CS 490 - Software Analysis and Design

Fall 2009

An index page for various class resources

last modified 10/11/2009

Syllabus

Announcements

• Reading to help with 9/1 homework is now on the big table in Walsh 103.
• Homework for 9/29 postponed; I neglected to hand out additional materials

Quizzes

• Quiz 1 - Thursday, September 17
• Quiz 2 - Thursday, October 1
• Quiz 3 - Tuesday, October 20
• Quiz 4 - Thursday, November 5
• Quiz 5 - Tuesday, November 24
• Quiz 6 - Thursday, December 10

Larman-Based Assignments

• Read Larman, Chapter 25 (11/19)
• Read Larman, Chapter 22 (11/17)
• Read Larman, Chapter 21 and turn in (11/12)
  • "Which came first: continuous testing or refactoring?"  and why...
• Read Larman, Chapters 19 and 20 and turn in (11/5)
  • Give examples from the Housing System you are developing that show at least three of the GRASP ideas
• Read Larman, Chapter 18 - a light reading is okay (11/3)
• Read Larman, Chapter 17 - second part (10/27)
• Read Larman, Chapter 17 - first part (10/22)
• Read Larman, Chapters 15 and 16 (10/20)
• Read Larman, Chapters 13 and 14 (10/15)
• Read Larman, Chapters 11 and 12, and turn in (10/8)
  • Draw a System Sequence Diagram for the Happy Path of a Buying a Soda From a Machine Scenario
• Read Larman, Remainder of Chapter 9, Chapter 10, and turn in (10/6)
  • What are the 12 practices of XP?
• Read Larman, Chapter 9 - Sections 1-10 and turn in (9/29 - now 10/2)
  • Complete the OOA & D crossword puzzle (available on my door) 
• Read Larman, Chapter 8 (for 9/24)
• Read Larman, Chapter 7 (for 9/22)
• Read Larman, Chapter 6 (remainder) and turn in (9/18 - note later date due to late posting)
  • Rewrite your Use-Case in "fully dressed" style
• Read Larman, Chapter 5 and Chapter 6, Sections 1-9, and this article and turn in (9/15)
  • Write a Use-Case for making popcorn
• Finish Larman, Chapter 2 and read Chapters 3 and 4 as well, and turn in (9/10)
  • What are the defining characteristics of scrum
  • Who is most credited with developing eXtreme Programming?
  • What is a use case?
• Read Larman, Chapter 2, Sections 1-6 and turn in (9/8)
  • What is the difference between analysis and design
  • What is a design pattern (not defined in text!)
  • Describe the waterfall method and explain why it is prone to failure
• Read Preface and Chapter 1 for Thursday and turn in (9/3)
  • Define software engineering
  • What is UML?
  • What is the software life-cycle?

Brooks-Based Assignments

• Read Chapter 16 and write a reaction paper, due in class on Tuesday, November 24 - concentrate on the degree of "currency" that you find in the essay.
• Read Chapter 15 and write a one-page reaction paper, due in class on Tuesday, November 17
• Read Chapters 13 and 14 and write a one-page reaction paper (on either or both), due in class on Tuesday, November 10
• Read Chapters 11 and 12 and write a one-page reaction paper (on either or both), due in class on Tuesday, November 3
• Read Chapters 9 and 10 and write a one-page reaction paper (on either or both), due in class on Thursday, October 22
• Read Chapter 8 and write a one-page reaction paper, due in class on Thursday, October 8.  Connect the reaction paper to both personal experiences and something that you can learn on-line that relates to the chapter.
• Read Chapters 6 and 7 and write a one-page reaction paper (on either or both), due in class on Thursday, October 1
• Read Chapters 4 and 5 and write a one-page reaction paper (on either or both), due in class on Thursday, September 24
• Read Chapters 2 and 3 and write a one-page reaction paper (on either or both), due in class on Tuesday, September 15
• Read Chapter 1 and write a one-page reaction paper, due in class on Tuesday, September 8