Cmpe 550 Advanced Topics in Software Engineering Fall 2009

Instructor:

• Ayse Basar Bener, ETA 35, Tel. 7226, bener@boun.edu.tr

Class Meetings:

• Wednesday 09:00-12:00 A6

Reading Materials

• Articles will be assigned during the class and they can be found electronically at the library.

Grading

• Grades will be based on readings, class participation, small projects, assignments and a final exam.

Subjects to be Covered

• The Field of Software Engineering: the market, EEU view/ Software Engineering Research Approaches
• Software Process and Models/ Requirements Specifications/ Software Design and Architecture/ Service Oriented Computing and Web Services
• Software Product Lines
• Empirical Software Engineering/ Software Metrics/ Testing and Verification/ Value Based Software Engineering

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?