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
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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.

Print Last updated: 2009-11-02