Midterm Exam Notes

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Midterm Exam Notes

• Software Engineering Foundations

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Coverage

• Lectures 1-9
• Introduction (FAQs, professional and ethical
  responsibility)
• Software processes (models, iteration,
  activities, RUP, CASE)
• Project management (activities, planning,
  scheduling, risk mgmt)
• Software requirements (functional
  non-functional, user, system, interface spec.,
  SRS)
• Requirements engineering (feasibility studies,
  elicitation analysis, validation, management)

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Coverage (contd)

1. Rapid software development and prototyping (agile
   methods, XP, RAD, prototyping, user interface
   prototyping)
2. Formal specification (role in SE, algebraic,
   model-based)
3. Architectural design (role in SE, structural
   models, control models, modular decomposition,
   reference architectures)
4. Distributed architectures (multiprocessor,
   client-server, distributed object,
   service-oriented SE)

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Coverage (contd)

• Reading
• Sommerville Chapters 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 17, 16.4 10,
  11, 12, and 31 (all EXCEPT 31.2, 31.3.1)
• Relevant exercises and other afternoon coursework

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Other resources

• Practice exam problems
• Recommended texts (exam questions related to the
  recommended texts will be based solely on topics
  discussed in class)

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Ground Rules and Format

• You will have 60 minutes to complete the exam.
• No notes, books, calculators, or PDAs are
  allowed.
• Question format may be short answer, matching,
  true/false, fill-in-the-blank, proofs, etc.
• The point-value of each question will be given.

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Make-Up Exam Policy

• You are expected to make every effort to be
  available at the scheduled exam time.
• If missing the exam is unavoidable, please
  contact the instructor (in advance, if possible)
  to make other arrangements.

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Midterm Exam Notes

• Software Engineering Foundations