W06 SENG 411 Mini Assignments
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Mini Assignment Number 1
Due Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Worth: 1%
Read the following paper: The New Methodology (http://www.martinfowler.com/articles/newMethodology.html)
Write two or three paragraphs which highlight the key points of this paper. Email your discussion to your instructor (schock@cpsc.ucalgary.ca) on or before Wednesday, January 18, 2006. Be sure to include the text "SENG 411" in the subject of the email you send. Entries sent to your instructor may be anonymized and used as part of the lecture on Thursday, January 19, 2006.
Mini Assignment Number 2
Due Wednesday, Feb 8, 2005
Worth: 1%
Read chapter 7 (Critical Chain Scheduling and the Theory of Constraints) in Death March. Write two or three paragraphs which highlight the key points of the chapter. Relate what is said in chapter 7 to the lecture materials coved in lecture on Tuesday, Feb 7, 2006. Email your discussion ot your instructor (schock@cpsc.ucalgary.ca) on or before Wednesday, February 8, 11:59pm. Be sure to include the text SENG 411 in the subject.
Mini Assignment Number 3
Due Wednesday, Mar 29, 2005
Worth: 1%
Describe the most important things that you learned by watching other groups presentations in two paragraphs or less. Here are some possible questions you may wish to answer in your write-up: Did other groups experience things which your group did not? Did other groups experience the same things your group did? Did other groups experiences validate components of the course material?
Email your discussion ot your instructor (schock@cpsc.ucalgary.ca) on or before Wednesday, March 29, 11:59pm. Be sure to include the text SENG 411 in the subject.
Mini Assignment Number 4
Due Wednesday, April 12, 2005
Worth: 2%
Look at mini-assignment #4 for SENG 311. They are required to read a couple of articles about Sony's copy protection scheme and comment on the ethics of Sony's actions. Similarly, they are required to assess the arguments made on both sides of the story. For this assignment, you are required to find a situation in the news which is related to IT which has ethical ramifications. Comment on the ethics based on the various codes of ethics discussed in class. Also, highlight any fallacies which can be found in the arguments presented.
Ethical codes can be accessed through the following links:
CIPS Code of Ethics and Standards of Conduct (http://www.cips.ca/about/ethics/english/ethics.pdf)
IEEE Code of Ethics (http://www.ieee.org/portal/site/mainsite/menuitem.818c0c39e85ef176fb2275875bac26c8/index.jsp?&pName=corp_level1&path=about/whatis&file=code.xml&xsl=generic.xsl)
ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct (http://www.acm.org/constitution/code.html)
SENG 311 notes about logical arguments can be found here:
Email your write-up to your instructor (schock@cpsc.ucalgary.ca) by Wednesday, April 12, 11:59pm. Be sure to include the text SENG411 in the subject.
