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CS 588: Advanced Software Engineering Development

Watts S. Humphrey, A Discipline for Software Engineering, Addison-Wesley ISBN 0-201-54610-8 (required).

Understand software development as an engineering discipline.
Understand the evolution of the individual software development process through application of Watts Humphrey's Personal Software Process (PSP) Model.
Learn the value of personal process measurements.
Learn to measure the attributes of the personal software development process through a series of PSP-based development projects.
Learn where, and how, to make improvements in the personal software development process through a series of PSP-based development projects.
Understand that processes evolve and that process improvement is incremental in nature.
Understand that development excellence at the organizational level is based on excellence on the personal software process level.

•	Process concepts, process improvement models, Capability Maturity Model, Testing Maturity Model, Personal Software Process (PSP) Model.	2.0 hours
•	The Baseline Software Process.	3.0 hours
•	PSP0 - process, scripts, logs, reports, project assignment.	2.0 hours
•	Planning, contents of a plan, producing a quality plan.	4.0 hours
•	PSP0.1 - process, scripts, logs, reports, project assignment.	2.0 hours
•	Measurement concepts, applications to measurement of software size.	4.0 hours
•	PSP1.0 - process, scripts, logs, reports, project assignment.	2.0 hours
•	Software size estimation, overview of methods.	4.0 hours
•	Resource and schedule estimation.	4.0 hours
•	Measurements in PSP, goals, and practices.	4.0 hours
•	PSP1.1 - process, scripts, logs, reports, project assignment.	2.0 hours
•	Design, code reviews, principles, measurements, checklists.	4.0 hours
•	Software quality management.	3.0 hours
•	Using the PSP, goals, benefits.	2.0 hours
•	Applying the PSP - case studies.	1.5 hours
•	Discussion of class data.	1.0 hour
•	Final exam review.	0.5 hours
Total		45.0 hours

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