[CS656] Software Engineering Economics

Spring 2016

Objective: As software size is getting bigger and more complex, it is very hard to lead software projects successful. During the course of software development, project managers need to solve various problems related to people, economic values, and software techniques. The primary objectives of this course are to enable the students to understand the fundamental principles underlying software management and economics; to analyze management situations via case studies; to analyze software cost/schedule tradeoff issues via software cost estimation tools and microeconomic techniques; and to apply the principles and techniques to practical situations.

• Prerequisites: None
• Class Hours: MON & WED 13:00PM – 14:15PM
• Room: E3-1, Lecture Room 3445
• Text Book: Rick Selby, Software Engineering, Wiley, 2007, ISBN 978-0-470-14873-0
• References:
  • Boehm, Software Engineering Economics, Prentice Hall, 1981.
  • Boehm et al., Software Cost Estimation with COCOMO II, Prentice Hall,  2000.
  • Stefan Biffl et. al,  Value-Based Software Engineering, Springer, 2006
  • Reifer, Don. Making the Software Business Case: Improvement by the Numbers , Addison Wesley, 2001.
  • Royce, Walkers. Software Project Management, Addison Wesley, 1998.
  • Reifer, Don. Software Management, 6th ed., IEEE-CS Press, 2002.
• Class homepage: http://spiral.kaist.ac.kr/wp/2016springcs656/

• Instructor: Jongmoon Baik
  • Office: ITC Building (N1), Room 502
  • Phone: 042-350-3556
  • Email: jbaik@kaist.ac.kr
  • Office Hours: MON & WED: 10:30-12:00PM

   

• Teaching Assistant: Duksan Ryu
  • Phone: 042-350-7756/010-5690-1379
  • Email: dsryu@kaist.ac.kr
  • Office Hours: N1, Room 525, TUE & THU: 15:00-16:30

   

• Grading Policy:
  • Midterm Exam (20%)
  • Assignments (40%)
  • Term Paper (30%)
  • Attendance and Participation (10%)

   

• Assignments:
  • Each assignment is due by the beginning of class on the date due
  • Submit the homework report to the TA electronically and CC it to the instructor
  • Submit a hard copy of the homework report at the class
  • Put your name and ID to reports
  • Please do not add a cover page to your homework reports

   

• Course Policies:
  • Academic Dishonesty: Plagiarism is serious offense and may be punished by failure in course and or expulsion from the University
  • Attendance: Students who fail to attend more than 15% of the classes without proper notice will get the ‘F’ grade