Course - Software Engineering - TDT4140
Software Engineering
About
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 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 ability to plan and conduct small software development projects in co-located development teams.
General competence: Students must be able to 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
Retake of the course will require retaking the whole course. The course has obligatory presentations on dedicated days. Dates for these will be announced at the start of the semester. Failure to meet at these dates will affect the grade in the course.
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