Module Identifier | CI22120 | ||
Module Title | THE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT LIFE CYCLE | ||
Academic Year | 2001/2002 | ||
Co-ordinator | Dr Mark Ratcliffe | ||
Semester | Semester 2 (Taught over 2 semesters) | ||
Other staff | Professor Christopher Price, Mr Christopher Loftus | ||
Pre-Requisite | Pass or exemption in Computer Science at Level 1, Available only to students following Internet Computing degree schemes. | ||
Course delivery | Lecture | 18 lectures | |
Tutorial | Up to 24 | ||
Assessment | Supplementary examination | No supplementary or resit examination available | |
Course work | A1 Group project | 75% | |
Exam | 2 Hours A2 | 25% | |
Further details | http://www.aber.ac.uk/compsci/ModuleInfo/CI22120 |
All students taking this module will be registered for Internet Computing degree schemes.
Long thin module. No lectures in Semester 2
The pastoral and general tutorial system for Year 2 Internet Computing students is administered through this module.
In addition, on successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
2. apply the elements of the software life cycles, contrast a range of life cycle models and choose appropriate models for a range of typical projects; (A2)
3. be able to apply software quality procedures and convince others of their value; (A1, A2)
4. be able to use version and configuration management and convince others of their value; (A1, A2)
5. produce the key deliverables in software life cycles. (A1)
2. The Software Life Cycle - 3 Lectures
Description of the phases of a range of software life cycles (including the Waterfall, Prototyping, RAD and Spiral models) and the major deliverables and activities associated with each phase. Software process improvement.
3. Project Management - 2 Lectures
Planning and cost estimation. Progress monitoring. Team structure and team management.
4. Quality Management - 2 Lectures
Validation, verification and testing. Quality plans. Walkthroughs, code inspections and other types of review. Role of the quality assurance group. Standards (international, national and local).
5. Configuration Management - 2 Lectures
Baselines. Change control procedures. Version control. Software tools to support configuration management: "sccs', "rcs', "cvs', "make' and proprietary equivalents.
6. Requirements Engineering - 2 Lectures
The IEEE standard for requirements specifications. Validation of requirement by e.g., prototyping. Deficiencies in the traditional approach to requirements. Introduction to UML Use cases
7. Design - 3 Lectures
Outline (architectural) design and detailed design. Use of abstraction, information hiding, functional and hierarchical decomposition at levels higher then the individual program. Contents of design documentation. State diagrams. Relevant UML notations: packages, sequence and activity diagrams, active objects.
8. Implementation and maintenance - 2 Lectures
Choice of language. Cutover. Types of maintenance. Maintenance process. Refactoring.
9. Testing - 1 Lecture
Testing strategies. Testing tools: static and dynamic analysers, test harnesses and test data generators, simulators. Performance testing. Regression testing. User documentation and training.
10. Tutorials
A weekly tutorial will be associated with this course. The tutorial will be used to organise group project activities and to discuss software engineering issues.