8. Software Engineering and Object-Oriented Analysis & Design

8.1 Software Process and Requirements

• Software Characteristics and Quality Attributes

• Software Process Models

  • Agile Model, V-Model, Iterative Model, Prototype Model, Big Bang Model

• Computer-Aided Software Engineering (CASE)

• Requirements Engineering

  • Functional and Non-Functional Requirements

  • User Requirements, System Requirements, Interface Specification

  • The Software Requirements Document

  • Requirements Elicitation, Analysis, Validation, and Management

8.2 Software Design

• Design Process and Concepts

  • Design Mode, Design Heuristics

  • Architectural Design Decisions

• System Organization

  • Modular Decomposition Styles, Control Styles

  • Reference Architectures, Multiprocessor Architecture

  • Client-Server Architectures, Distributed Object Architectures

  • Inter-Organizational Distributed Computing

• Real-Time Software Design and Component-Based Software Engineering

8.3 Software Testing, Cost Estimation, Quality Management, and Configuration Management

• Software Testing

  • Unit Testing, Integration Testing, System Testing, Component Testing, Acceptance Testing

  • Test Case Design, Test Automation

  • Metrics for Testing

• Cost Estimation and Quality Management

  • Algorithmic Cost Modeling, Project Duration and Staffing

  • Software Quality Assurance (SQA)

  • Formal Technical Reviews, Formal Approaches to SQA

  • Statistical Software Quality Assurance, Framework for Software Metrics

  • ISO Standards, CMMI, SQA Plan

• Configuration Management

  • Change Management, Version and Release Management

  • CASE Tools for Configuration Management

8.4 Object-Oriented Fundamentals and Analysis

• Defining Models and Requirement Process

• Use Cases

• Object-Oriented Development Cycle

• Unified Modeling Language (UML)

• Building Conceptual Models

  • Adding Associations and Attributes

  • Representation of System Behavior

8.5 Object-Oriented Design

• From Analysis to Design

  • Describing and Elaborating Use Cases

  • Collaboration Diagrams

• Objects and Patterns

• Determining Visibility

• Class Diagrams

8.6 Object-Oriented Design Implementation

• Programming and Development Process

  • Mapping Design to Code

  • Creating Class Definitions from Design Class Diagrams

  • Creating Methods from Collaboration Diagrams

  • Updating Class Definitions, Classes in Code

  • Exception and Error Handling