CS 494 Spring 2015

During this course, students will study the implementation and maintenance of a large software project. This includes the study of software development techniques, managing requirement and design changes during implementation, verification and validation, and defect management. In addition, students will participate in code reviews, study professionalism and job interview techniques. Prerequisite: CS 493 with a grade of "C" or better. 2 hours.

Schedule:

	Date	Topics	Homework & Assignments	Notes
Week 1	Jan 27	Introductions Syllabus Schedule Update on projects Review of scrum Role of scrum master	Project report Semester calendar Weekly time sheet	Scrum Master: Ryan
	Jan 29	Sprint planning (7 min each)	DUE: User stories updated on ScrumDo
Week 2	Feb 3	Review calendars and schedules Code Reviews: Just Do It Things Everyone Should Do: Code Review Checklist for Code Reviews	DUE: Semester calendar Due: Weekly time sheet
	Feb 5	Code review: Josh
Week 3	Feb 10	Demos, sprint retrospective, and sprint planning Class ends at 11:20am	DUE: project description	Scrum Master: Kai
	Feb 12	Class cancelled
Week 4	Feb 17	Resume Reviews	DUE: Bring your resumes to class	BUSY WEEK
	Feb 19	Resume Reviews	DUE: Registration form for Senior Projects Day	BUSY WEEK
Week 5	Feb 24	Sprint retrospective / next sprint planning		BUSY WEEK Scrum Master: Josh
	Feb 26	Writing abstracts
Week 6	March 3	Critique of abstracts	DUE: draft version of abstracts
	March 5	Class canceled - Prof. at a conference	DUE: final version of abstracts due Friday @ 5pm
Week 7	March 10	Sprint retrospective / next sprint planning		Scrum Master: Ben
	March 12	Coding Interviews		BUSY WEEK
Week 8	March 17	Individual Meetings		BUSY WEEK
	March 19	Class Cancelled		BUSY WEEK
	March 24	Spring Break
	March 26	Spring Break
Week 9	March 30	Sprint retrospective / next sprint planning		Scrum Master: Bryan
	April 2	Testing
Week 10	April 7	Practice presentations: Troy, Ryan
	April 9	Practice presentations: Ben, Kai
Week 11	April 14	Practice presentations: Bryan, Josh, Huyen
	April 16	Beta Testing		Scrum Master: Troy
Week 12	April 21	Sprint retrospective / next sprint planning		BUSY WEEK
	April 23	Class canceled as you just finished senior projects day		BUSY WEEK
Week 13	April 28	Writing final report Putting together the portfolio
	April 30	Peer review of writing Putting together the poster
Week 14	May 5	Sprint retrospective
	May 6	Reading day
	May 7	Final at noon