CS3500: Software Engineering

Academic Year 2016/2017, Term I

CS3500 is a first course in software engineering, including project planning and software design.

Pre-requisites: None.

  • Lecturer: Adrian O'Riordan
    • Office: G.71, Western Gateway Building
    • Email: my email
  • Lectures: two per week
    • First: Mondays, 2-3pm, WGB G.02
    • Second: Wednesdays, 1-2pm WGB G.08
  • Labs:
    • Time: Tuesdays, 1-2pm, WGB G.24, starting 11th Oct
    • Demonstrator: Rana Alnashwan
 

CS3500 News (Updated 12/12/16)

Marks for Assign 5 and final CA marks are posted.

Updated: 8/12/16
Sample answers to the sample exam paper are online. Note that the sample paper is quite long (the real paper is shorter).

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I've added a sentence to Question 3.c) to clarify that you should add the tasks to the network diagram/PERT chart as nodes. The example in the slides doesn't, using only lines. It's easier to draw a PERT chart with nodes for the tasks.
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A sample exam paper for 2016 is in the Assessment page.
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The due date for Assign 5 (written assignment) is extended to Friday, 2nd Dec. @10pm (i.e. last day of term)
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Marks for Assign 4 (Software Cost/COCOMO assignment) are posted up. Marks for Assign 3 (Scheduling/Gantt assignment) to follow shortlyalso up. Sample answers for both to follow also.

Updated: 23/11/16
Sample answers for Assigns 1 and 2 and feedback for Assign 2 are in the Lab Work page.

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Assign 5 is posted in the Lab Work page. This is a written assignment. The due date is 30/11/16.
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Monday's lecture (28th Nov) will give an overview of the exam.

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