DM571/DM889: Software Engineering

Welcome to this course on the topic of Software Engineering. This is where you will find the weekly notes, assignments, project(s), exam questions, etc.

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Expected Learning Outcome

The learning objective of the course is that the student demonstrates the ability to:

  • Describe in detail the core activities of the software development process
  • Describe and discuss process models, and perform substantiated choices between these
  • Describe tools and modeling formalisms from the course
  • Describe and discuss software patterns and other architectural structures, and perform substantiated choices between these
  • Apply knowledge and methods from the course in concrete settings in programming projects
  • Discuss the influence and impact of software on humans, organizations, and society, including ethical issues
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Content in the course

The following main topics are contained in the course:

  • The core activities of the software development process: user requirements, design, implementation, documentation, test, deployment, maintenance
  • Process models, traditional and agile (with a focus on the latter)
  • Software design patterns and other structural/architectural issues
  • Tools and modeling formalisms
  • Software in context: user interfaces, IT and organizations, IT and society, ethics