CS 709 B Advanced Software Project Management and

CS 709 B Advanced Software Project Management and Development (ASPDM) Spring 2012 Course Syllabus January 24, 2012 1

Outline l l l l The Instructor The Students The Course The Texts Initial WWW Pointers Grading Scheme Policies Tentative Schedule 2

The Instructor. l Sergiu Dascalu Room SEM-236 l Telephone 784 -4613 l E-mail dascalus@cse. unr. edu l Web-site www. cse. unr. edu/~dascalus l Office hours: l Ø Tuesday 11: 00 am – 12: 00 pm or by appointment or chance 3

. The Instructor l Sergiu Dascalu Ph. D, Dalhousie U. , Halifax, NS, Canada, 2001 l Teaching and research at UNR, 2002 -present (software engineering, HCI) l Teaching and research at Dalhousie University, 1993 -2001 (software engineering focus) l Teaching and research at the University Politehnica Bucharest, Romania, 1984 -1995 (RT embedded systems focus) l Consultant for software development companies in Canada and Romania l 4

The Students Registered: 8 graduate students Prerequisite: Instructor’s approval 5

The Course l Classroom & time: SEM 201 (AGN) [reserve room LP-105] TR 2: 30 - 3: 45 pm l Outline: This course examines topics related to advanced software project management and software development. Topics covered include project planning, project schedules, change control, management and leadership, process improvement, and software estimation techniques and tools. Research directions in software development such as model-driven development and agile methods will also be explored. 6

The Texts. Required book [to be confirmed]: Andrew Stellman and Jennifer Greene, Applied Software Project Management, O’Reilly Media Inc. , 2005 ISBN 0 -596 -00948 -9 l Recommended book [to be confirmed] Steve Mc. Connell, Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art, Microsoft Press, 2006 ISBN: 0 -735 -60535 -1 l 7

. The Texts Lecture notes: l Presentations by the instructor l Notes you take in the classroom l Material (book chapters, papers, tutorials, etc. ) that will be indicated later by the instructor l 8

Initial WWW Pointers l Stellman and Greene’s ASPM website http: //www. stellman-greene. com/aspm/ l Steve Mc. Connell’s website http: //www. stevemcconnell. com/ l CS 709 B website: http: //www. cse. unr. edu/~dascalus/aspmd 2012. htm l 9

Grading Scheme. l Grading scheme (tentative) l Project work l Midterm exam l Research assignments l Presentations l Class participation Ø TOTAL 40% 25% 20% 10% 5% 100% 10

. Grading Scheme Passing conditions (all must be met): l 50% overall & l 50% in test & l 50% in project & l 50% in assignments, presentations, and class participation l For grade A: at least 90% overall, at least 90% in class participation, and at least 60% in test l There are no make-up tests or homework in this course l Note that poor class participation can significantly affect your grade l 11

Grading Scale l Numerical-letter grade correspondence l l l A AB+ B BC+ C CD+ D DF 90 -100 87 - 89 83 - 86 78 - 82 75 - 77 71 - 74 66 - 70 63 - 65 60 - 62 55 - 59 50 - 54 < 50 [maximum 100] 12

Policies… l Late submission policy: l Maximum 2 late days per assignment/project deliverable l Each late day penalized with 10% l No subdivision of late days l No late days for presentations and test l Example: a 90/100 worth assignment gets 81/100 if one day late (90*0. 9 = 81) or 72/100 if two days late (90*0. 8 = 72) 13

. Policies. . Legal notices on the world-wide web: Read and comply with accompanying legal notices of downloadable material l Specify references used l Do not plagiarize (see next slide) l 14

. . Policies. l Plagiarism and cheating: Will not be tolerated. Please read the policies of University of Nevada, Reno regarding academic dishonesty: www. unr. edu/stsv/acdispol. html 15

…Policies l Disability Statement: If you have a disability for which you will need to request accommodations, please contact me or someone at the Disability Resource Center (Thompson Student Services 107), as soon as possible. 16

Tentative Schedule. Week # Dates (T, R) Contents 1 Jan 24, 26 Lecture Students introduction 2 Jan 31, Feb 02 Lectures 3 Feb 07, 09 Lectures A#1 due 4 Feb 14, 16 Presentations by students (round #1) A#2 due 5 Feb 21, 23 Presentations by students (round #1) Feb 28, Mar 01 Lectures A#3 due Mar 06, 08 Lectures P#1 due 6 7 17

. Tentative Schedule 8 Mar 13, 15 Presentations/tutorials by students (round #2) P#2 due 9 Mar 20, 22 Spring break, no classes 10 Mar 27, 29 Presentations/tutorials by students (round #2) P#3 due 11 Apr 03, 05 Lectures 12 Apr 10, 12 Lectures P#4 due 13 Apr 17, 19 Lecture, Midterm exam (04/19) 14 Apr 24, 26 Presentations by students (round #3, A#4) P#5 due 15 May 01, 03 Presentations by students (round #3, A#4) 16 May 08, - Project demos (P#6 due) 18