functionality to what we are working on.

Depending on class interests, we will work in project groups of varying sizes, typically around three people per group.

Project Milestones:

Milestone 1: Choose a project area and group; review related work.

Milestones 2-4: Requirements storyboards for project tools, including selected class presentations.

Milestone 5-8: Formal specification for project tools, including selected class presentations.

Milestone 9-10: Prototype for project tools, including selected class presentations.

Milestone 11: Assembly of final requirements specification document.

Grading
Specific grading criteria will be provided for each milestone. Generally, grading is less rigorous in a graduate course than for undergraduates. However, there will be specific criteria to be met for each milestone. Computer Work
We will be using kdat and the HP garden cluster.