Cmpe 550 Advanced Topics in Software Engineering Fall 2005

Instructor:

• Ayşe Başar Bener, ETA212, Tel. 7226, bener@boun.edu.tr

Class Meetings:

• Wednesday 10:00-12:00 ETA 306

Reading Materials

• Articles will be placed at the Library Reserve Section.

Grading

• Grades will be based on readings, class participation and a final exam. There may be couple of short in-class assignments/ case studies to enhance your ability to make professional judgements.

Subjects to be Covered

• The Field of Software Engineering: the market, EEU view
• Software Process and Models
• Software Process Improvement
• Human Factors in Software Process Automation: P-CMM
• Cleanroom Approach to Quality Software Development
• Software Engineering Research Approaches
• Software Reuse
• Software Design
• Software Metrics
• Programming Languages
• Requirements Specifications
• Formal Design Reviews
• Testing and Verification

Instructions for Reading Assignments

Before each class session, you will submit a short (one half to one page) summary of each paper assigned for the week along with the answers to the following general questions:
• What are the main ideas or themes? (i.e., a very brief summary of the paper)
• Critical evaluation of the paper: What things in particular did you agree with or like?
• What things did you disagree with? How does it measure up with your experience?
• Any additional thoughts or ideas you had while reading it?