Fundamentals of Software Development Course Code: 4331604

GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY (GTU)

Competency-focused Outcome-based Green Curriculum-2021 (COGC-2021)

Semester - III

Course Title: Fundamentals of Software Development

(Course Code: 4331604)

Diploma programme in which this course is offered Semester in which offered

Information Technology Third

1. RATIONALE
One of the important product in the field of Information Technology is a Software. The
software has changed every aspect of our life and made available everything of our finger
tips. It has revolutionize every area of human life like education, health, defense and
security, finance and business, travel, social life, politics, entertainment and so on. Thus, a
software increases the responsibilities for the developer. The software development process
in the industry is also changing rapidly. This course guides the students to analyze, design,
implement and test the software product with proper documentation during the courses in
higher semesters of diploma programme.

2. COMPETENCY
The purpose of this course is to help the student to attain the following industry identified
competency through various teaching learning experiences:
● Analyze problems and prepare the software solutionwith documentation.

3. COURSE OUTCOMES (COs)

The practical exercises, the underpinning knowledge and the relevant soft skills associated
with this competency are to be developed in the student to display the following COs:

At the end of the course, the student will develop adequate skills ofdocumentation and will
understand the application of concepts in software development.

a) Explain software development activities.

b) Select appropriate software process model for software project development.
c) Prepare software requirement specification(SRS) document for a software project.
d) Organize software project development schedule.
e) Prepare a design of the software with user interface.
f) Apply testing on software product with proper test cases.

4. TEACHING AND EXAMINATION SCHEME

Teaching Scheme Total Credits Examination Scheme

(In Hours) (L+T/2+P/2) Theory Marks Practical Marks Total
L T P C CA ESE CA ESE Marks
3 - 2 4 30* 70 25 25 150

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(*): Out of 30 marks under the theory CA, 10 marks are for assessment of the micro-project
to facilitate integration of COs and the remaining 20 marks is the average of 2 tests to be
taken during the semester for the assessing the attainment of the cognitive domain UOs
required for the attainment of the COs.
Legends: L-Lecture; T – Tutorial/Teacher Guided Theory Practice; P -Practical; C – Credit, CA -
Continuous Assessment; ESE -End Semester Examination.

5. SUGGESTED PRACTICAL EXERCISES

The following practical outcomes (PrOs) are the sub-components of the COs. These PrOs need to
be attained to achieve the COs.
To perform all the practicals more effectively, the faculty membersare advised to
prepare the group of 3-4 students and assign one software project with 3 to 4 modules/major
functionalities. Based on that project, the group will perform all the practicals. The example of
software projects for practicals: student information system, attendance management, result
management, online exam, inventory control, payroll system, sales management, library
management, leave management(employee), medical store-shop-any store management, hotel
management, patient management, Medical Laboratory Management etc. The project can be
any known online or offline information management system.

Approx.
S. Unit
Practical Outcomes (PrOs) Hrs.
No. No.
required
Select a software project and identify the process model with II 02
1
proper justification.
Collect the functional requirements for the project. III 04
2
(Questionnaires/ stakeholders’ interview questions)
Analyze functional and non-functional requirement and prepare III 04
3
SRS document for the project.
4 Prepare GANTT chart for selected system. IV 02
5 Prepare PERT chart for selected system. IV 02
6 Design DFD(context, level-1/2) for function oriented design. V 02
7 Design data dictionary of the selected system. V 02
Prepare User-case diagrams of the selected system for object V 02
8
oriented design.
Prepare Activity diagrams of theselected system for object oriented V 02
9
design.
10 Design appropriate User Interface based on the type of project. V 02
11 Prepare the test cases to test the functionalities of the modules. VI 04
Total 28
Note
i. More Practical Exercises can be designed and offered by the respective course teacher to
develop the industry relevant skills/outcomes to match the COs. The above table is only a
suggestive list.

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ii. The following are some sample ‘Process’ and ‘Product’ related skills (more may be
added/deleted depending on the course) that occur in the above listed Practical Exercises
of this course required which are embedded in the COs and ultimately the competency.
S. No. Sample Performance Indicators for the PrOs Weightage in %
1 Identify suitable approach to develop software. 10
2 Prepare proper SRS document. 25
3 Design DFD and use-cases for software product. 25
4 Design user interface depends on the software type. 20
5 Prepare the test cases for the modules. 20
Total 100

6. MAJOR EQUIPMENT/ INSTRUMENTS REQUIRED

These major equipment with broad specifications for the PrOs is a guide to procure them by
the administrators to usher-in uniformity of practicals in all institutions across the state.
S. PrO. No.
Equipment Name with Broad Specifications
No.
1 Online or offline tool for documentation. All
2 Online or offline tools to draw the various diagrams. For example, 4,5,6,8,9,10
Microsoft Visio, StarUMLForeUI, Smartdraw

7. AFFECTIVE DOMAIN OUTCOMES

The following sample Affective Domain Outcomes (ADOs) are embedded in many of the
above mentioned COs and PrOs. More could be added to fulfil the development of this
competency.
a) Work as a leader/a team member.
b) Follow ethical practices.

The ADOs are best developed through the laboratory/field based exercises. Moreover, the
level of achievement of the ADOs according to Krathwohl’s ‘Affective Domain Taxonomy’
should gradually increase as planned below:
i. ‘Valuing Level’ in 1st year
ii. ‘Organization Level’ in 2nd year.
iii. ‘Characterization Level’ in 3rd year.

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8. UNDERPINNING THEORY
Only the major Underpinning Theory is formulated as higher level UOs of Revised Bloom’s
taxonomy in order development of the COs and competency is not missed out by the
studentsand teachers. If required, more such higher level UOs could be included by the
course teacher to focus on attainment of COs and competency.
Unit Unit Outcomes (UOs) Topics and Sub-topics
(4 to 6 UOs at Application and
above level)
Unit – I 1.1 Software and Software 1.1.1 Software – definition, characteristics
About Development 1.1.2 Characteristics of Web-based
Software application
Development 1.1.3Software engineering – A layered
technology
1.1.4Software Myths
1.1.5 Software Process framework and
umbrella activities
Unit – II 2.1 Select Software process 2.1.1 Waterfall model
Software model for project 2.1.2 Incremental Model
Life cycle development 2.1.3 Prototyping Model
models 2.1.4 Spiral Model
2.1.5 Rapid Application Development(RAD)
2.2 Agile Development 2.2.1 Agile Process & Principles
2.2.2 Comparison of Agile development
with traditional models
2.2.3 Extreme Programming (XP) Model
2.2.4 Scrum Model
Unit– III 3.1 Identify software 3.1.1 Requirement gathering –collect
Software requirements requirements from stakeholders
Requirement 3.1.2 Analyze the requirements
Analysis
3.2 Prepare Software 3.2.1 Software Requirement Specifications
Requirement Specifications – Importance ofSRS
(SRS) – Users of SRS
– Characteristics of good &bad SRS
3.2.2Types of Requirements in SRS
– Functional Requirements
– Non-functional Requirements
Unit– IV 4.1 Prepare schedule for 4.1.1 Responsibility of software project
Software software development Manager
Project activities – Job responsibility
Management – Necessary skill to manage software
projects
4.1.2 Scheduling
– Work breakdown structure
– Activity network and critical path
Method
– PERT chart

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– Gantt chart
– Project Monitoring and control
4.1.3 Risk Management
– Risk Identification: Project,
Technical, Business
– Risk Assessment
– Risk Mitigation
Unit– V 5.1 Prepare software design 5.1.1 Software design process
Software – Design activities
Design – Design methodologies
5.1.2 Cohesion and Coupling
5.1.3 Approach of software design
– Function oriented design
Data Flow Diagram with levels, its
shortcomings, Data dictionary
– Object oriented design
Prepare use-case and activity
diagrams of the system
5.2 Design proper User 5.2.1 User Interface design
Interface for the software – Characteristics of good UI
– Types of UI: command-based,
menu-based, direct manipulation
Unit– VI 6.1 Follow coding standards 6.1.1 Coding standards and guidelines
Software 6.1.2 Code review
Coding and – Code Walkthough
Testing – Code Inspection
6.2 Test the software with 6.2.1 Testing
proper test cases – Test cases and test suit
– Verification, Validation
– Unit testing
– Black-box testing
– White-box testing
Note: The UOs need to be formulated at the ‘Application Level’ and above of Revised Bloom’s
Taxonomy’ to accelerate the attainment of the COs and the competency.

9. SUGGESTED SPECIFICATION TABLE FOR QUESTION PAPER DESIGN

Unit Unit Title Teaching Distribution of Theory Marks
No. Hours R U A Total
Level Level Level Marks
I About Software Development 02 02 02 00 04
II Software Life cycle models 10 04 08 04 16
III Software Requirement Analysis 06 02 04 04 10
IV Software Project Management 08 04 04 06 14
V Software Design 10 02 06 08 16
VI Software Coding and Testing 06 02 04 04 10
Total 42 16 28 26 70
Legends: R=Remember, U=Understand, A=Apply and above (Revised Bloom’s taxonomy)

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Note: This specification table provides general guidelines to assist students for their learning
and to teachers to teach and question paper designers/setters to formulate test
items/questions assess the attainment of the UOs. The actual distribution of marks at
different taxonomy levels (of R, U and A) in the question paper may vary slightly from the
above table.

10. SUGGESTED STUDENT ACTIVITIES

Other than the classroom and laboratory learning, following are the suggested student-
related co-curricular activities which can be undertaken to accelerate the attainment of the
various outcomes in this course: Students should conduct following activities in group and
prepare reports of about 5 pages for each activity, also collect/record physical evidences for
their (student’s) portfolio which will be useful for their placement interviews:
a) Give a seminar on any relevant topics.
b) Suggest a small existing software/website to students and discuss on betterment of
its user-interface design.
c) Visit a software company and observe their documents and discuss their practices
adopted for software development.

11. SUGGESTED SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES (if any)

These are sample strategies, which the teacher can use to accelerate the attainment of the
various outcomes in this course:
a) Massive open online courses (MOOCs) may be used to teach various
topics/subtopics.
b) Guide student(s) in undertaking micro-projects.
c) ‘L’ in section No. 4means different types of teaching methods that are to be
employed by teachers to develop the outcomes.
d) About 20% of the topics/sub-topics which are relatively simpler or descriptive in
nature is to be given to the students for self-learning, but to be assessed using
different assessment methods.
e) With respect to section No.11, teachers need to ensure to create opportunities and
provisions for co-curricular activities.

12. SUGGESTED MICRO-PROJECTS

Only one micro-project is planned to be undertaken by a student that needs to be assigned
to him/her in the beginning of the semester. In the first four semesters, the micro-project
are group-based. However, in the fifth and sixth semesters, it should be preferably be
individually undertaken to build up the skill and confidence in every student to become
problem solver so that s/he contributes to the projects of the industry. In special situations
where groups have to be formed for micro-projects, the number of students in the group
should not exceed three.
The micro-project could be industry application based, internet-based, workshop-
based, laboratory-based or field-based. Each micro-project should encompass two or more
COs which are in fact, an integration of PrOs, UOs and ADOs. Each student will have to
maintain a dated work diary consisting of individual contributions in the project work and
give a seminar presentation of it before submission. The total duration of the micro-project
should not be less than 16 (sixteen) student engagement hours during the course. The

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student ought to submit a micro-project by the end of the semester to develop the industry
oriented COs.
A suggestive list of micro-projects is given here. This has to match the competency
and the COs. Similar micro-projects could be added by the concerned course teacher:
1: Study the SRS document of project from any software company and enlist functional
as well as non-functional requirements.
2:Prepare classand other UML diagrams of any known system.
3: Prepare the user interface using online tools of the known system.
4: Search any automated test case generator and prepare test suits for the system.

13. SUGGESTED LEARNING RESOURCES

S. Author
Title of Book Publication with place, year and ISBN
No.
1 Software Engineering: A Roger S. Pressman Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi
Practitioner's Approach 978-9353165710
2 Fundamentals of Software Rajib Mall PHI Learning Private Limited, New Delhi
Engineering 978-9388028028
3 Software Engineering Ian Sommerville Pearson Education, India
978-9332582699
4 Object - Oriented Modeling Michael Blaha, Pearson Education, India
and Design With UML, 2e James Rumbaugh 978-8131711064

14. SOFTWARE/LEARNING WEBSITES

a) https://nptel.ac.in/courses/106101061/
b) https://www.mhhe.com/engcs/compsci/pressman/student/olc/cases.mhtml
c) http://www.foreui.com/ (for User interface)
d) https://www.smartdraw.com/ (for all types of diagrams)
e) https://online.visual-paradigm.com/diagrams/features/uml-tool/

15. PO-COMPETENCY-CO MAPPING

Semester III Fundamentals of Software Development (Course Code: 4331604)

POs and PSOs
PO 1 Basic PO 2 PO 3 PO 4 PO 5 Engineering PO 6 Project PO 7 Life-
& Discipline Problem Design/ Engineering practices for Management long learning
specific Analysis developme Tools, society,
Competency knowledge nt of Experimentatio sustainability &
& Course Outcomes solutions n &Testing environment

Competency Analyze problems and prepare the software solution with documentation.

Course Outcomes
CO a) Explain software
2 - 3 - - 2 2
development
activities.
CO b)Select appropriate
software process
model for software 3 2 3 2 - 2 3
project
development.
CO c) Prepare software 3 3 3 3 - 3 3

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requirement
specification (SRS)
document for a
software project.
CO d)Prepare software
project
2 2 3 3 - 3 3
development
schedule.
CO e)Prepare design for
the software
2 3 3 3 2 3 3
product including
user interface.
CO f) Apply testing on software
product with proper test 2 2 3 3 - 3 3
cases.
Legend: ‘3’ for high, ‘2’ for medium, ‘1’ for low or ‘-’ for the relevant correlation of each competency, CO, with PO/ PSO

16. COURSE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

GTU Resource Persons
S. Name and
Institute Email
No. Designation
Dr S & S S Ghandhy College of
1 Mr. Chintan A Gajjar [email protected]
Engineering & Technology, Surat
Dr S & S S Ghandhy College of [email protected]
2 Mr. Dhaval R Gandhi
Engineering & Technology, Surat om
Dr S & S S Ghandhy College of [email protected]
3 Mr. Umang D Shukla
Engineering & Technology, Surat m

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