CSSE 371 - Schedule, Fall 2013

August / September 2012

Week	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
0					Sep 5 Lecture: Course Intro	Sep 6 Case Study 1: Meetings Bloody Meetings - There is now an Angel dropbox for the post-discussion write-up. Answer the question, "How your opinion changed, as to what's important in meetings." See Syllabus for further instructions.
1	Sep 8 05:30p  Due: Project Preferences --> See List	9 Chandan substitutes for Steve Reading: Chapters 1 - 4 (Requirements Book) Lectures: Introduction to Requirements, Introduction to Teamwork There is now a quiz to fill out before class and bring with you. 01:30p  Due: CS 1 Post-Discussion	10 Reading: Chapter 5 (Pages 43 - 52) (Requirements Book) HW 1 Assigned Lecture: Problem Analysis. Quiz - To do before class, and bring with you. Fishbone diagram format - as a reference.	11 How to start & rubric for Milestone 1!	12 Reading: Chapter 6,7,8,9 (Requirements Text) Lecture: Problem Analysis, Continued. Quiz - to do before class, and bring with you. (And please bring back Tuesday's quiz, completed.)	13 Reading: Chapter 10 (Requirements Text) HW 2 Assigned Lecture: Personas and Interviews. Quiz to do before class. Personal Journals - See 2 Examples under Resources. Note: Often, Steve's 6th hour class will be meeting instead 10th hour on Fridays, to allow for interaction with your client. Stay tuned for specifics!
2		16 Reading: Chapter 12 (Requirements text) Lecture: Brainstorming. With Quiz. Class Activity: Brainstorming, Part 1	17 Reference Doc: Brainstorming Techniques. Quiz - Uses the above file (and says how). Class Activity: Brainstorming, Part 2 11:55p  Due: HW 1		19 HW 3 Assigned Lecture: Storyboards and Quiz	20 Case Study: A Baggage System (See reading on Angel, under Case Studies.) 01:30p  Due: CS 2 Pre discussion report - See Course Syllabus. Please include 2 good questions to ask during the class discussion! 01:30p  Due: Weekly Assessment Report 06:00p  Due: Milestone 1 to Project Manager 11:55p  Due: HW 2
3		23 Reading on DFD's. Lecture: DFD's with quiz Due: As we may think Extra Credit 01:30p  Due: CS 1 Post-Discussion HW3 Assigned	24 Reading: Chapters 14, 21 (Requirements Text) Lecture: Use cases and quiz		26 Class Activity: Use Cases. See samples under resources. 01:30p  Due: HW 3 HW 4 Assigned	27 Reading: Chapters 7 & 11(ID Book) HW 5 Assigned Lectures: Lecture: Data Gathering - an ID Perspective, with Quiz and ID Prototyping, with Quiz 01:30p  Due: Weekly Assessment Report 05:30p  Due: Milestone 1 with Personal Journal (in separate drop box)
4		30 Reading: Chapters 20, 22 (Requirements Text) Lecture: Supplementary Specification, with quiz to do before class, as usual. See also template, under Resources here. And examples of non-use-case functional specs in this document.	Oct 1 Reading: Chapter 8 (ID Book) Lecture: Data Analysis, with quiz. HW 5 Assigned 11:55p  Due: HW 4		3 Project Work Day	4 Exam 1 11:55p Due: Weekly Assessment Report 11:55p Due: Milestone 2 to Project Manager

October 2012

Week	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
5		7 Reading: Chapters 23, 24 (Requirements Text) Lecture: Ambiguity in Requirements, with Quiz Assigned: HW 6 Get exams back 11:55p Due: HW 5	8 Reading: Chapters 25, 26 (Requirements Text) Lecture: Requirements to Implmentation, with Quiz 11:55p Do Two Surveys: 1. Plus Delta on Angel (an opportunity to get in on course adjustments) - before Wed 8 AM 2. CSSE 374 Team Preferences - before Thurs 5:30 PM HW 7 Assigned		10 Guest Lecture / Discusion - Microsoft - Nathan Carlson and Justin Hutchings 11:55p  Due: HW 6	11 Reading: Chapters 15 - 19 (Requirements Text) Lecture: Organizing Requirements , with Quiz Due: Weekly Assessment Report 11:55p  Due: Milestone 2 from team, and your personal journals (in separate dropboxes) 11:55p  Due: Project Extra Credit - Storyboards
6	13 11:55pm  Due Milestone 3 to Project Manager	14 Reading: Chapters 27 - 29 (Requirements Text) Lecture: Managing Change and Quality , with quiz, Plus Delta feedback	15 Reading: Chapter 1 (ID Book) Lecture: What is Interaction Design? with quiz 11:55p  Due: HW 7 - but bring test case printout to class for discussion if you can!		17 Fall Break	18 Fall Break No weekly assessment report due!
7		21 HW 8 Assigned Lecture: Project Work Day 10th hour - Please attend the lecture on Copyright Law, in the GM room! 11:55p  Due: Extra Credit Week 6	22 Reading: Chapter 12, 13 (ID Book) Lecture: Evaluate and Decide , with quiz New - Milestone 5 Prototype Tips, under Projects. Assigned: Do Team Consent Form for Friday's class Due: Milestone 3	23 --> Let me know if you are going to be late with MS3 or your journal!	24 Case Study: The CONFIRM Failure 11:55p Due: CS 3 Pre Discussion Report Also discuss - Usability studies and getting subjects!	25 Reading: Chapter 14 (ID Book) Lecture: Usability Testing , with quiz Bring Your Team's Consent Form to Class (see slide 18 from Tuesday). Sign up with Lynn Degler for times for your team to do your usability testing in the Usability Lab. Review the Usability Lab Instructions,V1, Revised by first team as shown, over the weekend. Try out the Lab and give feedback on the Instructions! 11:55p HW 9 Assigned Due: Weekly Assessment Report 11:55p Due: Project Team Member Evaluation 11:55p Due: Milestone 4 to Project Manager
8	27 Usability Prototype: Your team's should be ready to use for testing on Monday, and you should have a Prototype Usability Testing Script and Steps. You should also have your subjects lined up to do the tests (especially if they are not in our class). Extra credit - 6 PM Sunday night - Turn a copy of the lab instructions with recommended changes! (See Angel dropbox.)	28 Bring your team's Prototype Usability Testing script to class. See revised Rubric 5! Likely - We'll do Usability Studies in class. 11:55 pm Due: CS 3 Post Discussion Report	29 11:55p Due : HW 8 Likely - We'll do Usability Studies in class See MS5 Things to do!	30	31 Project Work Day / More Usabiity Studies 11:55p Due: HW 9, MS3 Redo's (email me that you are resubmitting it in the drop box)	Nov 1 Project Work Day / More Usability Studies 11:55p Due: Weekly Assessment Report 11:55p Due: Milestone 4 , with personal journals, as before. Extra credit - See Milestone 4 rubric. See also recent clarifications in red.
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November 2012

Week	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
9 - cntd		4 Reading: Chapter 15 (ID Book) Lecture: Analytical Evaluation , with Quiz	5 Reading: Chapter 2 (ID Book) , with Quiz Lecture: Conceptual Modeling Lecture: Exam 2 Review (in class)		7 Exam 2 (over material since Exam 1) Exam 2 Key	8 Reading: Chapters 3.1, 3.2 (ID Book) Lecture: Cognition , with Quiz We'll discuss some additional material on Personality Theory in class - it's also in the slides. Discuss scope of client presentation - See Milestone 5 rubric - "Additional notes" 5 and 6 at the end. ABET preview - see Slides. 11:55p Due: Weekly Assessment Report 11:55p Due: Milestone 5 to Project Manager
10	10 Sometime this week - present to your customer! For more info, see Milestone 5 rubrics - "Additional notes" 4, 5, and 6 about Presentations. Email me when your team has done this client presentation!	11 ABET class visit! And project work day. See slides for more ABET info.	12 Project Work Day - Last chance to do field studies in class(Hint!) Do course evaluations at end of class! 11:55p Due: Milestone 5, with personal journals. Show your presentation to your project manager. Team extra credit for with this milestone - see slides for week 7, day 2!	13	14 11:55p Due: In-Class Presentations (You can invite your client.) For more info, see Milestone 5 rubrics - "Additional notes" 4, 5, and 6 about Presentations. Section 1: Green Team INMO ReciPlease Gene-E Section 2: Slogathor Dinosaurs	15 In-Class Presentations, cntd. Section 1: Security AppAttack Section 2: Awesome BioHazard Team Sriram 11:55p Due: Final Deliverables - Presentation (without videos) in Angel drop box 11:55p Due: Team Member Evaluation Don't forget to email me when your team has done your client presentation!
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