SWE 3411 - Software Requirements and Architecture

3 lecture hours 2 lab hours 4 credits

Course Description
This course covers software requirements, software architecture, and the relationship between the two. Topics covered include requirements elicitation, object-oriented analysis techniques, prototyping, requirements tracking, quality attribute driven design, quality attribute design tactics, architectural styles and patterns, architecture tradeoff and cost-benefit analysis, and coverage of contemporary topics in distributed, highly scalable software architectures. Laboratory experiences permit students to elicit requirements, evaluate architectural solutions, and implement their designs.
Prereq: SWE 2410, SWE 2710 (quarter system prereq: SE 2030, SE 2811)
Note: None
This course meets the following Raider Core CLO Requirement: None

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

Understand the role of requirements engineering and software architecture in a variety of software development models
Elicit requirements from system stakeholders and to overcome common obstacles to the elicitation process
Analyze and negotiate software requirements
Specify software requirements using industry standard documentation techniques (e.g., UML, use cases)
Specify requirements that are verifiable, traceable, measurable, and testable
Verify that specified requirements are accurate, unambiguous, complete, and consistent
Understand and be able to apply a variety of architectural styles and review and evaluate software architectures 
Specify a software architecture and implement a software system embodying it 
Work effectively as a member of a small team to communicate software requirements in written documents and oral presentations

Prerequisites by Topic

Software development process tools and methods
Familiarity with the software development lifecycle

Coordinator
Sean Jones

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