Course - Software Engineering - TDT4140
Software Engineering
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About the course
Course content
Practical and theoretical understanding of software engineering for small, co-located development teams, with special emphasis on development processes, requirements engineering, software quality and technological choices.
Learning outcome
Knowledge: Students must demonstrate independent basic understanding of terms, principles and practices for most important internationally used development processes, methods for requirements engineering, methods for ensuring software quality, making technological choices and seeing the connection between technology choices and product characteristics.
Skills: Students must demonstrate independent ability to plan and conduct small software development projects in co-located development teams.
General competence: Students must be able to independently and critically reflect on practice- and research-based advice, and own experience from software development, be able to effectively work in a development team, know modern tools and technology for software development and be able to learn about the domain of a software product.
Learning methods and activities
Lectures and obligatory group project with several deliverables and presentations.
Compulsory assignments
- Exercises
Further on evaluation
The folder consists of a written group agreement, preliminary study, two retrospective reports, individual and group reflection report, as well as two oral presentations of a product. The two presentations will be held on dedicated dates, specified at the start of the semester.
Failure to attend these presentations will affect the asessment of the course.
Feedback is given along the way on all deliveries, with the exception of the reflection reports.
In case of repetition, due to failure or improvement of grade, the entire folder must be repeated.
Recommended previous knowledge
Subject TDT4100 Object-Oriented Programming or equivalent.
Course materials
Books and articles will be given at the start of the course.
Credit reductions
| Course code | Reduction | From |
|---|---|---|
| SIF8018 | 7.5 sp | |
| IT1602 | 7.5 sp | Spring 2008 |
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Subject areas
- Technological subjects