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Professor: |
Dr. Peggy Brouse |
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Work Phone: |
(703) 993-1502 (with voice mail) |
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FAX: |
(703) 993-1706 |
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E-mail: |
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Office: |
GMU:� Science and Technology II - Room 317 |
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Office Hours: |
Tuesdays� 11:30 - 1: 00 and by appointment |
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Course Description: |
During this course, the Systems Definition phase of the Systems Development Life Cycle will be explored.� This phase of the systems engineering effort includes such activities as requirement elicitation, problem analysis, system specification, and system cost estimation.� Lectures concerning these topics will be given by the instructor and will be supported by the listed texts.� Students will be tested to ensure understanding of material contained within the lectures and the texts.� Additionally, students will gain practical knowledge concerning this subject by participating in a group project to create a System Requirement Specification (SRS) and cost model of the system to be developed.� |
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Course Hours: |
Tuesday� 1:30 p.m. to 4:10 p.m.; Room 110 Science and Technology 1; Two-way video to Dahlgren |
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Text: |
Requirements Engineering Processes & Techniques (1998) Ian Sommerville and Gerald Kotonya. John Wiley and Sons ISBN 0-471-97208-8 |
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Grades: |
50% - group project |
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30% - tests |
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20% - article presentation/report |
Group Project
The Group Project is the focal point of student effort within this course.� Although groups may be able to meet during class time occasionally, the majority of effort toward the group projects will be expended outside of class.� There will be groups of several people self-formed during the second meeting of the class.� Each group will have two roles: User Group and Requirement Group.�
Beginning User Group Activities:� As a user, the group will formulate a Statement of Work (SOW) that they will pass to their �mate group� (week 3 - 5).� Mate groups will be assigned after the SOW is completed (week 6).�
Beginning Requirement Group Activities:� Each group will exchange their SOW with their assigned mate group (week 6).� The SOW that they receive from their mate group will form the basis for their role as a Requirement Group.� In this role, they will
� study the SOW they have received,
� elicit requirements from the mate group to develop a Systems Requirement Specification (SRS) including problem analysis and system definition models (week 6 - 9),
� run cost models and document their final SRS (week 10 - 13).�
Each member of the group will be required to run a different cost model (e.g. COCOMO, REVIC, etc.).� This individual run of the model will constitute the second test for the course.� The final analysis of the cost models will be a comparison of the individual models with a determination by the group of the final estimation they submit.� Their mate group will be doing these same functions with the SOW they receive.�
Ending User Group Activities:� After completion of the SRS and cost models, the mate groups will again exchange documents: the SRS and Cost Model document (week 12).� In the User Group role, each group will evaluate the products of their mate group (weeks 13 - 16).� A recommended evaluation strategy will be given to you.
Ending Requirement
Group Activities:� At the end of the
semester, each group will present their work including the SRS and Cost Models
(weeks 13 - 15).� On finals week (week
16) groups will be required to hand in their final package to the professor including:
� original annotated SOW they wrote,
� preliminary annotated SRS,
� final SRS,
� individual Cost Models and group Cost Model evaluation, and
� evaluation of Mate Group SRS and Cost Models.�
In addition, each person in class will be required to do an evaluation of the other members of their group. The format of this is contained in a separate handout.� This evaluation will be private.� It should be included in a sealed envelope with student signature across flap as part of the final package.
Exams
Two exams:� The first will be in-class and will cover Systems Definition.� The second will be a take home consisting of individual running of cost models.
Refereed
Journal Article Report or Presentation
1. Literature should be reviewed for the last couple of years only.� Since the search deals with most recent periodicals, you would be better off checking the "current periodicals" shelves in the library in addition to a computerized search.
2. The topic of the articles must be directly related to the content of this class.
3. The content of the article should be such that it contributes to the class (e.g. new theory, interesting application, applications with important practical lessons).� The content should supplement the textbooks, not repeat information.
Early in the semester [see schedule], students are responsible for providing the professor with a copy of the article and a paragraph describing why they chose the article. Based on this paragraph, I will choose a few students to present a briefing to the class on their article.� If you are asked to brief then, you will be expected to bring copies of the article for students in the class one week prior to presentation. If you use transparencies, please give me a copy before you begin presentation.� You do not have to use transparencies.� Everyone will be expected to read the chosen articles and be prepared to discuss them in class the week they are presented.� If you brief, you are not expected to write a report.
Written Summary:� Prepare a six page report (typed) of the article you have chosen containing: Abstract. What the article is about, Justification.� Why did you select the article, what is unique about it? Critique.� Your opinion on the article.
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CLASS SCHEDULE
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Week 1> |
22 January |
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Professor
at Dahlgren, GTA in Fairfax �
Background;
Introductions �
Groups:� Form Groups, Work on SOW |
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Week 2> |
29 January |
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Lecture: Requirements
Engineering Processes [Sommerville Chapters 1, 2] �
Groups:� Work on SOW |
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Week 3> |
5 February |
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Lecture: Requirements
Elicitation, Analysis,Validation [Sommerville Chapters 3, 4] �
Articles:�
Copy of article and paragraph due �
Groups:� Work on SOW |
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Week 4> |
12 February |
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Presentation by past students of SYST510 - Other
Group from Fall 2001 �
Lecture: Requirements
Management, Methods [Sommerville Chapters 5, 6] �
Articles:�
Presentation assignments made �
Groups: SOW due to professor |
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Week 5> |
19 February |
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Professor
at Dahlgren, GTA in Fairfax �
Lecture:
Viewpoint-oriented Requirements, Non-Functional Requirements [Sommerville
Chapters 7, 8] �
Groups: SOW returned;
Mate Group assignments given; Bring
copy of SOW to class to give to your Mate Group �
Student Presentations:
Dahlgren students |
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Week 6> |
26 February |
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Lecture: Interactive
System Specification, Case Study [Sommerville Chapters 9, 10] �
Groups: Requirements
elicitation & SRS writing �
Student Presentations:
Fairfax students |
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Week 7> |
5 March |
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In-class Test Number 1 (covers Sommerville) |
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Week 8> |
12 March |
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Spring Break - No
Class |
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Week 9> |
19 March |
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Professor
at Dahlgren �
Lecture: Cost Modeling [Blanchard] �
Groups: Preliminary SRS due to professor �
Student Presentations:
Dahlgren students |
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CLASS SCHEDULE
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Week 10> |
26 March |
� Guest Lecture: Mathias Eifert demonstration of cost models to be used in the class assignment � Groups:� Preliminary SRS returned; SRS revision and cost models � Final Test Sheet handed to students |
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Week 11> |
2 April |
� Guest Lecture: Dennis Ruane, Army Cost Analysis Agency � Article papers due |
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Week 12> |
9 April |
� Take-home Test Number 2 (covers Cost Modeling) |
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Week 13> |
16 April |
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Professor
at Dahlgren � Groups: Exchange SRS and cost models with Mate Group; final presentation preparation and evaluation of mate group SRS & cost models � Individual Cost Models due � Student Presentations: Dahlgren students |
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Week 14> |
23 April |
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Fairfax
student group presentations of final SRS and cost model |
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Week 15> |
30 April |
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Professor
at Dahlgren � Dahlgren student group presentations of final SRS and cost model |
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Week 16 |
7 May |
� Group Deliverables Due:� to include SOW and Evaluation for each project from Users Group as well as SRS, Cost Model, and Final SRS for each project from Requirements Group |