Editing Software Engineering (Fall 2025) (section)

== Sprint Prep ==

=== September 25 (Thursday): Introduction to the Course, Software Engineering, and SDLC ===

'''Before Class'''
* Watch the 'Introduction to CSS 360' video.
* Read over the syllabus (this document!) and be ready to ask questions.

'''In-class Goals'''
* Review class structure and plan for the quarter
* Dive in on content: what is software engineering? What is the software development life cycle?
* Start the class checklist

'''Optional Materials'''
* ''Interested in how this broad idea of a Software Development Lifecycle then gets used to advance our thinking via research? Check out this poster example using a generic SDLC customized for research software as a way to organize our thinking about how to develop software for research:'' Yehudi Y, Cashman M, Felderer M, Goedicke M, Hasselbring W, Katz DS, et al. Towards Defining Lifecycles and Categories of Research Software. deRSE25 Conference Proceedings. 2025;doi:10.5281/zenodo.15002661. [https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/60845/| Poster Link]
* ''Interested in how security gets integrated with the Software Development Lifecycle?'' Read: A. Wee, A. Kudriavtseva and O. Gadyatskaya, "“Have Heard of it”: A Study with Practitioners on Adoption of Secure Software Development Frameworks," 2024 IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy Workshops (EuroS&PW), Vienna, Austria, 2024, pp. 626-633, doi: 10.1109/EuroSPW61312.2024.00076. [https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10628637| Paper Link]

=== September 29 (Monday): DUE: Class Checklist ===

'''Required Task:''' Complete the class setup checklist. This will take as much as 90 minutes (and includes a tutorial on JavaScript) so please plan in advance.

As with most other assignments, you must complete this task by 11:59pm Seattle time.

=== September 30 (Tuesday): Organizing Patterns: Agile, Waterfall, and All That ===


'''Before Class:'''
* Read the Reading Note
* Watch the lecture video Organizing Patterns: Agile, Waterfall, and All That [45min]
* Read [https://www.agilealliance.org/agile101/the-agile-manifesto/| the Agile Manifesto] and [https://www.agilealliance.org/agile101/12-principles-behind-the-agile-manifesto/| the 12 Principles].
* Read [https://orbiscascade-washington.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01ALLIANCE_UW/1juclfo/alma99162156685801452| Chapter 1 from The Mythical Man Month]
<!-- * Watch the quick how-to guide to reading research papers
* Read the case study on Mjølner Informatics: John Stouby Persson, Anders Bruun, Marta Kristín Lárusdóttir, Peter Axel Nielsen,
Agile software development and UX design: A case study of integration by mutual adjustment,
Information and Software Technology, Volume 152, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infsof.2022.107059.
(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0950584922001690) -->

'''In-class Goals'''
* Class Discussion (see reading note)
* Group Discussion - Scenario matching (see reading note)
* Groups assigned and announced.
* Your first sprint planning meeting!

'''Optional Materials'''
* ''Interested in even more specifics about Agile and the methodology?'' IBM offers a Coursera Course on this topic called '''Introduction to Agile Development and Scrum'''.
* ''Interested in Conway's Law?'' [https://martinfowler.com/bliki/ConwaysLaw.html| Check out this blog post from Martin Fowler]