CISC 675: Object-Oriented Software Engineering

Catalog Description:
Introduction to software engineering concepts, methodologies and tools. Requirement analysis, design and implementation of object-oriented software development process. Students will be presented with several real-life examples and homework projects to cover all aspects of object-oriented lifecycle, from requirements to coding in C++.

Current Texts:
Object-Oriented Development:The Fusion Method
Coleman, D. et. al.
Prentice-Hall, 1994

Goals:
To familiarize the student with the fundamental software engineering concepts and provide a deep knowledge of object-oriented specification and design of complex software systems.

Content:

• Introduction to Software Engineering (SE) Concepts
• Large Scale software development process
• SE lifecycle phases
• SE analysis and design methodologies: Object-oriented analysis and design, structured analysis and design, evolvable rapid prototyping
• Object oriented modelling: Requirement analysis, Object-oriented specification process, object-oriented design process, object-oriented implementation process
• Introduction to software verification and validation
• Homeworks, two major projects as well as three formal exams.

Required Background: CISC220 (Data Structures) and good programming skills, especially on C++, senior or first year graduate standing in CIS or EE.