Requirements Engineering

CSE491-602 (Fall 2006)

Instructor Information

Instructor: Dr. B. Cheng, chengb@cse.msu.edu
Class: T, Th,: 10:20-11:40, C-312 Wells Hall

Office Hours: T, Th: 11:40-12:10; or by appointment

TA: Heather Goldsby hjg@cse.msu.edu

Office Hours: M: 12-1 pm; W: 1-2 pm; F: 12:30-2:00 pm; or by appointment

Course Objectives

Expose students to the rigorous techniques in requirements engineering, with a focus on modeling and specification. Students will have an opportunity to work in teams in creating a requirements specification for an industrial project working with a customer from industry.

Target Audience

The course is intended for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students who have had some previous exposure to the fundamentals of software engineering.

Course Information

Syllabus (in PDF)

Background Survey (submit by end of first day of class)

Lectures (updated 11/14/06)

Handouts and Related Links

Exams (Review for exam1, Review for exam2 >)

	Project Information
	Announcements

UML References:

	Introduction to the Unified Modeling Language (Rational Software; concise description of UML)
	UML 1.4 Reference (comprehensive description of UML 1.4)
	OMG UML Resource Page (lots of information regarding notation, tools, case studies, etc.)
	UML Reference Card (UML 2.0, high-level overview of notation)

Software Links

UML (Unified Modeling Language):
    1. Rational - /soft/serg/ (Windows)
    2. ArgoUML - http://argouml.tigris.org/ (Mac, Linux, Windows)
    3. Poseidon - http://www.gentleware.com/downloadcenter.0.html (Mac, Linux, Windows)
    4. Visio - (Windows)

SCR:
    1. SCR (TBD)

For general course information, please contact Dr. B. Cheng (chengb@cse.msu.edu).

For information regarding the grading of homework and project assignments, please contact the TA, Ms. Goldsby (hjg@cse.msu.edu). Any grading clarification or requests for regrading of assignments must be submitted in writing to the instructor (who will forward it to the TA).