SYLLABUS

SYST 510 - Systems Definition and Cost Modeling

Spring 2003

Professor:	Dr. Peggy Brouse
Work Phone:	(703) 993-1502 (with voice mail)
FAX:	(703) 993-1706
E-mail:	[email protected]
Office:	GMU:� Science and Technology II - Room 317
Office Hours:	Wednesdays� 1:30 - 3: 00 and by appointment
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.�
Course Hours:	Wednesday� 4:30 p.m. to 7:10 p.m.; Room B222 Robinson
Text:	Requirements Engineering Processes & Techniques (1998) Ian Sommerville and Gerald Kotonya. John Wiley and Sons ISBN 0-471-97208-8
Grades:	50% - group project
	25% - midterm
	25% - final

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 first 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 2 - 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. COCOMO2, SoftEst, 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 13).� In the User Group role, each group will evaluate the products of their mate group (weeks 13 - 15).� 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 week 15 groups will be required to hand in their final package to the professor including:

� original annotated SOW they wrote,

� preliminary annotated SRS,

� final SRS,

� 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.

CLASS SCHEDULE

Week 1>	22 January		� Background; Introductions � Groups:� Form Groups, Work on SOW
Week 2>	29 January		� Lecture: Requirements Engineering Processes [Sommerville Chapters 1, 2] � Groups:� Work on SOW
Week 3>	5 February		� Lecture: Requirements Elicitation, Analysis,Validation [Sommerville Chapters 3, 4] � Groups:� Work on SOW
Week 4>	12 February		� Lecture: Requirements Management, Methods [Sommerville Chapters 5, 6] � Groups: SOW (soft and hardcopy) due to professor
Week 5>	19 February		� Presentation by past students of SYST510 - from Fall 2002 � Groups: SOW returned; Mate Group assignments given; Bring copy of SOW to class to give to your Mate Group
Week 6>	26 February		� Lecture: Viewpoint-oriented Requirements, Non-Functional Requirements [Sommerville Chapters 7, 8]
Week 7>	5 March		� Lecture: Interactive System Specification, Case Study [Sommerville Chapters 9, 10] � Groups: Requirements elicitation & SRS writing
Week 8>	12 March		� Spring break:� No Class
Week 9>	19 March		� In-class Test Number 1 (covers Sommerville)
Week 10>	26 March		� Lecture: Cost Modeling � Groups: Preliminary SRS due to professor (soft and hardcopy)
Week 11>	2 April		� 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
Week 12>	9 April	� Guest Lecture: Dennis Ruane, Army Cost Analysis Agency
Week 13>	16 April	� Professor at Conference; no class
Week 14>	23 April	� Take-home Test Number 2 (covers Cost Modeling) � Groups: Exchange SRS and cost models with Mate Group; final presentation preparation and evaluation of mate group SRS & cost models � Individual Cost Models due (hard copy only)
Week 15>	30 April	� Student group presentations of final SRS and cost model
Week 16>	7 May	� Student group presentations of final SRS and cost model � 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