| | chapters to read before class |
|---|
| date | McConnell | Pressman | Topics |
|---|
| 01-05 | | | introduction |
| 01-07 | 1–4 | 1–2 | basic construction and design |
| 01-09 | | | initial project meeting (in discussion section) |
| 01-12 | 21 | 3–4 | software process models |
| 01-14 | | 5–7 | system and requirements engineering |
| 01-21 | | 8 | analysis modeling |
| 01-26 | | 9–10 | architectural design |
| 01-28 | 5–6 | 11,30 | component-level design |
| 01-30 | | | requirements spec homework meeting (in discussion section) |
| 02-02 | 20 | 26–27 | quality and change management |
| 02-04 | | | midterm exam |
| 02-06 | | | requirements spec due (on CourseWeb) |
| 02-09 | 22, 29 | 13–14 | testing |
| 02-11 | 23–26 | | debugging, refactoring and tuning |
| 02-18 | 28 | 15, 21–22 | management and metrics |
| 02-20 | | | midterm presentations (in discussion section) |
| 02-23 | 27 | 23–25 | project estimating and scheduling |
| 02-25 | 7–9, 31–32 | | routines; defensive programming |
| 03-02 | 30 | 12 | user interface design; software tools |
| 03-04 | | 28–29 | formal methods and cleanroom engineering |
| 03-09 | 33–35 | 31–32 | reengineeering and looking ahead |
| 03-10 | | | project final report spec due (on CourseWeb) |
| 03-11 | | | final presentations I |
| 03-13 | | | final presentations II (in discussion section) |