Software Project

Course name: Software Project
Course number: XYZ
Knowledge area: Software Development Fundamentals, Software Engineering

Administrative details

Faculty: Computer Science and Engineering
Year of instruction: 2nd year of BS
Semester of instruction: 2nd semester
No. of Credits: 4 ECTS
Total workload on average: 144 hours overall
Frontal lecture hours: 2 per week
Frontal tutorial hours: 2 per week
Lab hours: 2 per week
Individual lab hours: 0
Frequency: weekly throughout the semester
Grading mode: letters: A, B, C, D

Prerequisites

Discrete Math/Logic
Introduction to Programming I
Introduction to Programming II

Course outline

Scientific foundations for Software Engineering depend on the adequate use of methodologies, techniques, tools, and abstractions for developing software. This course explores fundamental techniques for producing, deploying and analysing software systems. It includes three components:

Software architecture in the strict sense: designing modular structures for reliability, extendibility and reusability. Software architectures address the overall organization of software systems and the techniques that make the development of large systems possible. Not all programming techniques that work on small programs scale-up; this course explores some that do.
Non-programming, non-design aspects of software engineering, such as lifecycle models, and quality assurance (including testing and other verification methods).
A strong practical content in the form of collaborative projects that applies the techniques discussed.

Expected learning outcomes

To be effective software engineers.
To manage complexity in large software systems.
To design, implement, verify and maintain efficient systems.
To work in a development team.

Expected acquired core competences

Requirements engineering
Software construction
Software design
Software engineering
Software evolution
Software verification and validation
System modeling

Textbook

Pressman Pressman & Maxim, 8th Edition (7th and 9th are probably acceptable)

Reference material

Lifecycle Processes - Choose Your Weapon Wisely (Just enough Chapter 1 and 2)
BuschPat ch2
Fowler ch 3 (if you need it), 4,7,8,14
Liu & Yu - From Requirements to Architecture
Hofmeister et al - General Model for Architecture
Software Architecture in Practice, Bass et al
Documenting Architecture Structures - Views and Beyond, Clements et al
SOLID - Bob Martin

Required computer resources

Student should have laptops with either Microsoft Windows or Linux or MacOS operating systems installed. There are no special configuration requirements for laptops.

Evaluation

Homework assignments (20%)
Midterm exam (25%)
Final exam (25%).
Project (30% = 10% + 10% + 10%)

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