CS-584 Software Engineering: Syllabus Fall 2009

Content: Software engineering as a discipline has evolved in conjunction with computer hardware and programming tools. Despite its infancy, SW Engineering has some fundamental processes that are recognized as essential to the production of quality software that meets customer requirements. Both the ACM (as "SE2004") and the IEEE (as "Software Engineering Body of Knowledge" or "SWEBOK") have defined a set of skills that practitioners of software development should possess. These include Requirements, Design, Construction, Testing, Quality Control, and Configuration Management. This course seeks to teach principles of software engineering through hands-on experience in a series of projects. In addition, the student will be introduced to applied concepts in software engineering through the blogs and writings of some of today's most noted practitioners.