CS 5500 Managing Software Development

Class Schedule

Week ofTopicDeliverables
Jan 11
  1. Syllabus Discussion
  2. Introduction
  3. Confluence Overview
    1. 2 min overview on Atlassian
    2. 40 min introduction to confluence
  1. Professor announces team assignments
  2. Teams submit project preferences during class
  3. Professor announces project assignments on Thursday
Jan 18
  1. Intellectual Property Rights
  2. The Software Development Lifecycle
  3. Jira Overview
    1. 40 min introduction to Jira
    2. 30 min overview on how confluence and jira integrate
  1. Have met with the client with meeting minutes in confluence
  2. Team assignment: one (1) page (min) project description in confluence submitted by team (DUE THURSDAY @ 6PM)
  3. Create spaces for the project and for the team. Enable your client(s) access to an appropriate space within your team’s confluence spaces.
  4. Personal assignment (Turn in via Blackboard): assessment of team skills and experience and identification potential gaps/concerns (1 page). DUE THURSDAY @ 6PM
  5. TA review session on description
  6. Required reading: agile manifesto and principles
  7. Have completed team-mates dry run
Background suggested reading:
  1. Sommerville Chapters 2 and 3
  2. Mythical Man Month
Jan 25
  1. Requirements
  2. Intellectual Property Rights
    1. Copyright basics
    2. How to register a copyright
    3. Patent protections
    4. Works done for hire
  1. Team Assignment: a feasibility study for your project in confluence (due SoC). See http://ccs.neu.edu/course/cs5500sp16/feasibility study.pdf for guidelines.
  2. TA review session on feasibility study
  3. Personal assignment (Turn in via Blackboard by SoC): if you were the decision maker, would you support the project moving forward? Support your decision.
  4. Complete team-mates assessment (due SoC)
Background suggested reading
  1. Sommerville Ch. 4