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Foundations EMP of Software Engineering
Guy-Vincent Jourdan
Guy-Vincent Jourdan
BSc computer science (Montpellier, France) MSc computer science and mathematics (Paris, France) PhD computer science (Rennes, France) 1996 Alcatel Alsthom Research (Paris, France) 1997 2003 Decision Academic Graphics (Ottawa, Canada)
1997-1999: Project Manager 2000-2001: Chief Technology Officer 2002-2003: Chief Executive Officer
2004 University of Ottawa
Contact information
Email: [e-mail] Phone: [phone] ext: 6686 Office: SITE 5-110 Office hours: Tuesday, 2:30-3:30 pm Web site: http://www.site.uottawa.ca/~gvj
Documents
Documents are made available prior to the lectures on doc depot: http://doc-depot.management.uottawa.ca An account has been created for students registered at the end of august. Login instructions:
http://doc-depot.telfer.uottawa.ca/Telfer_Login_EN.htm
Other students can use: Username: docdepot Password: 123677
Objectives of the course
Foundations of Software Engineering for non-software engineers OR Foundations of Software Engineering for managers
Objectives of the course
To give you an overview of the existing "techniques" of software engineering To give you an understanding of the possible benefits of using these techniques To give you an understanding of difficulties and limitations of these techniques To give you enough material to successfully lead software engineering projects
Not an objective of the course
To become a software engineer
Books
Software Engineering, 9/E
Ian Sommerville, University of St Andrews, Scotland ISBN-10: 0137035152 Addison-Wesley, 2011
Books
Van Vliet, H. Software Engineering: Principles and Practice, 3 rd Edition, Wiley, 2008 Christensen, M.J. and Thayer, R.H. Project Manager's Guide to Software Engineering's Best Practices, IEEE Press, 2002 Maciaszek, L.A. and Liong, B.L Practical Software Engineering. A Case Study Approach, Addison-Wesley, 2005 Futrell, R., Shafer, D. and Shafer L., Quality Software Project Management, Prentice Hall PTR, 2002 IEEE Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge, www.swebok.org
Course outline
We will mostly follow the book. Topics include: Software Processes Requirements Engineering Software architecture Software Design Software Testing Software Evolution OO analysis and design And "special topics" (Secure systems, Mobile device applications, Software configuration management, Software metrics...)
Course outline
This is a collaborative class You are encouraged to speak up, share your experiences and freely discuss about the topics covered in class. The slides are posted ahead of time on docdepot. It is simply a support for the discussion, which we do not need to follow closely.
Grading Scheme
Assignments and class presentations: Active and intelligent in class participation:
80% 20%
Can be adjusted as necessary
Assignments and class presentations
In depth research work on a selected topic about software engineering. In-class presentations:
Mid-semester: introduction-discussion (~15 min) Full presentation (~60-75 minutes) end of semester
Report made public to the class
Assignments and class presentations
Topic can be chosen from a list, or you can suggest your own topic, based on your experience, professional or your own interest (I have to approve it!) Meetings with me to monitor progress and discuss directions: in person meetings and end of class meetings
Assignments and class presentations
Two sources for the evaluation:
Myself, on the preparation, presentations and the report The class, on the presentations
Seminar: Guy Michaud
Mr. Guy Michaud, Director of IS and CIO of the city of Ottawa, is expected to give a seminar on the role of the CIO in the organization. To be confirmed
Seminar: Peter Bennison
Mr. Peter Bennison is an independent Information Management Consultant and Technical Architect, formerly with Deloitte. He will talk about his specialty, Agile Programming. Date To be confirmed
Seminar: Others
Other speakers are expected to come from time to time to talk about various topics.
Misc. notes
I do post papers and lecture notes on doc depot ahead of time. Please read them before the class, so that lectures can be transformed into discussion and debates
Misc. notes
Your timely feedback is welcome! Having access to merit-based funding does not entitle you to better marks Use the library!: http://www.biblio.uottawa.ca
Misc. notes
Make sure you read your "uottawa.ca" email. This is the only way I have to contact you!
Carleton students: please drop me a message so that I can add you to my mailing list.
Room Change
As of next week, we can use STE 5084
Plagiarism
Absolutely no cheating will be tolerated
http://www.uottawa.ca/plagiarism.pdf http://www.grad.uottawa.ca/regulations/academic_fraud/sanctions.html
From: Christopher XXX <[e-mail]> To: [e-mail] Subject: Possible copyright violation by students Dear Professor Jourdan: Someone has pointed me to a paper published on the internet by students of yours which has taken entire paragraphs of an article written by me for my company, without permission. I point you to the "XXXXXX" paper, credited to XXXX. The paper is currently available on the web at the following address: http://www.site.uottawa.ca/~gvj/Courses/XXXXXXX Sections X.1.1, X.1.2, X.1.3, and X.1.4 include images taken directly from our website; in fact, they still include our website address on them. I might not object to that usage, however the text of the report also includes entire paragraphs taken from our article, which can be found in its entirety here: http://www.XXXXXXX.com/xxxxxx In some cases the paragraphs were altered only slightly in their wording. While the authors of the U. Ottawa paper do credit XXXX for the data, they fail to present the information as a de facto, direct quote. Their attempt to alter the wording appears to imply plagiarism. As a result, the reader is left with the clear impression that the authors fabricated the paragraphs. Please advise me on how you wish to handle this. Sincerely, -Christopher XXX VP Operations XXXXX, Inc.
Keys to success
Work hard and immediately on assignments Be creative, enthusiastic, intelligent and (constructively) critical... Positively participate during the class and other student's presentations Rehearse your presentations and be convincingly professional
Don't forget
Feedback welcome!
Email: [e-mail] Phone: [phone] ext: 6686 Office: site 5110