Software Engineering
(CS 454/554)
Ref.
No:
10731/10758
Fall 2026
Course
Objective
§ To survey the field of
software engineering and to study the methods, techniques, and theory of the
state-of-the-art software development practice.
Class
Homepage
§ http://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~xie/se-f26/se-f26.htm
Instructor
§ Prof. Fei Xie
Office: FAB 120-10
Phone: (503) 725-2403
Email: xie@cs.pdx.edu
Homepage: http://www.cs.pdx.edu/~xie
Office
Hours
Prerequisites:
§ Interests
in learning software engineering
Meeting
Time and Location
Textbooks
Grading
§ Homework:
10%
o
One assignment per week
§ Exam:
40%
o
Final Exam at 11:10AM-1:00PM on Dec. 9.
§ Individual
term project: 20%
o
A
list of topics for term projects will be announced on Nov. 4.
o
The
term project report is due on Dec. 2.
§ Group
project and class participation: 30%
o Group
programming project will be carried out throughout the term.
o Project
consists of four scrum sprint each of which is two weeks.
Class
Schedules
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Dates
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Topics |
Readings |
Dues |
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Week 1 |
Sep.
28 |
Introduction |
Chapter 1 |
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Sep.
30 |
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Week 2 |
Oct.
5 |
Software Development Processes |
Chapter 2 |
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Oct.
7 |
Group Project Kick Off |
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Week 3 |
Oct.
12 |
User Requirements |
Chapter 3 |
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Oct.
14 |
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Week 4 |
Oct.
17 |
Requirements Analysis |
Chapter 4 |
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Oct.
21 |
Group Project Demo 1 |
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Week 5 |
Oct.
26 |
User
Cases |
Chapter 5 |
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Oct.
28 |
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Week 6 |
Nov.
2 |
Design
and Architecture |
Chapter 6 |
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Nov.
4 |
Group Project Demo 2 Term Project Topic Announcement |
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Week 7 |
Nov.
9 |
Architecture Patterns |
Chapter 7 |
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Nov.
11 |
(No Class) |
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Week 8 |
Nov.
16 |
Static Checking |
Chapter 8 |
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Nov.
18 |
Group Project Demo 3 |
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Week 9 |
Nov.
23 |
Testing |
Chapter 9 |
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Nov.
25 |
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Week 10 |
Nov.
30 |
Quality
Metrics |
Chapter 10 |
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Dec.
2 |
Group Project Demo 4 Term Project Due |
(This
schedule is subject to changes according to the need of the class. All
suggested readings are from the recommended textbook, Software Engineering: Basic Principles and Best Practices by Ravi
Sethi)
Academic
Integrity
§ Academic
misconducts will be handled according to the rules of the Department of
Computer Science, Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science, and
Portland State University.