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Software Development Processes and Methodologies

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Software Development Processes and Methodologies

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
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No prior experience required
Flexible schedule
2 weeks at 10 hours a week
Learn at your own pace
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Most learners liked this course

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This course is part of the Software Development Lifecycle Specialization
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There are 4 modules in this course

Software is quickly becoming integral part of human life as we see more and more automation and technical advancements. Just like we expect car to work all the time and can't afford to break or reboot unexpectedly, software industry needs to continue to learn better way to build software if it were to become integral part of human life.

In this course, you will get an overview of how software teams work? What processes they use? What are some of the industry standard methodologies? What are pros and cons of each? You will learn enough to have meaningful conversation around software development processes. After completing this course, a learner will be able to 1) Apply core software engineering practices at conceptual level for a given problem. 2) Compare and contrast traditional, agile, and lean development methodologies at high level. These include Waterfall, Rational Unified Process, V model, Incremental, Spiral models and overview of agile mindset 3) Propose a methodology best suited for a given situation

In this module and next one, we will learn about various software development processes at a high level to understand what is involved in each of these processes. In this module, we will cover Requirements and Architecture.

What's included

11 videos1 reading9 assignments

11 videos•Total 69 minutes
  • Why Take This Course?•4 minutes
  • Motivation and Course Intro•3 minutes
  • What software development looks like•10 minutes
  • Why do we need requirements?•5 minutes
  • Requirements vs Specification•4 minutes
  • Non-functional Requirements•3 minutes
  • WRSPM•7 minutes
  • WRSPM Model: Real-world Example•7 minutes
  • Software Architecture: Definition•7 minutes
  • Software Architecture: Models•13 minutes
  • Software Architecture: Process•5 minutes
1 reading•Total 5 minutes
  • Welcome to the course•5 minutes
9 assignments•Total 270 minutes
  • Requirements and Architecture•30 minutes
  • What software development looks like•30 minutes
  • Why do we need requirements?•30 minutes
  • Requirements vs Specification•30 minutes
  • Non-functional Requirements•30 minutes
  • WRSPM Quiz•30 minutes
  • Software Architecture: Definition•30 minutes
  • Software Architecture Models•30 minutes
  • Software Architecture: Process•30 minutes

In this module, we will learn about processes that are used to implement the software, verify and validate the software, deploy the software and maintain the software.

What's included

12 videos10 assignments

12 videos•Total 75 minutes
  • Software Design: Introduction•6 minutes
  • Software Design: Modularity•5 minutes
  • Software Design: Coupling•4 minutes
  • Software Design: Cohesion•4 minutes
  • Implementation•5 minutes
  • Deployment•4 minutes
  • Deployment: Rollback•4 minutes
  • Deployment: Cutover Strategies•10 minutes
  • Software Testing: Introduction•10 minutes
  • Software Testing: Definitions•7 minutes
  • Software Testing: Strategies•11 minutes
  • Software Testing: Perspectives•6 minutes
10 assignments•Total 224 minutes
  • Design, Implementation, and Testing•30 minutes
  • Software Design: Introduction•10 minutes
  • Software Design: Modularity•30 minutes
  • Software Design: Coupling•30 minutes
  • Software Design: Cohesion•30 minutes
  • Implementation•10 minutes
  • Deployment•30 minutes
  • Deployment: Rollback•30 minutes
  • Deployment: Cutover Strategies•10 minutes
  • Software Testing: Introduction•14 minutes

In this module we will learn about various traditional models like waterfall, RUP, Incremental, and Spiral models.

What's included

9 videos4 assignments1 peer review

9 videos•Total 73 minutes
  • Software Development Models•9 minutes
  • Waterfall Model•6 minutes
  • V-Model•3 minutes
  • Sashimi Model•4 minutes
  • Incremental Models•5 minutes
  • Unified Process and its Variants•14 minutes
  • Spiral Model•9 minutes
  • Phase Gates / Stage Gates•9 minutes
  • Applying Software Development Models•14 minutes
4 assignments•Total 125 minutes
  • Traditional Software Development Models•35 minutes
  • Waterfall methods•30 minutes
  • Waterfall and Incremental Software Development Models•30 minutes
  • Unified and Spiral Processes•30 minutes
1 peer review•Total 120 minutes
  • Project Scenario 1•120 minutes

In this module, we will learn about agile and modern techniques of software development. We will also learn about techniques that helps you learn faster about your market, your users, and your product.

What's included

9 videos2 readings3 assignments1 peer review

9 videos•Total 58 minutes
  • Why Agile?•4 minutes
  • Agile Manifesto and Principles•8 minutes
  • Agile Frameworks•3 minutes
  • Scrum•8 minutes
  • Kanban•10 minutes
  • Agile and Lean Summary•3 minutes
  • Lean Startup•14 minutes
  • Model Selection: When to use which model?•7 minutes
  • What Next?•1 minute
2 readings•Total 35 minutes
  • Watch Agile Manifesto Video•5 minutes
  • Video - Agile Manifesto Explained•30 minutes
3 assignments•Total 80 minutes
  • Agile & Lean Software Development•30 minutes
  • Agile Mindset•20 minutes
  • Agile Frameworks and models•30 minutes
1 peer review•Total 120 minutes
  • Project Scenario 2•120 minutes

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Reviewed on May 31, 2020

would be perfect if the instructors can grade our assignments as well, or even for the assignment provide some sort of very simple example answer. Overall it's a good course.

CP
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Reviewed on Sep 20, 2020

Be wary of first peer reviewed assignment--requires detailed readings and not all reviewers take the time to read what you wrote or even the rubric.

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Reviewed on Apr 10, 2022

I found this course very impressive. Such amazing context is not available even on you tube. The way of presentation is outstanding and the real world examples make it perfect for anyone.

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