CPS 410 - Software Engineering

Course Syllabus

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CPS 410 covers the fundamentals of good software practices. Here we cover the software process lifecycle end-to-end (requirements elicitation, design, implementation, testing, maintenance). Students complete this class with experience working in a team to develop software that is continued in CPS 498.

To attend the class virtually, please connect via webex at: https://cmich.webex.com/meet/redei1a

Lecture Slides:
For lectures there is a <link for powerpoint slides> - Video < followed by a link to the video>.

• Week 1 - Introduction

• Week 2 - Source Code Repositories

  • Slides: Version Control

    • Video: Understanding Git and Subversion Frameworks (8 min)

    • Video: Using Github to Rollback a Broken Build (6 min)

  • GitHub Hands On

    • Link: Github Student Developer Pack

• Week 2 - Software Development Life Cycle

  • Lecture 4 - Software Development Life Cycle - Video (6 min)

    • Whiteboard Notes

  • Lecture 5 - Software Process Models - Video (12 min)

    • Whiteboard Notes

• Week 3 - Software Teams

  • Project Inspiration

• Week 4 - Agile

  • Lecture 9 - Agile Team Composition

  • Lecture 10 - Agile Manifesto - Video (13 min)

  • Lecture 10 - Functional vs Non-Functional Requirements

    • Whiteboard Notes

• Week 5 - Sick

• Week 6 - Agile (Cont.)

  • Lecture 14 - Review of Requirements

    • Whiteboard Notes

  • Lecture 15 - Sprint Overview

    • Whiteboard Notes

    • Scrum Overview - Video (10 min)

• Week 7 - The Scrum Board

  • [M] Wellness Day - no class

  • Lecture 15 - Scrum Board - Video (8 min)

  • Lecture 15 - Scrum Story Board Simulation

  • Lecture 16 - Story Points - Video (5 min)

• Week 8 - Artifacts of Scrum

  • Lecture 18 - Traceability Matrix

  • Lecture 17 - Artifacts of Scrum

• Week 9 - Ceremonies of Scrum

• Week 10 - Planning Poker

  • Lecture 21 - Software Estimation w/ Planning Poker

    • Planning Poker Simulation on Whiteboard

• Week 11 - UML

  • End of Semester Planning

  • Lecture 25 - The Unified Modeling Language (UML)

  • Template for Detailed Use Case Diagram

• Week 12 - Midterm Review

  • Kanban

    • Video

  • Midterm Exam (see study guide below)

• Week 13 - Thanksgiving

• Week 14 - Test-Driven Development

  • Lecture 30 - Organization and Laws of Test Driven Development (TDD)

  • F - Team meetings on WebEx: Team 4 (10am or noon) / Team 3 (10:30am or 12:30pm)

• Week 15 - Software Architecture

  • M - Software Architectures

  • W - Review

  • F - Team meetings on Webex: Team 2 (10am or noon) / Team 1 (10:30am or 12:30pm)

• Week 16 - FINAL

Project Parts:

• Part 1 - Concept (due November 21st)

  • Example #1 - Digital Scanner with Associations to Progression and Achievements

  • Example #2 - SimpleValuation

• Part 2 - Specification (due Dec 9th)

  • Example - Tutor Finding Website

Handouts

• GitKraken Cheat Sheet

• Github Badges

• Github Markdowns

• CMU Financial Wellness Center

• Dr. Redei’s Recommendations for Commenting Best Practices

• History of Functional and Object-Oriented Programming Languages

• Get Adobe Creative Cloud

• AutoOwners Employment Visit

Midterm

• Midterm Structure & Prep

  • Answers

• Detailed Study Guide (updated 11/16/22)

• Jeopardy Game (updated 11/16/22)

Final

• Final Exam Format and Notes

• Detailed Study Guide (updated 12/7/22)

Number of students: 49
(24 in the 10am section and 25 in the noon section)