Software Engineering Process & Project Management (4010-456)

Spring 20123

Revised: 3/2/2013 5:50pm

Course schedule

All due dates assume 11:59 PM of that day unless otherwise noted.

Note: Schedule is subject to change!

Week	Schedule/Topics	What’s Due?	Activities/Projects	Assigned Reading (unless noted, complete reading by start of week)
1 (3/4)	Course Intro Successful Projects	Clipboard : Course Survey	Survey Analysis Project Survival Test Classic Mistakes	Rapid – Chapters 1,2,3  (pp. 1-50) Survival – Chapter 3 (pp. 20-33) (complete by Session 2 of Week 1)
2 (3/11)	Teams	Dropbox : Classic Mistakes Part II Dropbox: MBTI Activity Dropbox: Teams Activity	MBTI Activity Teams Activity	Rapid – Chapters 12 & 13 (pp. 273-317) Rapid – Chapter 34 (pp. 539-545) “Stages of Team Development” – Karen Mackey, IEEE Software, July/August 1999, p.90-91 “Conscious Conflict” – Karen Mackey, IEEE Software, September/October 1999, p.112-113 "Homeopathic Remedies for Team Toxicity" - Michele Jackman, IEEE Software, July/August 1998, p43
3 (3/18)	Risk Management Process Models	Dropbox: Risk Management	Risk Management	Rapid – Chapter 5 (pp. 81-106) Rapid – Chapter 7 (pp.133-161)
4 (3/25)	Plan Driven Processes	Dropbox: Plan Driven Methodologies Exam #1 – (Thr, 3/28)	Plan Driven Methodologies	Tutorials: Waterfall Model Spiral Model “A Survey of Plan-Driven Development Methodologies” – Laurie Williams, 2004 “Using Both Incremental & Iterative Development” – Alistair Cockburn, STSC Crosstalk, May 2008
5 (4/1)	Agile Processes	Dropbox : Plan vs Agile	Plan-Driven vs Agile Project Assigned	“A Survey of Agile Development Methodologies” – Laurie Williams, 2007 “Get Ready for Agile Methods, With Care” – Barry Boehm, IEEE Computer, January 2002 “The Elephant and the Monkey” – Author Unknown “Agility Through Discipline: A Debate” - Barry Boehm & Kent Beck, IEEE Computer, June 2003
6 (4/8)	Estimation		Wideband Delphi LOC Estimation Planning Poker	Rapid – Chapter 8 & 9 (pp. 163- 231) “The Evolution of Software Size: A Search for Value” - Arlene F. Minkiewicz, STSC Crosstalk Mar/Apr 2009
7 (4/15)	Scheduling Quality Assurance	Dropbox: Work Breakdown / Scheduling Project – SDP Draft #1 (Sun, 4/14) Dropbox: SQA Activity	SE361 Work Breakdown & Scheduling SQA Activity	“Comparing Estimating Approaches” – Scott Ambler Survival – Chapter 9 (pp. 126-141) “Variations in Software Development Practices” – Caper Jones, IEEE Software Nov/Dec 2003
8 (4/22)	Measurement/Metrics	Exam #2 – (Tue, 4/23) Dropbox: Schedule Negotiation Activity	Schedule Negotiation	Rapid – Chapter 26 (pp. 467-479) Survival – Chapter 16 (pp. 222-235)
9 (4/29)	Product Deployment Software Evolution Process Improvement Quality Frameworks	Project – SDP Draft #2 (Sun, 4/28) Dropbox: Project Plan Peer Reviews (Wed, 5/1)	Project Plan Peer Reviews	Survival – Chapter 18 (pp. 248-252) “Using the software CMM in Small Organizations”, Mark Paulk,
10 (5/6)	Course Re-cap Project Presentations	Project – SDP Final Release (V1.0) (Mon, 5/6) Dropbox: PowerPoint (Wed, 5/8) Peer2Peer: SDP Peer and Self evaluation (Fri, 5/11 – noon)	Project Plan Presentations	Survival – Chapter 19 (pp.254-260)
11 (5/13)	Final Exam – Monday, 5/13/2013  2:45 – 4:45pm Room 70-1550