Course Summary:

This course is an immersion in the development of software systems, with a focus on leading software engineering development and management processes and practices.

The course approaches software development from a systems perspective (an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach to the engineering of system solutions which aims to capture stakeholder needs and objectives and to transform these into a holistic, lifecycle balanced system solution which both satisfies the minimum requirements of the stakeholders, and optimizes overall solution effectiveness according to the values of the stakeholders).

Course Objectives:

• be better prepared to specify, plan, develop, deliver, maintain and operate a software intensive system. Given the constant evolution of software development methodologies, delegates who are already experienced software professionals will further develop their skills.
• become an advocate in your organization of practical methods to improve software project performance.
• identify causes of software development problems and drive project performance improvements.
• value the substantial body of public domain knowledge that defines world's leading practice in software engineering.

Course Outline

Introduction - why software engineering?

• Software intensive project issues and challenges
• Relationship between problem definition and stakeholder satisfaction
• The case for applying a systematic approach to software systems development
• Workshop - review of software intensive projects and their outcomes
• Principles for software systems development

Systems engineering lifecycle processes

• Definitions of system engineering
• Systems concepts
• Systems engineering lifecycle processes
• Waterfall, incremental and iterative lifecycle models
• Agile methods
• Relationship to software engineering lifecycle processes
• Standards and guidelines - iso 9001, ieee 1220, eia/is–632, eia 632, iso/iec 15288, sebok
• Organizations – iec, ieee, incose, iso, sei

Software engineering lifecycle processes

• Definitions of software engineering
• Software engineering concepts
• Relationship to systems engineering lifecycle processes
• Organizations – ieee, iso, sei, pmi®
• Standards and guidelines - iso 12207, ieee 12207, ieee 1012, iso 90003, swebok, iso 15504 (spice), iso 15939, iso 25000 series, cmmi for development,

Software systems engineering process framework

• The 12207 process framework
• The cmmi® process framework
• The swebok knowledge areas

Software development methods and techniques - agile, tsp, rup, etc.

• Development approaches explained - team software process (tps), extreme programming (xp), test driven development, feature driven development, dynamic systems development method (dsdm), rational unified process
• Performance comparison of 13 software development methodologies - development cost, development time, software quality, software cost of ownership over 5 years
• The objectives of agile methods
• The agile manifesto
• Agile ten years on
• Agile project management
• Agile success factors, challenges and benefits

Project management frameworks

• Pmbok®
• Prince2™
• The iso/iec 12207 project management processes
• The cmmi® project management knowledge area
• The swebok software engineering management knowledge area

Quality management frameworks

• Iso 9001
• Iso 9000-3
• The iso/iec 12207 qa processes
• The cmmi® qa knowledge area
• The swebok quality management knowledge area

Requirements analysis

• Software requirements fundamentals
• Requirements elicitation
• Requirements analysis
• Requirements specification
• Requirements validation
• Practical considerations
• Requirements analysis techniques
• Requirements documentation
• Requirements management support tools
• Workshop - requirements analysis

Software design

• Software design fundamentals
• Key issues in software design
• Architectural models
• Architectural views and frameworks
• Commonly used architectures
• Design methods
• Software design notations and representations
• Design documentation
• Design support tools
• Workshop - documenting designs

Software construction

• Software construction fundamentals
• Construction design
• Programming languages
• Software reuse and product lines
• Software construction support tools

System integration

• Integration
• Service oriented architecture (soa)
• Web services
• Soap and xml
• Interface control
• Pitfalls and pointers in system integration

Software maintenance

• Software maintenance fundamentals
• Key issues in software maintenance
• Maintenance techniques
• Software maintenance support tools

Technical reviews

• Software walk through and inspections - fagan, gilb
• Formal and informal reviews
• Requirements reviews
• Design reviews
• Other reviews
• Audits
• Administration of technical reviews
• Technical reviews and incremental builds
• Customer involvement in technical reviews
• Pitfalls in conducting technical reviews
• Workshop - reviewing requirements

Testing

• Software testing fundamentals
• Test planning
• Test levels
• Test techniques
• Test related measures
• Test documentation
• Software testing tools

Other verification and validation methods

• Control flow analysis
• Demonstration
• Prototyping
• Simulation

Independent verification and validation

• What is iv&v?
• Why and when do you use iv&v?
• Iv&v requirements and activities
• Iv&v agents
• Implementing iv&v

Project management activities

• Project initiation
• Scope definition
• Project planning
• Project monitoring, controlling, and reporting
• Project closure

Configuration management

• Configuration management fundamentals
• Configuration identification
• Configuration control
• Configuration status accounting
• Configuration auditing
• Configuration management standards
• Configuration management pitfalls and pointers

Release and deployment management

• Release management
• Deployment planning
• Business continuity planning
• Post implementation reviews

Quality management

• The origins of quality management
• Software quality fundamentals
• Software quality characteristics
• Quality management techniques
• Quality management tools
• Practical considerations

Software performance measurement/metrics

• Technical performance measures
• The practical software measurement (psm) approach
• The iso 15939 software measurement process standard
• The sei goal driven measurement approach
• Function point analysis

Engineering of trusted software systems

• Safety, security, and mission critical systems
• Software engineering techniques for trusted software systems
• Critical systems standard
• Critical systems v&v

Workshop review

• Lifecycle models and process frameworks
• Software engineering technical activities
• Software engineering management activities
• Process evaluation and improvement
• Trusted software systems