Preamble This is a research oriented, PG course (M Tech CS students at IIITDM Jabalpur) that will focus on the state of the art in applying quantitative assessment methods in various areas of Software Engineering. The basic objectives of this course are –To understand the nature and the types of assessment in Software Engineering –To be able to conceptualize, design, execute, and report SE investigations –To be able to understand and evaluate the research work of others –To ensure good technical writing and presentation skills –To write research papers/articles (Publications!) Course Contents In this course, we cover
References 1.Basics of Software Engineering Experimentation, Natalia Juristo and Ana M. Moreno, Kluwer, 2001. 2. Guide to Advanced Empirical Software Engineering, Forest Shull, Janice Singer, and Dag I.K. Sjøberg, Springer 2008 3. Statistical Design and Analysis of Experiments With Applications to Engineering and Science, Robert L. Mason, Second Edition, Wiley InterScience.[Good for Data Analysis and Hypothesis Testing] 3. My handouts 4. Reading references on the Internet Additional Readings 1. Zelkowitz, M. V. and Wallace, D. R. 1998. Experimental Models for Validating Technology. Computer 31, 5 (May. 1998), pp. 23-31. One update is here. 2. Boehm, B. W., Brown, J. R., and Lipow, M. 1976. Quantitative evaluation of software quality. In Proceedings of the 2nd ICSE, IEEE Computer Society Press, pp.592-605. Web Resources on Video tutorial on Hypothesis Testing video-1 Other Course sites on Empirical Software Engineering or Similar Courses
Meeting Time Term Paper Term Paper Instructions Term Paper Abstracts (with comments) Assignments Assignment #1: Due date September 25, 2009 Assignmnet #2: Dates 31st October, 2009 and 7th November, 2009. See instructions here Mid-Semester Exam Overall Internal Evaluation 20% Assignments 40% Semester Exam 40% Term Papers and Seminar There will be bonus marks (max 10%) for undertaking additional work on course objectives. Announcements 1. [18.09.2009] Assignment #1 is uploaded, Submit it on or before September 25, 2009 at 12 pm (midnight). 2. [18.09.2009] Give the name of groups (two students per group), the topic of the term papers, and abstract (150-200 words) latest by September 25, 2009. 3. [20.09.2009] A google group to get general information/discussions/clarifications for QMSE has been formed [google group id as QMSE_IIITDM. All students should join this group. 4. [22.10.2009] Assignment #2 is on. See the instructions here. 5. [30.10.2009] Term paper presentations are scheduled on 7th November. 6. [24.11.2009] End-Semester Exam - It will be a test of what we have covered in the course.It will be of 2 hours where you will be doing about 5 questions. The nature of the paper would be mostly analytical. |