Deadline: Thursday, April 30, 2:00 pm

Write a paper according to the following outline:

• Summarize what you have learned this semester about:
  • Creating reliable software
  • Programming in a team
  • Specifying software behavior
  • Software validation and verification
  Be sure to support your assertions with concrete arguments based on several examples from your experiences this semester.
• Select and read a book about a software engineering topic. Email me the title of your selection by March 6, 2009.
• Write a review of the book. In your review, address the following:
  • What software engineering problem does the topic of this book address?
  • What argument does the book present that the application of its ideas solves that problem? What is the evidence that supports this argument?
  • How persuasive is this argument to you? Analyze and describe the strengths and weaknesses of the argument.
• How would the application of the ideas from the book have affected the software development experiences you described in the first part of this paper? Give a detailed analysis.

Your paper will be due at the start of the final exam period for the course. During the final exam period, you will give an oral presentation of what you have learned in writing this paper. This oral presentation will be about 10 minutes in length.

There is no explicit minimum or maximum page count. I expect a good paper to be about 10-15 pages in length.