Hi All:

I'll be teaching "Agile and Advanced Software Engineering" in Tyngsboro this
Fall (MET CS 893).  The title has been incorrectly listed for months and the
bureaucracy has still not changed it.  Hence this direct e-mail to my former
students.  Here are the contents.

Contemporary software engineering takes several distinct and rapidly
changing forms.  First, Agile methods are based on the need for flexibility
while applications are being built.  Agile methods constitute a radical
departure from pre-existing methods: They rely on newly developed
technologies such as test-driven development, XUnit, and refactoring.  A
second form is the emergence of open-source development.  This course
teaches the architectural and operational implications of open source
development and explores its relationship with agile methods.  The course
will also discuss aspect-oriented programming, the decomposition of
applications into onshore and offshore components, design for security, and
formal methods.  Laboratory course.

See http://metcs.bu.edu/~ebraude/893/893%20Syllabus.htm for the syllabus.
Please sign up if you are interested.  For those who would like to sign up
but find Tyngsboro too far, a modified distance format may be possible
(contact me at once about this).

Best Wishes,
Eric Braude

-----Original Message-----
From: Hawkins, Arlene [mailto:ahawkins@...]
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 7:49 PM
To: braude@...
Subject: FW: open position - student interest

Hi Eric,

 

Tom Sndyer Productions has an open QA position.  If any of your students are looking for a full-time position and might be intested in this type of work could you give them this link? 

 

http://www.tomsnyder.com/aboutus/work2.asp?div=pd

 

Thanks very much,

 

Arlene Hawkins

 

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From: 773F04@yahoogroups.com [mailto:773F04@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Carl Joeckel
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 4:36 PM
To: 773F04@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [773F04] Agile and Advanced Software Engineering

Hi, Professor.

 

This course sounds excellent - I won't be able to take it this summer, but hopefully at a later date.

 

I actually wanted to point you to an article that just came out in IEEE's Software Engineering magazine (March 2005). There is an interesting in-depth article on the effectiveness of Test Driven Development compared to the "Test Last" approach. They conclude that the TDD approach actually increases productivity, while quality remained about even in both techiques (the opposite from what I would have expected). Worth a read.

 

Hope all is well.

- Carl Joeckel

Eric Braude <braude@...> wrote:

Hello All:

I want to bring to your attention the following course, which I am offering
this summer.

Best,
Eric Braude

Agile and Advanced Software Engineering

Prereq: CS 673 or equivalent. Contemporary software engineering takes
several distinct and rapidly changing forms. First, agile methods are based
on the need for flexibility while applications are being built. Agile
methods constitute a radical departure from pre-existing methods: they rely
on newly developed technologies such as test-driven development, XUnit, and
refactoring. A second form is the emergence of open-source development. This
course teaches the architectural and operational implications of open source
development and explores its relationship with agile methods. The course
will also discuss aspect-oriented programming, the decomposition of
applications into onshore and offshore components, design for security, and
formal methods. Laboratory course.

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-----Original Message-----
From: 773F04@yahoogroups.com [mailto:773F04@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Carl Joeckel
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 4:36 PM
To: 773F04@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [773F04] Agile and Advanced Software Engineering

Hi, Professor.

 

This course sounds excellent - I won't be able to take it this summer, but hopefully at a later date.

 

I actually wanted to point you to an article that just came out in IEEE's Software Engineering magazine (March 2005). There is an interesting in-depth article on the effectiveness of Test Driven Development compared to the "Test Last" approach. They conclude that the TDD approach actually increases productivity, while quality remained about even in both techiques (the opposite from what I would have expected). Worth a read.

 

Hope all is well.

- Carl Joeckel

Eric Braude <braude@...> wrote:

Hello All:

I want to bring to your attention the following course, which I am offering
this summer.

Best,
Eric Braude

Agile and Advanced Software Engineering

Prereq: CS 673 or equivalent. Contemporary software engineering takes
several distinct and rapidly changing forms. First, agile methods are based
on the need for flexibility while applications are being built. Agile
methods constitute a radical departure from pre-existing methods: they rely
on newly developed technologies such as test-driven development, XUnit, and
refactoring. A second form is the emergence of open-source development. This
course teaches the architectural and operational implications of open source
development and explores its relationship with agile methods. The course
will also discuss aspect-oriented programming, the decomposition of
applications into onshore and offshore components, design for security, and
formal methods. Laboratory course.

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Hello All:

I want to bring to your attention the following course, which I am offering
this summer.

Best,
Eric Braude

Agile and Advanced Software Engineering

Prereq: CS 673 or equivalent. Contemporary software engineering takes
several distinct and rapidly changing forms. First, agile methods are based
on the need for flexibility while applications are being built. Agile
methods constitute a radical departure from pre-existing methods: they rely
on newly developed technologies such as test-driven development, XUnit, and
refactoring. A second form is the emergence of open-source development. This
course teaches the architectural and operational implications of open source
development and explores its relationship with agile methods. The course
will also discuss aspect-oriented programming, the decomposition of
applications into onshore and offshore components, design for security, and
formal methods. Laboratory course.

__________________________________________________
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Hello All:

I want to bring to your attention the following course, which I am offering
this summer.

Best,
Eric Braude

Agile and Advanced Software Engineering

Prereq: CS 673 or equivalent. Contemporary software engineering takes
several distinct and rapidly changing forms. First, agile methods are based
on the need for flexibility while applications are being built. Agile
methods constitute a radical departure from pre-existing methods: they rely
on newly developed technologies such as test-driven development, XUnit, and
refactoring. A second form is the emergence of open-source development. This
course teaches the architectural and operational implications of open source
development and explores its relationship with agile methods. The course
will also discuss aspect-oriented programming, the decomposition of
applications into onshore and offshore components, design for security, and
formal methods. Laboratory course.

Hello All:

I submitted your grades electronically to the registrar's office a few
minutes ago so if they are not already available to you, they should be
available soon .

I enjoyed spending the semester with you.  Please stop in to my office or
classroom in the future and say hello.

I will be taking a break from class work for two weeks and I will be
available again on January 4.

Have a great holiday.

	 Eric Braude

-----Original Message-----
From: Kristen Garrison [mailto:kgarriso2005@...]
Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 10:06 AM
To: braude@...
Subject: Re: [773F04] Office hours + Presentations

What do you have in mind for the presentations?  How long should they be?

 

Kristen

Eric Braude <braude@...> wrote:

Hi All:

1. The Starbucks has become extremely busy and I can't get a table as I used
to. As a result, I will hold office hours in our classroom during the hour
preceding class. (I have updated http://metcs.bu.edu/~ebraude/avail.htm to
reflect this.)

2. Presentations on your papers are scheduled for December 13. Since this
does not give much time for discussion, I encourage you to present earlier
if you are ready. If you do, I will note this in my grade book. If your
grade is borderline, this may help.

-- Eric Braude



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Hi All:

1. The Starbucks has become extremely busy and I can't get a table as I used
to.  As a result, I will hold office hours in our classroom during the hour
preceding class.  (I have updated http://metcs.bu.edu/~ebraude/avail.htm to
reflect this.)

2. Presentations on your papers are scheduled for December 13.  Since this
does not give much time for discussion, I encourage you to present earlier
if you are ready.  If you do, I will note this in my grade book.  If your
grade is borderline, this may help.

	 -- Eric Braude

I realize that this isn't really the proper forum for this, but I
happen to have an extra pair of invitations for the Beta version of
Google Mail if anyone is interested.

If anyone would like one, please drop a line. Again, I only have two
left, so it's first come first served.

H All:

I have posted the TDD Security baseline code at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/773F04/files/ -- it's labeled "Security TDD
Baseline Code.ZIP."

	 -- Eric Braude

Hi All:

I have extended the deadline on the TDD homework by a week.

In the paper "A Framework for Visualizing ..." paper that I handed out last
night, please replace step 3 with the following.

3. Form "Expression" by replacing selected constants k in "Postconditions"
with variables kx.

I'll explain this on Monday and move on to post-unit testing.

For the next three days, I will probably be attending a software engineering
conference.

	 Eric Braude

From InformationWeek:
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?
articleID=10100151

Good overview of several vendor approaches to quality - including CA,
MKS & IBM.
It also mentions a new Consortium being established at Carnegie
Mellon to establish industry quality standards.

Hi All:

Another issue raised by one of you is on homework deadlines and the need for
flexibility.  Flexibility is a good thing but deadlines are necessary to be
fair to all.  The syllabus states the following.

"Late homework will not be accepted unless there is a reason why it was
impossible to perform the work in time given work and emergency conditions.
In that case, the written reason should be attached to the homework, which
will be graded on a pass/fail basis if the reason is accepted by me."

I am typically willing to apply this when students encounter unusually high
obligations at work.  I normally ask about the number of hours that you have
had to work.

I hope that this helps.

	 -- Eric Braude

Hi:

I have been reading your feedback and I want to clear up a misunderstanding.
The problem statement or the paper says
"Include at least one running example to illustrate the points involved."

By "running" I did not necessarily mean "executing."  I mean that the
example should (ideally) run throughout the paper.  An executing example is
very nice but not always practical. The example can be a paper example.
(The proposal phase did not mention execution.)

I will remove the word "running" to clarify.

	 -- Eric Braude

Hello All:

A couple of you detected this problem.  I did not post anything called
"important excel document" and my McAffee has not detected anything amiss.
Please let me know if anything else comes up.

	 -- EB

-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew King [mailto:andrew.king@...]
Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2004 12:46 AM
To: braude@...
Subject: [Fwd: ACM Detected Potential Virus]


Hi Eric -

Not sure if this is a false alarm, but wanted to forward this along to
you. It's from the ACM filtering system (which filters all forwarded
mail through my acm.org e-mail account). Just an FYI in any case. Hope
all's well -

Andy

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Dear andrew.king@...,
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	 From: braude@...
	 Subject: [773F04] Re: important excel document
	 Virus: W32/Netsky.p@MM!zip

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Your document is attached.

Hello All:

Since the code inserts did not appear in the notes I handed out on Monday
night, I have posted the notes at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/773F04/files/.

	 -- Eric Braude

Hi Dr. Braude,

Would you prefer that we submit tomorrow's homework assignment
electronically
or as a hard copy?

====

Please submit homework in hard copy unless otherwise stated.  I'll clarify
this on the homework site.

This one is in hard copy.

	 -- Eric Braude

Please note that to change qualities, one has to hit "enter" before
committing with the button.

-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen DePascale [mailto:depass@...]
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 9:12 AM
To: braude@...
Subject: Encounter


Good Morning Prof. Braude-

I have a question regarding the fourth homework assignment:

I have chosen to do the Behavioral Modeling with Directed Graphs, Option X
(Encounter video game). While I probably have it written in my notes
somewhere,
do you know where I could find the executable?

=== It's at
http://he-cda.wiley.com/WileyCDA/HigherEdTitle/productCd-0471322083,courseCd
-CX4100,pageType-sitelist,page-student.html  I will include this with the
problem statement.

(this is the Web site for my Software Engineering book)

If I remember correctly, you mentioned in class it was on the books website,
but I'm either checking in the wrong place or just plain didn't see the
link,
because I wasn't able to locate it.

Thanks for your assistance.

-Steve

Hello All:

I want to remind you that I am available to help with your homework prior to
homework deadlines.  You are welcome to send me material to look at with
focused questions for me.  Also, ask about any homework statements or
evaluation criteria that are not clear to you.

	 -- Eric Braude

There's an interesting article on CNN.com some of you may have seen that I
thought I'd share:

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/biztech/10/05/software.disasters.ap/index.html

Hi All:

In view of the fact that we have no class next week, I have extended the
homework deadlines as shown at
http://metcs.bu.edu/~ebraude/773/773HomeworkAssignments.htm

	 -- Eric Braude

Hello All:

I have changed the location of my Wednesday 4:30-5:45 office hours from SMG
to my office at 808 Comm Ave.  Full details on how to contact me are at
http://metcs.bu.edu/~ebraude/avail.htm.

	 -- Eric Braude

Hi All:

If you are in the market for a job, consider dropping in at the College of
Engineering's job fair (see below).  Take advantage of you status as a BU
student.  Quite a few companies will be represented, and a number of them
are looking for software people.

	 -- Eric Braude


COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Fall 2004 CAREER FAIR
Friday, October 8, 2004
11:00am-4:00pm
Metcalf Hall, 2nd Floor
George Sherman Union

Hi All:

Last week I posted the SQAP that's the basis for homework #2 at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/773F04/files/2H%20SQAP/ I believe that one of
you mentioned in class that it was not visible. Let me know if you are
still having a problem with it.

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Hi All:

Last week I posted the SQAP that's the basis for homework #2 at
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Hi All:

Last week I posted the SQAP that's the basis for homework #2 at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/773F04/files/2H%20SQAP/  I believe that one of
you mentioned in class that it was not visible.  Let me know if you are
still having a problem with it.

	 Eric Braude

Hi Dr. Braude,

I have been searching the web for software quality disasters and I found an
article on eweek.com depicting several different disasters.  Am I limited to
using the ACM's Communications as my source, or can I use an alternate
source such as eweek.com?  I do not have access to the ACM, so I immediately
began looking elsewhere and this article struck me as very informative.

Thanks for you help,

=== This will be fine.  You are not limited at all to ACM publications for
sources.

Hello All:

Two code segments were missing from the notes.  I have included them here.

	 Eric Braude