1. Course Overview
CSE 8340 Advanced Software Engineering Topics: Software Engineering Economics & Processes
Spring 2019
Dr. LiGuo Huang
Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering
Southern Methodist University

2. Course Contacts Instructor:
Dr. LiGuo Huang, Caruth Hall 421, (214) ;
lghuang AT smu DOT edu
Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 10:00-11:00am
Grader:
Qiao Zhang,
Office hours: by appointment ( or online chat)
Remote student contact:
Lyle Distance Team
Web page:

3. Textbooks
Required: Barry Boehm et al., Software Cost Estimation with COCOMO II, Prentice Hall, ISBN-10: ISBN-13: (COCOMO II)
Required: Boehm and Turner, Balancing Agility and Discipline, Addison Wesley, ISBN (BA&D)
Recommended: Barry Boehm, Jo Ann Lane, Supannika Koolmanojwong, Richard Turner, The Incremental Commitment Spiral Model, Addison-Wesley, 1st edition, June 13, 2014, ISBN-13:  , ISBN-10:  (ICSM)
Reference: Richard W. Selby, Software Engineering: Barry W. Boehm's Lifetime Contributions to Software Development, Management, and Research, Wiley, ISBN-10: X; ISBN-13: (BB)
Reference: Barry Boehm, Software Engineering Economics, Prentice Hall,1981. ISBN (SEE)
Reference: Stefan Biffl et al., Value-Based Software Engineering, Springer, ISBN-10: , ISBN-13: (VBSE)
Reference: Don Reifer, Making the Software Business Case: Improvement by the Numbers, Addison Wesley, (SBC)

4. Where to Locate Course Materials
Course announcements, syllabus, schedule, lecture slides, readings and tools will be posted on the course website
Homework assignments will be posted on the course website with due dates
Term paper guidelines will be posted on the course website with due dates
Exams will be in class

5. Basis of Grades (Tentative)
Homework (35%)
Term Paper Outline (2%)
Term Paper and Presentation (18%)
Exam 1 (20%)
Exam 2 (25%): Comprehensive Exam

6. Course Final Grade
Grades for all course assignments (i.e., homework, paper, exams) will be posted on Canvas.
Final letter grades will be assigned based on the Curve (Grade Distribution) of the entire class but not the absolute grade cutoff
Final letter grades will be posted on my.smu

7. Course Workload 4~5 Homework Term Paper
Individual
On-campus and off-campus students share the same deadlines
Term paper outline
Full term paper and presentation
Questionnaire & Academic Integrity Agreement
Fill in, sign and submit!

8. Assignment Submission
Please put your Name, SMU ID, On Campus or Off Campus, on your title page. All course assignments (i.e., homework, project) shall be submitted through the submission link on Canvas by the specified due date. No submission will be accepted!

9. Late submission policy
Strictly enforced !
All course assignments will be due on the Canvas 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 both the professor and grader 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.

10. Academic Integrity
Students must work independently on all individual assignments; collaborating on individual assignments is considered cheating and will be penalized accordingly. All SMU students are responsible for reading and following the SMU Student Honor Code., which prohibits plagiarism of any kind. Some examples of behavior that is not allowed are: copying all or part of someone else's work (by hand or by looking at others' files, either secretly or if shown), and submitting it as your own; giving another student a copy of your assignment solution; consulting with another student during an exam; and copying text from published literature without proper attribution. If you have questions about what is allowed, please discuss it with the instructor.
Students who violate University standards of academic integrity are subject to disciplinary sanctions, including failure in the course and suspension from the University. Since dishonesty in any form harms the individual, other students, and the University, policies on academic integrity have been and will be strictly enforced.

11. Academic Integrity Acknowledgement We are Serious About Plagiarism
What is Plagiarism?
Using other people’s work without crediting them
Homework, exams, class exercises, individual assignments …
Minor first offense: You lose one grade level
E.g., B instead of A
Major first offense or second offense: F for the course
©SMU-CSE

12. Other 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 “Religious Holidays” under University Policy No. 7.22)
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. (See University Undergraduate Catalogue)