Software engineering project

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

Given the learning outcomes of the "Master in Computer Science and Engineering" program, this course contributes to the development, acquisition and evaluation of the following learning outcomes:

• INFO2.1-4
• INFO4.1-4
• INFO5.1-3
• INFO6.2-4

Given the learning outcomes of the "Master [120] in Computer Science" program, this course contributes to the development, acquisition and evaluation of the following learning outcomes:

• SINF1.M3
• SINF2.1-4
• SINF4.1-4
• SINF5.1-3
• SINF6.2-4

Given the learning outcomes of the "Master [60] in Computer Science" program, this course contributes to the development, acquisition and evaluation of the following learning outcomes:

• 1SINF1.M3
• 1SINF2.1-4
• 1SINF3.1-4
• 1SINF4.1-3
• 1SINF5.2-4

At the outcome of this course, the students will have acquired the necessary competences to build a large-scale software system under semi-professional working conditions. More specifically, students having completing this course with success will be able to:

• Describe the differences among several major process models (e.g., waterfall, iterative, and agile);
• Differentiate among the phases of software development (specification, architecture, design, implementation, validation, documentation);
• Complete, in a rigorous and systematic way, the artefacts produced in these different software life cycle phases;
• Apply a software development methodology currently practiced in industry;
• Work efficiently in a team to develop a medium-to large-scale software system;
• Manage the coordination and communication between the different team members;
• Interact with a client to identify his requirements, to clarify imprecise specifications, and to take into account requested modifications throughout the development process;
• Describe the functional requirements of a software system using, for example, use cases or users stories;¿
• Estimate the time and resources needed to complete such a software development project, plan the tasks to be executed and the deliverables to be produced, and respect this planning;
• Use some project management tool to assign and follow the planned software development tasks;
• Put in practice different methods and techniques to assure the quality of the produced software;
• Understand the problems inherent to the development of large software systems having different stakeholders and that consist of multiple components.