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On to Outline 02 - An Introduction to Software Engineering and SaaS.

Summary

We consider the purpose and structure of the course.

Related Pages

• Course home page

Overview

• What is this course?
• Course goals.
• Why this course?
• Course structure.
• Work time.

Administrivia

• I'll take attendance for the first few days to make sure that I know everyone's name.

What is this course?

Broad-based overview of software engineering, with a focus on Agile methodologies.

Course goals

From your perspective, what is "the subject matter of this course"? That is, what do you expect to see covered in the course?

• Write down five things.
• Share with a partner.
• Then share with the larger class.

Why this course?

Why are you taking this course? (If your answer is "Because I have to", think about why we offer this course.)

Course structure

• Read the syllabus.
• Do you see everything you expect to learn? What's left out?
• What surprises you about the syllabus?
• What questions do you have?

Work time

• Sign up for the various services. (See email.)
• Take Quiz 0 on the SPOC. It's okay if you know none of the things listed. (I knew very few a year ago.)
• Start learning Ruby.