Schedule
The first part of the course will be more lecture based, establishing some foundations in the topics taught and explored in this course. The second part of the course will be workshop based, with guest speakers and ample activities to drill into specific topics more deeply. The workshops will be on the following topics:
- code assessment techniques,
- knowledge sharing and collaboration,
- continuous software engineering,
- diversity and inclusion in software engineering,
- software engineering productivity,
- and ethics and reliability of empirical research in software engineering.
| Date | Meeting Topic and Materials | Guests | Deliverable | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11/09/2020 | Course Introduction and History of Software Engineering | None. | Introductions/Activity |
| 2 | 18/09/2020 | Introduction to Empirical Software Engineering, Beliefs and Evidence, and Design Science | Group Activity | |
| 3 | 25/09/2020 | Research Methods for SE | Group Activity | |
| 4 | 02/10/2020 | Theories, Theoretical Frameworks and Conceptual Frameworks in Software Engineering Research | Group Activity | |
| 5 | 09/10/2020 | Literature reviews for Software Engineering Research, Work on Project #1 | None. | Project #1 started |
| 6 | 16/10/2020 | Workshop #1: Continuous Software Engineering | Blogpost #1 | |
| 7 | 23/10/2020 | Workshop #2: Code Review and Assessment | Blogpost #2 | |
| 8 | 30/10/2020 | Workshop #3: Diversity and Inclusion in Software Engineering | Blogpost #3 | |
| 9 | 06/11/2020 | Alignment for Project #1 | None. | Project #1 due |
| 10 | 13/11/2020 | Workshop #4: Collaboration, Communication and Knowledge Flow in Software Engineering | Blogpost #4 | |
| 11 | 20/11/2020 | Workshop #5: Developer and Team Productivity | Blogpost #5 | |
| 12 | 27/11/2020 | Workshop #6: Bridging Gaps | Blogpost #6 | |
| 13 | 04/12/2020 | Project #2 presentations | None. | Project #2: videos due |
| 14 | 11/12/2020 | No class | None. | Project #2: final reports due |