SE 101 Freshman Seminar

Week 3 - Software Engineering

Class Plan:

  1. Sarah/Lana announcements and signup sheets
  2. (15 min) Selected teams will present PowerPoint or brochure from last class Activity
  3. (15 min) Discussion
  4. SSE Surprise Activity
  5. Return to class for wrap-up and discussion of Software Engineering Process
  6. Intro to next week's assignment

Reading for Next Time:

Log onto Books24x7 (via the library website) and locate the book:

Software Engineering, Volume 1: The Development Process, Third Edition
by Richard H. Thayer and Mark J. Christensen

Under Chapter 1, locate the first paper entitled "Software Engineering" by Roger Pressman. Read sections 1 to 3 for next time (in section 3 read about the following process models: waterfall, incremental, prototyping, and agile/extreme programming).