Objectives:

• Appreciate software engineering: build complex software systems in the context of frequent change
• Understand how to produce a high quality software system within time and budget while dealing with complexity and change
• Acquire technical knowledge

Grading: Homeworks (60%), project (20%), exam (20%).

TA:

Jay Urbain:
• Office Hours and Location: F 11-12am or by appointment, 019 SB
  
• Email: [email protected] (use [cs521- section number] in subject line and meaningful subject statement)

Hongbo Zou:
• Office Hours and Location: Thur 4:00-5:00pm and Mon 4:30-5:30pm, 003A SB. Phone: (312) 567-5332
  
• Email: [email protected] (use [cs521- section number] in subject line and meaningful subject statement)

Tentative Topics:

• Software engineering
• Modeling with UML
• Requirements Elicitation
• Analysis
• System Design: Decomposing the System, Addressing Design Goals
• Object Design: Reusing Pattern Solutions, Specifying Interfaces
• Implementation
• Testing

Recommended Readings:

• Software Design Practices --- A Design Process Improvement Approach, C. Robert Carlson
• Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides: “Design Patterns”, Addison-Wesley, 1996.
• Grady Booch, James Rumbaugh, Ivar Jacobson, “The Unified Modeling Language User Guide”, Addison Wesley, 1999.
• K. Popper, “Objective Knowledge, an Evolutionary Approach, Oxford Press, 1979.
• Craig Larman, "Applying UML and Patterns : An Introduction to Object-Oriented Analysis and Design and Iterative Development"

Academic Honesty: Any indication of copying project or homework or any behavior during exams that could be considered copying or cheating will result in an immediate zero on the assignment/exam for all parties involved.� The student’s advisor/department and the Dean will be notified.� Cheating on assignments is defined to be copying from someone else or providing someone else copies of your answers.� Do not show your assignments to anyone else!� You may answer questions on project or homework asked by other students.

Lateness: �All assignments are due at the beginning of class on the due day.� Assignments turned in late will automatically have 50% deducted each day.� No assignments will be accepted three days or later after the due date.

Lecture Notes and Assignments: blackboard.iit.edu

Homework and Project Submission:
� � � Hard copies only. Put your name (Last, First) and section number on the top of your work.
����� We Do Not accept email submission. Questions- call IITV (312) 567 3457 ext 2. It is open till 7 pm.

• Section 051: submit to Prof. Zhang in the class
• Section 092: submit to IITV courier service
• Section 251:
  
• On campus students submit hardcopy in IITV Dept. - SB 103, ask for envelope, write appropriate course and section number.
  
• Remote students send email to Prof. Zhang requesting softcopy submission. Once approved, submit softcopy in Word or PDF file, named as� 'Lastname_Firstname_Section_HWNumber', in the digital� drop box through IIT Bloackboard (go to tools--.digitaldropbox). Note: professor and TA may not give feedback to the softcopy.