Here is an approximate schedule of topics as covered in CS446 [CS646] in Fall 1998.
WK TUESDAY PROJECT/TEST TOPIC
1 Sep 15 Intro, background, overview, administration
Basic definitions
2 Sep 22 Software architecture [Mancoridis slides]
3 Sep 29 Choose teams Software architecture
4 Oct 6 Software architecure (finished)
Reference architectures: Open GL,
7-level OSI
5 Oct 13 1.Archit. (Th'giving 12 Oct, Holt gone 13 Oct)
Theory of structures: Tarski algebra
6 Oct 20 Permission rules, visibility, scope
7 Oct 27 2.Det. Design Parnas info hiding
Software for disk drive as e.g. architecture
8 Nov 3 Midterm Design patterns [Mancoridis slides], Midterm review
9 Nov 10 Design patterns
10 Nov 17 End of design patterns, PBS review,
NT as example architecture
SAAM: Architecture evaluation [Kazman paper]
11 Nov 24 3.Implement. Grad student presentation of papers
Architectural views, software buses,
cooperative computing
[Kruchten, CORBA, Brodie papers]
12 Dec 1 Review
13 Dec 7 4.Des extract.