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Fundamentals of Software Engineering Course Outline

The course 'Fundamentals of Software Engineering' (SEng5021) is a compulsory module for second-year students, focusing on software development processes and methods, excluding testing and maintenance. It covers topics such as software project planning, cost estimation, risk management, and various software engineering principles and models. Students will engage in a student-centered learning approach with lectures, tutorials, and group discussions, aiming to understand software requirements and design systems effectively.

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Fundamentals of Software Engineering Course Outline

The course 'Fundamentals of Software Engineering' (SEng5021) is a compulsory module for second-year students, focusing on software development processes and methods, excluding testing and maintenance. It covers topics such as software project planning, cost estimation, risk management, and various software engineering principles and models. Students will engage in a student-centered learning approach with lectures, tutorials, and group discussions, aiming to understand software requirements and design systems effectively.

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Course Title Fundamentals of Software Engineering

Course Code SEng5021


CP 5(2hr Lecture, 3hr Tutorial)
Module Title Software Engineering Core
Module Number 05
Pre-requisites None
Year II
Semester I
Status of Course Compulsory

Course Description
This course provides an introduction to the problems of software development and the processes
and methods used to address them. All phases in the software development life cycle, except testing
and maintenance which are postponed to Advanced Software Engineering, will be introduced. The
course also deals with software project planning, cost estimation, tracking and control, staffing, risk
management, and software configuration plan.

Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course, the student should be able to do the following:
 Understand the basic principles of Software Engineering
 Understand software process and state-of-the-arts software process models
 Write requirements specification documents
 Design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs.

Course Content
Week Lecture Topics
1 Chapter 1: Introduction & Overview
 What is software?
 What is software engineering?
 Why Software Engineering? 
Software quality
 Software Engineering and the Engineering Profession 
Ethics in Software Engineering
2-4 Chapter 2: Software processes & Models
 Sequential Software Process models 
Iterative Software Process models
5 Chapter 3: Agile Development
 What Is Agility?
 Agility and the Cost of Change
 What Is an Agile Process? 
Extreme Programming (XP)
 Other Agile Process Models
6-8 Chapter 3: Requirement Engineering
 Software Requirements
 Requirement Engineering Process
 System Models
9-10 Chapter 4: Software Project management
 Responsibility of Software Project Managers,
 Project Planning,
 the organization of SPMP document,
 Project Size Estimation Metrics
 Project Estimation Techniques
 Scheduling, Organization and Team Structures,
11-13 Chapter 5; Software Design
 Software Design
 Software Architectures
 Function Oriented Design
 Detailed Design
14-15 Chapter 6; Coding
 Programming Principles & guidelines
 Coding process
 Validation & Verification
 Metrics

Summary of Teaching Learning Methods


The teaching-learning methodology will be student-centered with appropriate guidance of
instructor/s during the student’s activities .There will be Lecture, Demonstrations, Tutorials,
Reading assignments and Group Discussions

Assessment Methods: - As per the academic regulation

References
1. Ian Sommerville (2011), Software Engineering 8th or later edition. Pearson Education Ltd.
2. Fundamental Software Engineering by Rajib Mall 2nded, Prentice Hall, India, 2004
3. Software Engineering: A Practitioner‘s Approach, Seventh Edition (2010) 7th Edition by
Pressman, Roger S, McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

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