1. Software Requirements
Southern Methodist University
CSE 5316/7316

2. Course Overview

3. Course Information Instructor: Dr. LiGuo Huang
Office hours: MW 10:00 -11:00am, Caruth 421
Phone: (214)
lghuang AT smu DOT edu
Course web site:
Grader: Isaac Chow (Homework and Exams);
Office Hours: by appointment (only if the problem cannot be resolved by or online chat)

4. Text books
Software Requirements: Styles and Techniques, Addison-Wesley Professional; 1st edition, ISBN:

5. Text book
Requirements Engineering: From System Goals to UML Models to Software Specifications, Axel van Lamsweerde, Wiley (March 3, 2009)
ISBN-10: ; ISBN-13:

6. Grading
Student Evaluation; The course grade will be computed as follows:
Homework %
Research Paper Study and Presentation 15%
Term Paper and Presentation %
Exam %
Exam %

7. Course Materials
Course announcements, syllabus, schedule, lecture slides and readings will be posted on the course website
Homework assignments, project description, paper study guideline will be posted on Canvas with due dates
Exams will be in-class

8. Course goals
Provide pragmatic team skills to help you and your team perform effective requirements management
Understand user and stakeholder needs
Define a system based on those needs
Manage scope of software intensive system
Refine the system definition
Build the right system

9. What the course is not This is not a UML course
This is not a coding/implementation course
This is not an OO course
This is not a requirements tools course

10. Testing style Competence Test question cues Knowledge List, describe
Comprehension
Summarize, discuss, describe
Evaluation
Explain, compare
Analysis
Analyze, explain, compare

11. Late submission policy
Strictly enforced !
All course assignments will be due on the Blackboard at 11:59pm on the indicated due dates, unless otherwise noted. Late homework will receive a 25% penalty per day. In case of emergencies, please talk to me to make special arrangements. If you will be out of town for a non-emergency (such as an interview), you should turn in the assignment early, rather than late, to avoid a penalty.

12. University policies
Disability Accommodations: Students needing academic accommodations for a disability must first register with Disability Accommodations & Success Strategies (DASS).  Students can call or visit to begin the process.  Once registered, students should then schedule an appointment with the professor as early in the semester as possible, present a DASS Accommodation Letter, and make appropriate arrangements.  Please note that accommodations are not retroactive and require advance notice to implement.
Religious Observance: Religiously observant students wishing to be absent on holidays that require missing class should notify their professors in writing at the beginning of the semester, and should discuss with them, in advance, acceptable ways of making up any work missed because of the absence. (See University Policy No. 1.9.)
Excused Absences for University Extracurricular Activities: Students participating in an officially sanctioned, scheduled University extracurricular activity should be given the opportunity to make up class assignments or other graded assignments missed as a result of their participation.  It is the responsibility of the student to make arrangements with the instructor prior to any missed scheduled examination or other missed assignment for making up the work. (University Undergraduate Catalogue)