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SE 502 SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING

Credits: 3(3-1-0) Prerequisite: None

The course will introduce the tasks of eliciting, modeling, analyzing,

specifying, documenting, validating, and managing a set of software

requirements. Techniques and methodologies for requirements

engineering will be studied. This includes such issues as scenario/use case

approaches, documentation standards, structured analysis, detection of

conflicts and inconsistencies, requirements management, and application

of requirement engineering to various types of systems..

SE 503 SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Credits: 3(3-1-0) Prerequisite: None

This course describes the key aspects of a software project. It begins

with the job description of a software manager and then addresses

those topics germane to successful software development management

including organizing the software development team; interfacing with

other engineering organizations (systems engineering, quality assurance,

configuration management, and test engineering); assessing development

standards; selecting the best approach and tailoring the process model;

estimating software cost and schedule; planning and documenting the

plan; staffing the effort; managing software cost and schedule during

development; risk engineering; and continuous process improvement.

Personnel management topics, including performance evaluations, merit

planning, skills building, and team building, are also covered.

SE 504 Software testing and quality assurance

Credits: 3(3-1-0) Prerequisite: None.

This course is designed to give a greater understanding of the key ingredients

in creating and/or managing a successful testing program to meet project

needs. Topics covered include software quality assurance, test lifecycle

planning, test design & coverage analysis, complexity, levels of testing such

as unit, integration, system, performance and stress testing. Best practice

strategies in software testing such as verification & validation, object-

oriented software testing, early lifecycle testing, risk based testing and

automation will also be examined including exposure to test automation

methods and tools.

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