CIS608 System Specification and Development -- Fall 2006

Contents

• General information
• Course Materials
• Assignments
• Grading
• Communication
• Lecture notes (Ask the instructor for the UserID/Passwd)

General Information

Instructor:

Jiang B. Liu,  jiangbo@bradley.edu
Professor of Computer Science & Information Systems
Phone: (309) 677-2386

Prerequisites:

A grade of C or better in CS 121 or equivalent

Lecture:

3:30-4:15 pm, Tue, Tur, Br 270
Office Hours:
3:00-4:30pm, Mon, Wed; 1:30-3:00pm Tues, Thur, at BR177

or by appointment.

Course Materials

Required

• Requirements Engineering – Processes and Techniques
  by Gerald Kotonya and Ian Sommerville
• Managing Software Requirements 2^nd Edition – A Use Case Approach
  by Dean Leffingwell and Don Widrig

Assignments

• Assignment 1: Requirement Analysis & Rational Tool
• Create Class Diagram from Use-Case Diagrams
• Assignment 2: UML: Build A User Case Model
• Assignment 3: UML: Build Software Specifications
• Final Exam: Take Home Final Exam.

All assignments are due in class on the due day. Later homework will have 10% subtracted from the score for each late day.

Grading

· Assignments: 55%

· Class Attendance: 15%

· Final Exam:   30%
(90-100 A; 80-89 B; 70-79 C; 60-69 D; below 60 F)

Communication

This home page, "http://bradley.bradley.edu/~jiangbo/, will be used to post assignments. You are also encouraged to send me email about your questions related to the course or share related information with the class.

jiangbo@bradley.edu