SEG 2202 - Software Engineering

Lecturer: Charis Kwan Shwu Chen

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Exam Format

• 5 questions with sub-section – each question carries 20 marks
• No UML Diagram

• Best to get full understanding from text book/google

• Lesson 1: Introduction to SE
  • Definition, Software Attributes, Software Type, Challenges
    • Frequently asked question about SE
    • Essential Attribute for good software
    • Software Products (Application)
    • General issues that affect software
• Lesson 2: Software Processes
  • All software process model, significant, comparison, model diagram
    • Software process models (diagram, characteristic – strength/weaknesses, comparison among models)
    • Process activities
• Lesson 3: Agile Software Development
  • Agile methods, principles, techniques
    • extreme programming practices
    • refactoring
    • NO scrum
    • Agile principals and organizational practice
    • Organizational issues
  • Agile software processes
• Lesson 4: Requirement Engineering
  • Requirement phases
    • What is requirement
  • Type of requirements
    • User requirements, System requirements
    • Functional & non-functional requirements
  • Requirement Engineering process
    • Elicitation, analysis, specification, validation
• Lesson 5: Architectural Design
  • Architectural Patterns: MVC, layered, Repository, client-server, pipe and filter
    • (will pick one pattern and question the characteristic)
• Lesson 6: Design and implementation
  • Design pattern, implementation issues
    • Mainly on application (2/3 section)
• Lesson 7: Software Testing
  • Importance of testing, characteristic
  • Testing types, Stages of testing, testing level and its corresponding activity
  • Inspection and review process
  • V & V
• Lesson 8: Software Evolution
  • Evolution processes
    • Evolution process, Evolution and servicing
  • Keep or discard a legacy system
  • Refactoring/ Preventative maintenance
  • Software maintenance
• Lesson 9: Software Project Planning
  • Project planning stage
  • Software pricing – factors
  • Project Scheduling
• Lesson 10: Software Configuration
  • Configuration management activities
  • Version management
  • Change and release management

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