May 09 The handout for Project Part #5 is available in section Homework below. Deadline is Thursday May 17 at 8:00 pm.
[Stellman and Greene 2005] Andrew Stellman and Jennifer Greene, Applied Software Project Management, O'Reilly, 2005. [required]
[McConnell 2006] Steve McConnell, Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art, Microsoft Press, 2006. [recommended]
Dr. Sergiu Dascalu
Lecture 01 (Jan 24): Course syllabus
Lecture 02 (Jan 26): Students' introduction
Lecture 03 (Jan 31): Chapter 1: Introduction
Lecture 04 (Feb 02): Chapter 2: Software Project Planning
Lecture 05 (Feb 07): Chapter 3: Estimation
Lecture 06 (Feb 09): Agile Methods [Sommerville 2010] [ppt]
Lecture 07 (Feb 14): Individual research assignments
Lecture 08 (Feb 16): Chapter 4: Schedules [Marek, Likhitha]
Lecture 09 (Feb 21): Chapter 5: Reviews [Bob, Dipika]
Lecture 10 (Feb 23): Chapter 6: Requirements
Lecture 11 (Feb 28): Chapter 7: Design and Implementation [Ivan, Marin]
Lecture 12 (Mar 01): Project discussion and organization
Lecture 13 (Mar 06): Chapter 8: Testing [Gareth]
Lecture 14 (Mar 08): Project preparation
Lecture 15 (Mar 13): Chapter 10: Management and Leadership
Lecture 16 (Mar 15): Sohei Okamoto on Earned Value and Earned Schedule
Lecture 17 (Mar 27): Tutorial on MDA tools: Ivan and Gareth
Lecture 18 (Mar 29): Tutorial on Agile tools (I): Dipika
Lecture 19 (Apr 03): Tutorial on Agile tools (II): Marek, Likhitha, and Bob
Lecture 20 (Apr 05): Group project preparation
Lecture 21 (Apr 10): Tutorial on Agile tools (III): Marin
Lecture 22 (Apr 12): Chapter 9: Understanding Change
Lecture 23 (Apr 17): Chapter 11: Outsourcing
Lecture 24 (Apr 19): Midterm exam
Lecture 25 (Apr 24): Estimation part 1 [ASPMD2012_17]
Lecture 26 (Apr 26): Individual project preparation
Lecture 27 (May 01): Estimation part 2 [ASPMD2012_18]
Lecture 28 (May 03): Estimation part 3 [ASPMD2012_19]
Lecture 29 (May 08): Project preparation
Project part #5: [doc]. Deadline is Thurday May 17 at 8:00 pm.
Project part #4: [doc]. Deadlline is Monday April 30 at 11:59 pm (Track PM only).
Project part #3: [pdf]. Deadline is Tuesday April 17 at 1:00 pm for Track PM, and (extended) Friday April 27 at 11:59 pm for Track SD.
Project part #2: [doc]. Deadline is Friday April 6 at 8:00 pm.
Project part #1: [doc]. Deadline is Wednesday March 21 at 8:00 pm.
Assignment #3: [doc]. Deadline (extended) is Wednesday March 7 at 8:00 pm.
Assignment #2: [doc]. Deadline is Wednesday February 22 at 8:00 pm.
Assignment #1: [doc]. Deadline is Friday February 10 at 8:00 pm.
Midterm: The test will take place on Thursday April 19. The study required (revisited on April 6) is available here in [Word] or [PDF]. A sample test from the past is available [here] (note that the last two questions in this sample test are from material not required this time).