ID2007 Processes for IT Production 7.5 credits
Processer för IT-produktion
Level: Advaced
| Academic level (A-D) | D | Subject area | Information Technology |
| Educational level | 2 | Grade scale | A, B, C, D, E, FX, F |
Autumn 09 for programme students
| Periods | 1 (7.5 cr) | Application code | 70678 |
| Start date | End date | ||
| Language of instruction | English | Campus | KTH Kista |
| Course pace | 50% | Tutoring time | Daytime |
| Number of places | Form of study | NML | |
| Course responsible | Mira Kajko-Mattsson, mira@dsv.su.se, 08-161670 | ||
| Teacher | Mira Kajko-Mattsson, mira@dsv.su.se, 08-161670 | ||
| Link to schedule (new window) | |||
Goals
The course gives an overview of the domain of software and information systems engineering. It is an advanced course on processes and management of software products, projects and resources.
The goal of the course is to provide a broad and general perspective on software engineering and processes required for developing, evolving, maintaining and managing software products, projects, and resources. Another goal is to make students get insight into the recent research results within software and information systems engineering.
Content
The course deals with the presentation of the following topics:
- the subject of software engineering
- the subject of information systems engineering
- the concept of socio-technical systems
- software processes and process models
- system- and software requirements
- requirements engineering process
- system models
- formal specification
- architectural design
- distributed systems architectures
- object-oriented design
- real-time software design
- rapid software development
- design with reuse
- software reuse
- component-based sofware engineering
- verification and validation
- software testing
- dependability
- critical systems specification, development, and validation
- software project management
- managing people
- software cost estimation
- quality management
- process improvement
- legacy systems
- software evolution and maintenance
- configuration management
Disposition
- eight lectures
- seminars. The number of seminars will depend on the number of students. However, each student is obliged to be present at only one seminar.
Eligibility
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge in software engineering
Literature
Preliminary:
Ian Sommerville: Software Engineering (Upplaga/Edition: 8), Pearson-Addison Wesley, 2006, 0-321-31379-8
Examination
- INL1 - Assignment, 3.0 credits, grade scale: P, F
- TEN1 - Examination, 4.5 credits, grade scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
- written exam
- 100% of questions will come from the Question Bank to be found on the course website.
- research task
- the students will study one topic. The results of their study will be presented during the seminars.
Offered by
ICT/Systems Science (SU)
Contact
Mira Kajko-Mattsson, mira@dsv.su.se, tfn 08-16 16 70
Examiner
Mira Kajko-Mattsson, mira@dsv.su.se, tfn 08-16 16 70
Version
Course plan valid from: Spring 09.

