Syllabus 2010/2011 ETSA01

Syllabus academic year 2010/2011
(Created 2010-07-25.)

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING PROCESS - METHODOLOGY

ETSA01

Credits: 5. Grading scale: TH. Cycle: G1 (First Cycle). Main field: Technology. Language of instruction: The course will be given in Swedish. ETSA01 overlaps following cours/es: ETS140, ETS141, ETS160 and ETS180. Compulsory for: C1, D1. Alternative for: I3. Course coordinator: Martin Höst, martin.host@cs.lth.se, Dept of Computer Science. Prerequisites: A first course in Completed compulsory course items from a first course in programming (EDA011/EDA016/EDA017) or a passing grade from the written examination in any of these courses or EDA501. Assessment: Examination is based on assignments carried out both in groups and individually. Reports from the project assignment are evaluated and graded for the project group. The written exam is evaluated individually. The final grade is based on the project assignment and the written exam. Parts: 2. Home page: http://cs.lth.se/etsa01.

Aim
The objective of the course is to give the student basic knowledge about the software development process. In addition to this, the student should also acquire knowledge that is required in order to be able to participate in planning of a smaller project.

Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must

Be able to define basic terms and definitions in software engineering.
Be able to describe the most common software development processes.
Be able to explain the most important steps in requirements engineering
Be able to explain how testing is conducted.
Be able to describe what a software architecture design is.
Be able to describe the most omportant steps in project planning and project tracking.
Be able to describe how an organization plan and manage a series of projects.

Skills and abilities
For a passing grade the student must

Be able to develop a project plan, requirements specification and test plan for a small project.
Be able to review a project plan, requirements specification and test plan for a small project.
Be able to formulate text for project documentation.

Judgement and approach
For a passing grade the student must

Understand the complexity involved in developing software systems.
Have an understanding of the professional role of the engineer

Contents

The software development process
Process modeling
Requirements engineering
Testing
Architecture design
Project management
Project tracking
Project documentation
Inspections
The roles of the project and organization levels

Literature
Pankaj Jalote, A Concise Introduction to Software Engineering, Springer, 2008. ISBN 978-1-84800-301-9
Software Engineering Research Group, Project and Exercises in the Software Engineering Process, 2009. (sold by the department)

Parts

Code: 0110. Name: Project.
Higher education credits: 3. Grading scale: TH. Assessment: Quality assessment of developed material.

Code: 0210. Name: Written Examination.
Higher education credits: 2. Grading scale: TH. Assessment: Result on written exam.