A course on software engineering techniques

ABSTRACT

This is a report on a course entitled, “Software Engineering Methods”, which I have taught to undergraduate students at the Carnegie-Mellon University twice during the 1970-71 academic year. The course is “project oriented” and aims to educate by providing experience in the use of the techniques taught.

REFERENCES

• 1: Strauss, J. C., D. L. Parnas, R. Snelsire, Y. Wallach, A Design-Emphasis Problem Solving Experience, Electrical Engineering Department, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pa.
• 2: Parnas, D. L., "On the Use of the Computer in Engineering Education Without a Programming Prerequisite", Journal of Engineering Education, April 1966.
• 3: Parnas, D. L., "Sample Man Machine Interface Specification-A Graphics Based Line Editor", presented at NATO Advanced Study Institute on Man Machine Interaction Using Graphics, held at the IMD, University of Erlangen, Erlangen, West Germany, April 1971. To be published in the Proceedings of that meeting.
• 4: Parnas, D. L., "Information Distribution Aspects of Design Methodology", Proceedings of IFIP Congress 1971.
• 5: D. L. Parnas, On the criteria to be used in decomposing systems into modules, Communications of the ACM, v.15 n.12, p.1053-1058, Dec. 1972 [doi>10.1145/361598.361623]
• 6: D. L. Parnas, A technique for software module specification with examples, Communications of the ACM, v.15 n.5, p.330-336, May 1972 [doi>10.1145/355602.361309]
• 7: Wulf, W. A., "Programming Without the Goto", Proceedings of the IFIP Congress 1971.
• 8: Dijkstra, E. W., Notes on Structured Programming, Report of the Technical University of Eindhoven.
• 9: Dijkstra, E. W., "Structured Programming", in Software Engineering Techniques, edited by Buxton and Randell (available from NATO, Brussels).
• 10: Dijkstra, E. W., "A Constructive Approach to the Problem of Program Correctness", BIT 8 (1968), 174-186.
• 11: Parnas, D. L., "The Application of Modelling to System Development and Design" (invited paper), International Computing Symposium, ACM European Chapters, May 1970, vol. IV, 137-147.
• 12: Galler , Perlis, A View of Programming Languages (Addison-Wesley Series in Computer Science and Information Pr), Addison-Wesley Longman Publishing Co., Inc., Boston, MA, 1976
• 13: Donald E. Knuth, The art of computer programming, volume 1 (3rd ed.): fundamental algorithms, Addison Wesley Longman Publishing Co., Inc., Redwood City, CA, 1997
• 14: David L. Parnas, On the use of transition diagrams in the design of a user interface for an interactive computer system, Proceedings of the 1969 24th national conference, p.379-385, August 26-28, 1969 [doi>10.1145/800195.805945]

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  K. Computing Milieux
  K.3 COMPUTERS AND EDUCATION
      K.3.2 Computer and Information Science Education
          Subjects: Curriculum

Additional Classification:
  D. Software
  D.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

General Terms:
Theory