| Week | Date | Day | Readings | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall Semester | ||||
| 1 | Sept 2 | T | R I-IV | Introduction to the course. Project organization. Project Proposal. |
| Sept 4 | R | BH 1 | Information systems engineering. | |
| Sept 5 | F | Career preparation | ||
| 2 | Sept 9 | T | BH 2, Appx A; KingS | Systems analysis. Benefit/cost analysis. |
| Sept 11 | R | R V; St 12 | Client perspective, interviewing. | |
| Sept 12 | F | Career preparation | ||
| 3 | Sept 16 | T | IT Career Fair | |
| Sept 16 | T | R VI | Feasibility Study document. | |
| Sept 18 | R | R VII; BH 3; St 6,7 | Project scheduling, management, and control. | |
| Sept 19 | F | Managing large document development. | ||
| 4 | Sept 23 | T | R VIII; BH 4; Pr 7; Sv 5 | Requirements Specification document. |
| Sept 25 | R | BH 5 | Enterprise modeling and specification. | |
| 5 | Sept 30-Oct 2 | TR | R2 | Information modeling. ER models. |
| Oct 3 | F | Commercial database packages. | ||
| 6 | Oct 7-9 | TR | R2; BCN | Information modeling. |
| Oct 10 | F | Commercial database packages. | ||
| 7 | Oct 14 | T | Dav D; BH 5.4 | Data Flow Diagrams |
| Oct 16 | R | R IX | Development platforms. Prototyping. | |
| Oct 17 | F | Commercial database packages. | ||
| 8 | Oct 21 | T | Statecharts. | |
| Oct 23 | R | Pr 26 | Quality assurance I. | |
| Oct 24 | F | Commercial database packages. | ||
| 9 | Oct 28-31 | T-F | Requirements Specification reviews. | |
| 10 | Nov 4 | T | R X; Pr 9; St 4; BH 7 | Preliminary Design document. Design methodologies. |
| Nov 6 | R | GUW 3.6 | Relational design. | |
| 11 | Nov 11-13 | TR | Special topics | |
| 12 | Nov 18-20 | TR | Human factors. User interface design. | |
| 13 | Nov 25 | T | Test plans. | |
| Nov 27 | R | Thanksgiving recess. | ||
| 14 | Dec 2 | T | Exam. | |
| Dec 4 | R | Presentations. | ||
| 15 | Dec 9-12 | T-F | Presentations. | |
| 16 | Dec 16 | T | Presentations. | |
| Spring Semester | ||||
| 1 | Jan 13 | T | BH 9 | Detailed Design document. Configuration management. Program documentation. |
| Jan 15 | R | R XI; Pr 14 | Testing I. | |
| 2 | Jan 20-23 | T-F | Design reviews. | |
| 3 | Jan 27-30 | T-F | Design reviews. | |
| 4 | Feb 3 | T | BH 10,11 | Testing II. |
| Feb 5 | R | R XII | Documentation. Installation. User training. | |
| 5 | Feb 10-12 | TR | BH 14 | Software metrics. Cost estimation. |
| 6 | Feb 17-19 | TR | BH 18; Pr 28 | Quality assurance II -- verification. |
| 7 | Feb 24 | T | BH 13; vM 11 | Maintenance. |
| Feb 26 | R | Distribution configuration. | ||
| 8 | Mar 3-5 | TR | Information theory. | |
| 9 | Mar 10 | T | BH 19 | Real-time systems engineering. |
| Mar 12 | R | First exam. | ||
| * | Mar 16-20 | MF | Spring break. | |
| 10 | Mar 24-26 | TR | Special topics. | |
| 11 | Mar 31-Apr 2 | TR | BH 5.6; Pet | Specifying concurrency -- Petri nets. |
| 12 | Apr 7-9 | TR | BH 18 | Quality assurance III. |
| 13 | Apr 14 | T | ||
| Apr 16 | R | Second exam. | ||
| 14 | Apr 21-24 | T-F | Post Partum presentations. | |
| 15 | Apr 28-May 1 | T-F | Post Partum presentations. | |
| 16 | ? ? | ? ? | Post Partum presentations. | |