CS 383

Software Engineering I

Catalog Description: Current topics in development of software systems; software life cycle model, requirements definition, design, verification and validation, and project management techniques.

Total Credits: 3

Course Coordinator: Clinton Jeffery

URL: http://www2.cs.uidaho.edu/~jeffery/courses/383/

Prereq: CS 270 or perm.

Textbook: This course uses a book that provides a comprehensive coverage of software engineering presenting a variety of commonly used approaches, methods, and techniques, for example Bernd Bruegge and Allen Dutoit, Object-Oriented Software Engineering, 3rd Ed., Prentice Hall, 2010.

Prerequisites by Topic:

• Proficient programming skills in a high level language such as C++ or Java (CS 121)
• Understanding of basic concepts of programming languages and the benefits and limitations associated with them (CS 210)
• Ability to use basic software development tools (CS 270)
• Understand fundamental concepts of computer organization, computer architecture, operating systems and their relationship to application programs (CS 150, CS 240)

Major Topics Covered

• Software development life cycle: waterfall, spiral, and agile (k)
• Software project management, estimation, revision control (b)
• Product definition, requirements elicitation, use cases (b)
• Architectural design and design composition (c)
• System modeling with UML (j)
• Modularity and component design (k)
• Object-oriented methods for composition, modeling and component design (j)
• Professional, ethical, legal, security and social issues (e)
• Testing and verification (c)
• Design tools (i)
• User interfaces (k)

Course Outcomes

1. Define and compare several development models (k)
2. Construct a project plan and schedule (b)
3. Write a software specification containing product definition and requirements (b)
4. Design a system architecture including components and their relationships (c)
5. Develop UML use case descriptions and use cases (b)
6. Define inheritance, aggregation and user-defined associations/responsibilities between classes (j)
7. Describe the professional, ethical, legal, security and social issues involved in a software product (e)
8. Design modules and components, using object-oriented methods (k)
9. Develop a test plan to test and verify a software product (c)
10. Use software design tools to design and test a system to meet requirements (i)
11. Design effective user interfaces (k)