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- lh means 'lecture hours' (1 lh = 45 minutes).
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PART I

Introduction to Software engineering

 5 lh
1 What is Software engineering?
 Motivation, Areas, Definition, History		 2 lh
2 Quality criteria for software products
Classifications, definitions, ISO 9126		 1 lh
3 Software process models  - introduction
 Activities of software development, overview of models, Waterfall model, Prototyping (other models are introduced in various topics)		 1 lh
4 Basic concepts and software development documents
 Overview and cross analysis		 1 lh

 

 PART II

Requirements engineering (analysis and definition)

 19 lh
5 Results of the „Analysis and Definition“ phase
Feasibility study, Product model, Requirement document 		1 lh
6 Cost estimation
Costs, factors, function point analysis		 2 lh
7 Basic concepts of the function-oriented view
Function trees, Data flow diagrams 		1 lh
8 Basic concepts of data-oriented view
Jackson diagram, Entity relationship 		1 lh
9 Basic concepts of rule-oriented view
Rules, Decision tables and trees		 1 lh
10  Structured analysis
Context diagram, DFD-Hierarchy, Mini-specification, Implicit function tree 		2 lh
11  Basic concepts of state-oriented view  
Petri-Nets, State automata, Activity diagrams		 1 lh
12  Basic concepts of scenario-based view  
Collaboration diagrams, Sequence diagrams		 1 lh
13 Object-Oriented analysis
Class-diagrams, use-cases, UML, demonstration of a CASE Tool 		6 lh
14 Formal software specifications and program verification
Z, Algebraic, Hoare 		 3 lh
 

 PART III

Design

 5 lh
15 Overview of design activities
Software architecture, Specification of components, Quality assurance, Overview of some software architectures 		2 lh
16 Structured design 
Structure charts		 1 lh
17 Object-oriented design
Architecture design, user-interface, performances, Implementation design 		2 lh

 

 PART IV

Implementation and Testing

 10 lh
18 Implementation
Principles, methods, guidelines 		2 lh
19 Systematic testing
Classification, review/audit, control-flow, data-flow oriented		 6 lh
20 Functional testing
incl. testing tools		 2 lh

 

 PART V

Advanced problems

 21 lh
21 Software metrics
McCabe, Halstead, LOC, OO, CAME-Tools, Demo of MC-Tools 		4 lh
22 Maintenance
Types, requests, costs, planning		 2 lh
23 Reverse engineering
 Software repair, Reengineering, Restructuring, CARE-Tools 		4 lh
24 Quality of software development process and its standardization
ISO 9000, Capability assessment models  		3 lh
25 Introduction to software ergonomics
 Graphical user interfaces, Standards, Guidelines		 4 lh
26 User manuals
Principles and guidelines for writing user-manuals		 1 lh
27 Project management
Planning, organization, people management, control 		3 lh
28 Configuration management ? lh

 

 PART VI

Additional problems

 ? lh
A1 Rational Unified Process ? lh
A2 Extreme Programming ? lh 
A3 Service Oriented Architecture ? lh 
A4 Design Patterns  ? lh 
A5 Success factors for IS and Decision Support Systems ? lh 
A6 Test-Driven Development ? lh 
A7 MS project ? lh 
A8 Personal software process (PSP) ? lh 
 
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