SE 4020 - Senior Design Project III

2 lecture hours 2 lab hours 3 credits

Course Description
This is the third of three courses in the senior design sequence where students work as a team on a significant software project. Each student team must specify, design, implement, document, and test a substantial software project. Teams meet regularly with their instructor to track technical and project management issues. (prereq: SE 4010 taken in the same academic year)

Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Work effectively and demonstrate initiative as a project team member
Communicate project status and technical content in oral and written form to coworkers and management
Capture requirements in user stories that describe incremental business value
Create user stories with unambiguous completion criteria
Apply analysis and synthesis in design process to produce software that meets specified completion criteria
Use principles from engineering, science, and mathematics to design and construct software that meets multiple realistic constraints
Employ software engineering processes to develop software
Use modern software engineering tools for process management, source control, and continuous integration
Identify, track, and mitigate technical and process risks
Verify and validate that software developed functions as expected and meets requirements
Identify and address security concerns related to the software project
Recognize ethical and professional responsibilities related to the software developed and make informed judgments that account for global, economic, environmental, and/or societal contexts
Communicate appropriate project aspects in a public forum

Prerequisites by Topic

Successfully completed SE 4010 in same academic year

Course Topics

Team status meetings (weekly)
Senior Design Show presentation (final exam week)
Oral team presentations (4 classes)

Coordinator
Dr. Christopher Taylor

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