Option A: Critical Analysis
Review the software measurement and SQE
practice in your company
or your former company,
and write a short essay to summarize the current/previous practice,
analyze its strength and weakness areas,
and discuss possible improvements based on overview of
Measurement/SQE activities we discussed in class so far.
You should focus on the description of
the measurement activities and related metrics and analyses used
and the followup actions (if any) carried out,
and your critique (critical analysis and suggested improvements),
not just general software process or management issues.
(This is probably more appropriate for software professionals.
However, if you don't feel comfortable discussing the practices
at your company, you may choose the second option below.)
Option B:
If you do not have too much to report in the "practice" part,
or if you don't feel comfortable discussing the Measurement/SQE practice at
your current/former company due to whatever reasons,
you can select a chapter/paper from our online reading list for topic 1 of
our CSE 8314,
or related papers or book chapters on similar topics,
and write a summary of the chapter/paper.
(This is probably more appropriate for full-time students.
Please make sure it is your own summary, based on your understanding
of the subject after reading/studying, not something directly
from the original source you have just studied.)