Software Engineering
24CSM410 · S4 · 4 credits
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Module 01Introduction to Software Engineering (8 Hrs)expand
Introduction to Software Engineering - Professional software development, Software engineering ethics. Software process models - The waterfall model, Incremental development. Process activities - Software specification, Software design and implementation, Software validation, Software evolution. Coping with change Prototyping, Incremental delivery, Boehm's Spiral Model. Agile software development- Agile methods, agile manifesto - values and principles. Agile development techniques, Agile Project Management. Case studies: An insulin pump control system. Mentcare- a patient information system for mental health care.
Module 02Requirement Analysis and Design (10 Hrs)expand
Functional and non-functional requirements, Requirements engineering processes. Requirements elicitation, Requirements validation, Requirements change, Traceability Matrix. Developing use cases, Software Requirements Specification Template, Personas, Scenarios, User stories, Feature identification. Design concepts - Design within the context of software engineering, Design Process, Design concepts, Design Model. Case study: The Ariane 5 launcher failure.
Module 03Implementation and Testing (12 Hrs)expand
Review Techniques - Cost impact of Software Defects, Code review and statistical analysis. Informal Review, Formal Technical Reviews, Post-mortem evaluations. Software testing strategies - Unit Testing, Integration Testing, Validation testing, System testing, Debugging, White box testing, Path testing, Control Structure testing, Black box testing. Product metrics- Software quality, metrics for analysis model, metrics for design model, metrics for source code, metrics for testing, metrics for maintenance. Software measurement, metrics for software quality.
Module 04Software Project Management (8 Hrs)expand
Software Project Management - Risk management, Managing people, Teamwork. Project Planning, Software pricing, Plan-driven development, Project scheduling, Agile planning. Estimation techniques, COCOMO cost modeling. Configuration management, Version management, System building, Change management, Release management, Agile software management - SCRUM framework. Kanban methodology and lean approaches.
Module 05Software Quality and Process Improvement (6 Hrs)expand
Software Quality, Software Quality Dilemma, Achieving Software Quality Elements of Software Quality Assurance, SQA Tasks, Software measurement and metrics. Software Process Improvement (SPI), SPI Process CMMI process improvement framework, ISO 9001:2000 for Software.
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