| Day |
Date |
Class work |
Due |
| T |
2 Sep | Introduction |
|
| Th |
4 Sep |
2:30 Discussion of Brooks, The
Mythical Man Month |
hw1 (response to Brooks) |
| T |
9 Sep | 2:30 Project presentation (Prof Rob
Stevenson, Biology Department) 4:00 Discussion of Brooks |
hw1
(home page, cv) |
| Th |
11 Sep |
2:30 Project presentation (Paul English) 4:30 Project presentation (Dr. Kevin Hughes, MGH) |
|
| T | 16 Sep |
8:30 AM Fowler talk at Software Development
Best Practices Expo 2:30 Project presentation (Prof Brian White, Biology Department) 4:00 Project presentation (Dr Jeff Fried, Unveil Technologies) 4:?? Leave for SD Expo? |
|
| Th |
18 Sep |
2:30: Project selection 4:00: Discussion of Beck. eXtreme Programming eXplained |
hw2
(reactions to project presentations, response
to Beck) |
| T |
23 Sep |
Team selection interviews - see schedule |
hw3
(project choice
cover letter) |
| Th |
25 Sep |
2:30: Team selection announcements, first
team tasks 4:00: First team meeting |
|
| Tu |
30 Sep |
2:30: Reports from team meetings 4:00: Second team meeting |
first team deliverables |
| Th | 2 Oct |
2:30 Report from teams, Sourceforge 4:00: Team meetings |
|
| T | 7 Oct |
2:30: Report from teams, Project web page review 4:00: Team meetings |
Use case template |
| M |
13
Oct |
COLUMBUS DAY |
|
| T |
14 Oct |
2:30: Report from teams, Discussion of McConnell 4:00: Team meetings |
hw4
(Project vision statement, web site. McConnell feedback) |
| Th | 16 Oct |
2:30: Discussion of McConnell 4:00: Team meetings |
|
| T | 21 Oct |
2:30: Team meetings 4:00: Ellen Glusman - building quality software |
|
| Th | 23Oct |
2:30: Paul English - the eightfold way 4:00: Team meetings |
|
| T | 28 Oct | 2:30: Web page review - other CS681/3 projects -
see /courses/cs681/f03 for names 4:00: Team meetings |
Brief review of other CS681/3 class
projects |
| Th | 30 Oct |
Looking for venture capital - project
presentations |
hw5
(Project presentation) |
| T | 4 Nov | 2:30: Feedback
from project presentations. 4:00: Team meetings |
|
| Th |
6 Nov |
2:30: Joel on Software 4:00: Team meetings |
hw6 (notes on Joel, preparing for Connie Lewis' talk next week) |
| T | 11 Nov |
VETERANS' DAY |
|
| Th | 13 Nov |
2:30: Connie Lewis - technical writing 4:00: Team meetings |
|
| T | 18 Nov |
2:30 -5:00: Mike West (BMC Software)
Team/project
management in the real world (No team meetings) |
|
| Th | 20 Nov |
2:30: Adam
Leffert - Myths and Realities of Boostrapping a Software
Company (mindmodel.com) 4:00: Team meetings |
hw7 (preparing for
Adam Leffert's talk) |
| T | 25 Nov |
2:30: Review of project schedules 4:00: Team meetings |
|
| Th |
27 Nov |
THANKSGIVING DAY |
|
| T | 2 Dec |
||
| Th | 4 Dec |
Requirements
document |
|
| T | 9 Dec |
||
| Th | 11 Dec |
Last class |