Advanced Software Engineering Prof' Ian Sommerville

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Advanced Software EngineeringProf. Ian
Sommerville
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Course objectives

• To introduce you to advanced techniques of
  software engineering based on software reuse
• To help you develop skills in analysing and
  critiquing research papers
• To help you develop practical skills in
  service-oriented software engineering

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Course organisation

• The course will be organised in so-called block
  mode where most of the formal teaching is
  completed in 5 intensive sessions.
• In this case, the sessions will be Wed 11th-Fri
  13th October and Mon 16th-Tue 17th October
• You will be asked to do background work before
  the teaching sessions and will be expected to
  complete coursework during the remainder of the
  semester

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Teaching structure

• 0930-11.00 Lectures
• 11.00-11.30 Break
• 11.30-12.30 Individual working
• 12.30-1.30 Lunch
• 1.30-3.00 Lectures
• 3.00-3.15 Break
• 3.15-5.15 Group working

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Topics covered

• Wed 11th
• Software reuse
• Thur 12th
• Component-based software engineering
• Fri 13th
• Service-oriented software engineering
• Mon 14th
• Service-oriented software engineering
• Tue 15th
• COTS-based reuse

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Textbook

• Software Engineering, 8th edition
• Ian Sommerville, Addison Wesley, 2006
• If you already own the 7th edition, you dont
  need to buy the 8th edition. I will give you
  copies of the extra material.

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Background

• It is ESSENTIAL that you have covered the
  following background topics
• General introduction (Chapter 1)
• Software processes (Chapter 4)
• Software requirements (Chapter 6)
• System modelling (Chapter 8)
• There will be a test on these topics on Wednesday
  11th October.

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Coursework

• There are no exams for this course
• Assessment is by coursework
• You will be required to complete 2 pieces of
  coursework
• Summarise and comment on 4 research papers
  relevant to software reuse
• Develop a simple service-based application

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Plagiarism

• Plagiarism is where you present the work of
  others as your own. It includes
• Copying material from web sites
• Copying material from your classmates
• Copying material from books or papers
• Plagiarism is strictly forbidden.
• If you are found to be guilty of plagiarism you
  may
• Be assigned a mark of 0 for a course
• Be expelled from the University
• We use plagiarism detection software on submitted
  coursework.

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Citing work

• Plagiarism is strictly forbidden but, of course,
  you will make use of the work of others.
• If you use text without changing it, you MUST
• Enclose it in quotes this is in quotes
• Give a full reference to the work e.g.
  Sommerville, I. 2006. Software Engineering, 8th
  ed. Harlow, UK Addison Wesley.
• You should not normally quote more than a
  paragraph of text

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Citing work

• If you wish to describe what others have done,
  you MUST
• Rewrite it in your own words
• Give a full reference to the source of the work
  as in the previous slide

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Contact

• Call
• X 3279 (01334 463279)
• IanSommerville (skype)
• Email
• ifs_at_cs.st-and.ac.uk
• Office
• Room 1.32
• You should always contact me in advance to make
  an appointment for a meeting.

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Website

• http//www.software-engin.com/Teaching/AdvancedSE

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