Software Engineering: Software Design and Project Management
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Software Engineering: Software Design and Project Management
This course is part of Software Engineering Specialization
Instructor: Kenneth Wai-Ting Leung
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There are 6 modules in this course
Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) is the process of developing software through planning, requirement analysis, design, implementation, testing, and maintenance. This course focuses on the project planning and analysis/design phases of SDLC, and you will learn about different architectural patterns and design patterns to solve common problems in software design. It covers project planning, scheduling, and cost estimating, which are the principal tasks of software project managers.
Basic object-oriented programming (OOP) concepts are required to understand different design patterns covered in this course. System design is driven by the UML models derived from requirement analysis. It is recommended to take the course "Software Engineering: Modeling Software Systems using UML" before attempting this course, but it is not a hard requirement.
Welcome to the first module of this course! In this module, you will learn: (1) The purpose and importance of system analysis and design. (2) The major activities that take place during system analysis and design. (3) How to realize design goals and deal with the implementation environment. (4) What are architectural patterns and design patterns and when to use them.
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4 videos3 readings1 assignment
4 videos•Total 32 minutes
- Lecture 1-1 Introduction to System Design and Analysis•5 minutes
- Lecture 1-2 Architectural Design and Analysis•12 minutes
- Lecture 1-3 Use Case Analysis•11 minutes
- Lecture 1-4 Class Design•4 minutes
3 readings•Total 180 minutes
- Lecture 1 - System Design and Analysis•60 minutes
- Lecture 1 - System Design Optimization Exercise•60 minutes
- Lecture 1 - System Design Optimization Exercise (Solution)•60 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
- Quiz 1 - System Analysis and Design•30 minutes
In this module, you will learn: (1) How to use a state machine diagram to describe the behavior inside an object.
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2 videos3 readings1 assignment
2 videos•Total 23 minutes
- Lecture 2-1 State Machine Diagram•11 minutes
- Lecture 2-2 State Machine Diagram Example•12 minutes
3 readings•Total 180 minutes
- Lecture 2 - System Analysis and Design•60 minutes
- Lecture 2 - State Machine Diagram Exercise•60 minutes
- Lecture 2 - State Machine Diagram Exercise (Solution)•60 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
- Quiz 2 - System Analysis and Design•30 minutes
In this module, you will learn: (1) A design pattern is a general reusable solution to a commonly occurring problem in software design. (2) Strategy Pattern. (3) Observer Pattern.
What's included
3 videos3 readings1 assignment
3 videos•Total 24 minutes
- Lecture 3-1 Design Pattern•4 minutes
- Lecture 3-2 Strategy Pattern•14 minutes
- Lecture 3-3 Observer Pattern•6 minutes
3 readings•Total 180 minutes
- Lecture 3 - System Analysis and Design•60 minutes
- Lecture 3 - Design Pattern Exercise•60 minutes
- Lecture 3 - Design Pattern Exercise (Solution)•60 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
- Quiz 3 - System Analysis and Design•30 minutes
In this module, you will learn: (1) Mediator Pattern. (2) Proxy Pattern. (3) Bridge Pattern. (4) Singleton Pattern. (5) Factory Pattern. (6) When to use design patterns. (7) Anti Patterns.
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5 videos3 readings1 assignment
5 videos•Total 29 minutes
- Lecture 4-1 Mediator Pattern•5 minutes
- Lecture 4-2 Proxy Pattern•4 minutes
- Lecture 4-3 Bridge Pattern and Singleton Pattern•4 minutes
- Lecture 4-4 Factory Pattern•10 minutes
- Lecture 4-5 Anti-Patterns•7 minutes
3 readings•Total 180 minutes
- Lecture 4 - System Analysis and Design•60 minutes
- Lecture 4 - Design Pattern Exercise•60 minutes
- Lecture 4 - Design Pattern Exercise (Solution)•60 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
- Quiz 4 - System Analysis and Design•30 minutes
In this module, you will learn: (1) The quality assurance process and the central process activities of quality assurance, quality planning and quality control. (2) The quality assurance process and the central process activities of quality assurance, quality planning and quality control. (3) The principles of software development process improvement and why process improvement is worthwhile.
What's included
4 videos1 reading1 assignment
4 videos•Total 24 minutes
- Lecture 5-1 Achieving Software Quality•5 minutes
- Lecture 5-2 Software Quality Assurance Activities•4 minutes
- Lecture 5-3 Achieving Product Quality•8 minutes
- Lecture 5-4 Achieving Project-Process-People Quality•7 minutes
1 reading•Total 60 minutes
- Lecture 5 - Software Quality Assurance•60 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
- Quiz 5 - Software Quality Assurance•30 minutes
In this module, you will learn: (1) The principal tasks of software project managers. (2) The need of project planning in all software projects. (3) Requirements for staffing and scheduling in software projects. (4) Techniques for estimating the size and cost of software development. (5) Project tracking and control.
What's included
3 videos1 reading1 assignment
3 videos•Total 28 minutes
- Lecture 6-1 Project Management•7 minutes
- Lecture 6-2 Software Development Plan•17 minutes
- Lecture 6-3 Project Tracking and Control•5 minutes
1 reading•Total 60 minutes
- Lecture 6 - Managing Software Development•60 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
- Quiz 6 - Managing Software Development•30 minutes
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