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SOFTWARE ENGINEERING--

Architecture and Design of Software Systems

Fall 1999

COURSE OUTLINE

(subject to revision)

Module I (four weeks): Fundamentals of Software Engineering:

• The nature and qualities of software
• The need for a disciplined approach to software development
• The software development process - activities, methods, tools, deliverables, maturity
• Life cycle models
• Overview of conventional software engineering methods - requirements, design, code, test, integrate, plan, CM, QA, inspections, metrics
• monitoring progress, process improvement
• Introduction to product-family and application engineering process models
• Domain engineering, application Engineering, business justification, case studies

Module II (three weeks): Software Architecture

• Introduction to architectural modeling of software - layers, interfaces, handling change
• UML modeling overview - notation, classes, use cases, state charts
• Basic architectural elements and styles
• Standard (reusable) architectures and frameworks
• Introduction to component-based design
• Introduction to product-family engineering

Module III (eight weeks): Design

• Basic principles--abstraction, refinement, partitioning, modularity
• Traditional (function-oriented, data-oriented) design methods
• Object-oriented design
• Design patterns - Model/view/controller and proxy
• Interaction diagrams, Responsibilities, and GRASP design patterns
• Interface design - Abstract classes, contracts, behavior modeling, real use cases