Software Development: Concepts and Methods
BSc (Part Time)
Work Schedule
Autumn 2002
Week
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Topic
Introduction
Context of Software Engineering
The software development lifecycle
Software quality.
Software Maintenance
The maintenance problem
Types of maintenance
Lehman’s laws
Legacy systems
Software measures
Reverse Engineering
Configuration Management
Traceability
Requirements Engineering
What is Requirements Engineering
The Requirements Engineering Process
Expressing Software Requirements (The Software Requirements
Specification)
Characteristics and qualities of a software requirements specification
The IEEE Standard for Specifying Requirements
work on assignment 1(no lecture)
Securing an accurate SRS - Prototyping
Recap on the problem
Introduce prototyping and rapid application development
Types of prototyping: Evolutionary + Throwaway
Where does prototyping fit into the software development lifecycle
An Introduction to Prototype Implementation
Prototyping/RAD with Visual Basic
Characteristics of VB as a prototyping tool
Working with Visual Basic (tutor led workshop)
work on assignment 2 (tutor led workshop)
Introducing Design
Modular design and design principles
Coupling and cohesion
Module Design Specification
Documenting designs
Characteristics of a good design document
Textual notations
Diagrammatic notations
Introducing UML
Design exercises
Revision
PT Software Development - Schedule
Babak Khazaei
Assessment
Hand out
Assignment
1(individual)
Hand in
Assignment 1
+Hand Out
Assignment
2(group)
Demo
Assignment 2
Handin
Assignment 2
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Revised Work Schedule
1. Intr. S.E. and life cycle (as before) Pfleeger relevant chapters: 1 &2 + Lucy's notes
2. Maintenance + Reverse Engineering (as before), Pfleeger chapter 11+ Lucy's notes+ Relevant reading material
3. Intro to design. (Pfleeger chapter 5+ slides)
4. OO modelling (Pfleeger chapter 6+slides)
5. work on assignment ( as before)
6. R.E. & SRS (Pfleeger chapter 4+ slides+ IEEE standards+ SRS example)
7. Prototyping (Pfleeger chapter 4+ slides)
8. work on VB and assignment 2 (as before)
9. work on assignment 2
10. software measurements + demo on assignment 2 (slides + Pfleeger chapter 6)
11. tutorial on measurement + revision for the exam +handing in of assignment2
12. Reading week
(any questions by email will be answered on the 10th of Jan)
PT Software Development - Schedule
Babak Khazaei
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