Course description

Course objectives

Aim. The aim of the course is learning the basic ways of organizing and conducting successful projects in Information Technology Area including Software Engineering using Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF), Scrum and other methodologies. An important role for the practical component of the course.

In the course are expected:

• study the basic concepts and principles of software engineering, in particular, the concept of software engineering, model of software development process;
• consideration of organizational and technological foundations of software development process;
• understanding the basis of a unified language for UML modeling within the domain of designing a software system and its components;
• acquiring and developing skills of analysis, design, documentation and development of software;
• obtaining practical experience of team bulding and management using methodology MSF.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge:  fundamentals of IT project management, organizational knowledge of training and project management of software development.

Skills: using of basic methodologies of software development, including:

• development of formal requirements for a software based on the needs of stakeholders;
• drafting software system based on possibilities for further development and re-use of some components from/in other projects;
• • design of UML class diagram  and tools of visualization software system architecture;
  • documenting the process of developing a software system.

  Course outline:

  Name of topics modules	Hours number
  		including
  		lectures	practical	laboratories		individual
  Topical Module 1. Learning the basic concepts and principles of software engineering. The concepts of software engineering process, model of the software development process.
  		2		4		6
  Topical Module 2. Consideration of organizational and technological foundations of software development process
  		6		12		18
  Topical Module 3. Project management. Planning and control of the project.
  		5		10		15
  Topical Module 4. Testing as a way to ensure the quality of software.
  		5		10		15
  Total hours	108	18		36		54

  Framework of cumulative assessment

  Ongoing evaluation and individual work				Exam	Total
  Topical Module 1	Topical Module 2	Topical Module 3	Topical Module 4	50	100
  5	20	15	10