CA447 Software Process Improvement

Welcome to the CA447 Software Process Improvement website

About CA447

The goal of this module is to provide a broad systematic study of the software development process with an emphasis on the intrinsic link between the quality of a software product and the quality of the process used to develop it.

It is currently available to EC4, CAIS4 and CASE4 students

Timetable

Lectures will be Monday's 2-4pm in X130

Appointments

I keep regular office hours in the university. Students do not need an appointment, however if you wish to guarantee a day/time to meet me then it is advisable to email me to make an appointment.

Modules News

Module updates and announcements will appear in the table below, as will the most recent additions to the website. Please check back regularly.

Date Item
25 January  Module website created, so everything is new
6 February Case study for week 3 uploaded
28 February Extract of slides from today's lecture added
27 February Specific chapters of Zahran's book listed for weekly reading
5 March Updated [new] SPICE lecture slides
9 March Full set of slides added for Monday's lecture
16 March Assessment 2 details added
21 March Schedule update for Easter week arrangements
26 March Asessment 1 added
Slides and ETVX handout for ISO/IEC 12207 lecture added
16 April Agile slides added