Lecture Topics

Note: this schedule is generated along with the printed "Information Packet". Hence it cannot reflect additons and changes made during the year.
For updates see the current semester page.
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.


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