Announcements from the Instructor

• July 16th, 1998: Final Exam.
  1. It is an open textbook, open notes exam. You will need access to a copy of the textbook to answer some of the questions.
  2. The syllabus is comprehensive. However the focus would be on post-Homework-2 material, i.e. OO Analysis, Design, Implementation, Integration, Maintenance. There may questions relating to Y2K and Component technology based on the material in the textbook.
  3. The exam. will emphasize problem solving. However there may be a few discussion type questions (e.g. compare and constrast.)
  4. Please do look at the sample exam. referred to in the annoucements for July 7th. These have nice questions on Glass-box and Black box testing.
• July 7th, 1998: More on Testing
  1. Web.-based Sample Exams. for Software Engineering has good examples on blackbox and glassbox testing. Both problems and solutions are provided. See Blackbox testing examples: Q5/Test C, Q5/Test D. See Glassbox testing examples: Q7/Test B, Q6-11/Test C, Q6-11/Test D.
  2. Lecture notes using a different textbook
• July 7th, 1998: Announcements on Home Work 3.
  1. Omit Ex. 11.15 and Q1. from Sample Final.
  2. In Ex. 9.1, draw dynamic model (state transition diagram) for only 3 classes - elevator, elevator-door, and request, since the dynamic model for other classes are given in the book.
  3. Ex. 9.2 : O. O. Analysis consists of 3 diagrams (class, dynamic model, functional model), data dictionary and a short narrative text.
• June 22nd, 1998:
  1. Homework 2 modified. Do not submit 8.16. Please do recall that Ex. 3.5 and 3.6 are part of HW#2 as announced before.
  2. Lecture notes for Chapter 7 and 8 are on the web. These are accessible from the schedule for lectures. Click on lecture topic for June 16th to view it.
  3. Graded Homework 1 were returned in class on Tuesday.
• June 16th, 1998:
  1. Homework 1 reduced: Ex. 3.5, 3.6 are moved to Homework 2 as we did not complete chapter 3 today.
  2. Lecture notes for Chapter 1, 2 and 3 are on the web. These are accessible from the schedule for lectures. Click on lecture topic for June 16th to view it.
  3. Year 2000 problem web-sites:
     • A simple introduction from ACM Communications (Jan. 1997).
     • Overviews from MITRE and from a U. S. Senate committee site.
     • "FAQ".
     • http://www.year2000.com.
     • http://www.ispo.cec.be/y2keuro/year2000.htm.
     • Representative collection of links at http://www.excite.com/computers_and_internet/computer_science/year_2000/, http://www.umn.edu/oit/year2000/reference.html.
     • Testing: Foundation 2000
     • Project Plans: UofM, MIT