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