Student Originated Software 1997-1998
Fall Quarter

A Software Engineering Course at
The Evergreen State College

General Schedule

Week/Themes 
Program Lecture 
Program Seminar 
Smalltalk 
SE/Case Study 
Visitor's Talk & Project 
Week 1 9/29 
  • S/W dev. Life Cycle 
  • Intros - SOS & each other 
  • FutureScapes 
  • Finding Projects - 
Intros - Faculty, Program, & Software Engineering 
Derive the S/W Life Cycle 
PBS video -- & discussion 
SOS Web Pages 
Intro VW & Smalltalk 
Intro Case Study 
S/W Life Cycle (cont) 
 Is it an Engineering Process? 
Past Projects (HOj) 
Video?
Project Expectations - G&G(HOd) 
New Project Ideas 
Sample Writeups & Form (HOdj) 
Week 2 10/6 
 
  • Team Building / Mgmt / Documentation 
  • Organizational stuff 
Myers' Briggs? 
Emotional Intelligence 
Brooks (JBC selections) 
 
 
New Project Ideas.... 
 Nalini or Judy, Sy 
 Justin Laird 
 Russ Fox 
Week 3 10/13 
  • Requirements Analysis 
Norman 
 
 
New Project Ideas 
 Keith Jackson (PNNL) 
Week 4 10/20 
  • Conceptual Design 
Winograd (DS selections) 
ER - classes 
Tue - Keri Healy 
Panel of SOS Graduates 
Week 5 10/27 
  • User Interface Design 
Alexander (selections) 
 
 
Bonnie Moonchild? Neil Kramer? 
 design stuff.... 
Week 6 11/3 
  • Choose Projects 
  • System & Detailed Design 
  • (Faculty Retreat) 
Brooks 
Thu - Smalltalk Test 
 
Prospective Project Teams 
 (No Faculty) 
Week 7 11/10 
  • Implementation 
Microserfs 
 
 
netscape guy? 
Week 8 11/17 
  • Testing 
MSguy? 
The Universal Traveler 
 
 
MS guy on testing? 
Week 9 12/1 
  • Software Evaluation - System Implementation 

 

Winograd (DS selections) 
 
Case Study Notebook due 
Week 10 12/8 
  • Maintenance 
  • Year-Long Project 
  • Presentations  
video?
no book  Case Study Implementation  Implementation  Project Presentations 

 Feasibility Study due 

Possible Visitors

  • Ryan Waite - msgreener - jobs at MS, etc.
  • Keri Healy
  • SOS alums
Resisting the Virtual Life - 275 pp spring?


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E-mail: ringert@evergreen.edu