Course - Software Architecture - TDT4240
Software Architecture
Assessments and mandatory activities may be changed until September 20th.
About
About the course
Course content
In the course, the students will learn to define and explain central concepts within software architecture and to use and describe design and architectural patterns, methods to design software architectures, methods to achieve software qualities, methods to document software architectures, and methods to evaluate software architectures. The course gives knowledge about various design and architectural patterns for some domains, and about software architecture and games. The course gives also a practical introduction to use of methods and techniques related to software architecture through a project that goes through the whole development process, as well as implementation of a software architecture.
Learning outcome
Knowledge: - Central concepts related to software architecture. - Quality requirements and quality attributes. - Methods for evaluation software architectures (ATAM). - Development processes that includes architectural design. - Various design and architectural patterns. - Methods for designing software architectures. - Methods for specifying quality requirements in a system. - Relationship between requirements, architecture, process and quality. - Methods for generating an architecture from an existing system. - Games and software architectures. Skills: - Usage of design and architectural patterns. - Document quality requirements. - Document software architectures. - Evaluate software architectures. - Design software architectures. - Implement software architectures. General competence: - Improved skills within software engineering in general.
Learning methods and activities
Lectures and exercises. The course will be held in English.
Further on evaluation
The final grade in the course consists of a written school examination (50%) and coursework (50%).
Both the written school examination and the coursework must be completed in order to receive a grade in the course. When retaking, it is not necessary to retake the entire course - only the component that was failed (grade F) or the one you wish to improve.
Written School Examination (50%)
- As an aid during the written school examination, a digital appendix will be available in Inspera. The appendix contains a concise summary of the most relevant parts of the syllabus.
- If you fail (grade F), the examination can be retaken in August during the resit examination.
- The resit examination may be changed to an oral format.
- In the case of a voluntary retake or failure (grade F) in the resit examination, the exam can be retaken in a semester when teaching is offered.
Work (50%)
- The graded works in this course will be carried out in groups.
- All students in the group normally receive the same grade based on the group submission. In special cases where a student has not contributed sufficiently, the student may be given an individual grade based on documented lack of effort and/or workload.
- In the case of a voluntary retake, failure (grade F), or valid absence from work, the assignments must be completed again in a semester when teaching is offered.
Recommended previous knowledge
TDT4100 Object-Oriented Programming, or equivalent. TDT4140 Software Engineering, or equivalent.
Course materials
To be announced at the start of the term.
Subject areas
- Informatics
- Technological subjects