Software Engineering
Software Engineering
Course Description
This course provides an introduction to the problems of software development and maintenance and the
processes and methods used to address them. All phases in the software development life cycle will be
introduced. The course also deals with software project planning, cost estimation, tracking and control,
staffing, risk management, and software configuration plan.
Covers O-O concepts, tools, development life cycle, problem solving, modeling, analysis, and design,
while utilizing UML (Unified Modeling Language) for O-O modeling. UML has become the standard
notation for modeling O-O systems and is being embraced by major software developers like Microsoft
and Oracle.
Course objectives
Course outline
Chapter 1: Introduction (6 hrs)
1.1. Two Orthogonal view of software.
1.2. Software development process models
1.2.1. Software Process
1.2.2. Software life cycle and process models
1.2.3. Process assessment models
1.2.4. Software process metrics
1.3. Object oriented system development methodology.
1.3.1. Why an object oriented
1.3.2. Overview of the unified approach.
1.3.3. An object oriented philosophy
1.3.4. Basic concepts of an object
1.3.5. Attributes of an object, its state and properties.
Chapter 2: Unified Modeling Language(UML) (8 hours)
2.1. Where Can the UML Be Used
2.2. Building Blocks of the UML.
2.3. Relationships in the UML
2.4. Diagrams in the UML.
2.4.1. Use Case Diagrams
2.4.2. Class Diagrams
2.4.3. Sequence diagrams
2.4.4. State chart diagrams
2.4.5. Activity diagrams
2.4.6. Component diagram
2.4.7. Deployment diagram
2.4.8. Diagram extensions
Chapter 3: Requirements Elicitation (6 hours)
3.1. An overview of requirements elicitation.
3.2. Requirements elicitation concepts
3.2.1. Functional requirements
3.2.2. Nonfunctional and pseudo requirements
3.2.3. Levels of description
3.2.4. Correctness, completeness, consistency, clarity, and realism
3.2.5. Verifiability and traceability
3.3. Requirements elicitation activities.
3.3.1. Identifying actors
3.3.2. Identifying scenarios
3.3.3. Identifying use cases
3.3.4. Refining use cases
3.3.5. Identifying relationships among actors and use cases
3.3.6. Identifying initial analysis objects
3.3.7. Identifying nonfunctional requirements
3.4. Managing requirements elicitation
3.4.1. Eliciting information from users:
3.4.2. Validating requirements: Usability testing
3.4.3. Documenting requirements elicitation
Chapter 4: Software Project management (6 hours)
4.1. Responsibility of Software Project Managers
4.2. Project Planning
4.3. The organization of SPMP document
4.4. Project Size Estimation Metrics
4.5. Project Estimation Techniques
4.6. Scheduling, Organization and Team Structures
4.7. Staffing
4.8. Risk Management
4.9. Quality Assurance
4.10. Project Monitoring Plans
Chapter 5: Analysis (8 hours)
5.1. Analysis Concepts
5.1.1. Entity, Boundary, and Control Objects
5.1.2. Association Multiplicity Revisited
5.1.3. Qualified Associations
5.1.4. Generalization
5.2. Analysis Activities: From Use Cases to Objects
5.2.1. Identifying Entity Objects
5.2.2. Identifying Boundary Objects
5.2.3. Identifying Control Objects
5.2.4. Modeling Interactions between Objects: Sequence Diagrams
5.2.5. Identifying Associations.
5.2.6. Identifying Attributes
5.2.7. Reviewing the Analysis Model
Chapter 6: Object Oriented System Design (8 hours)
6.1. An overview of system design.
6.1.1. System design concepts.
6.1.2. System design activities: From objects to subsystems
6.1.3. Documenting system design
6.1.4. An overview of object design
6.1.5. Object design concepts
6.1.6. Object design activities
6.1.7. Managing object design
6.1.8. Documenting object design
Chapter 7: Software Quality Assurance (6 hours)
7.1. An overview of testing
7.2. Testing concepts
7.3. Testing activities
7.4. Managing testing
7.5. Impact of object oriented testing
7.6. Types of Testing
Text Book
1. Brahmin, Ali (1999), Object oriented System development, McGraw Hill, USA.
References
1. Martina Seidl, Marion Scholz, Christian Huemer, Gerti Kappel. UML @ Classroom: An Introduction
to Object-Oriented Modeling. 2012. Springer International Publishing AG.
2. Scott, Kendall (2004) Fast Track UML 2.0 Apress USA
3. Booch, Grady Rumbaugh, James Jacobson, Ivar (2005) The Unified Modeling Language User
Guide second edition Addison Wesley Professional USA
Evaluation Schemes
(This may vary on the number of students per class, but general evaluation scheme is as below)