OU Revised SE syllabus 2010-11

                Syllabus

                                    Unit- l

The Software Problem: Cost, Schedule and quality, scale and change.

Software Processes: Process and project, Component software processes,

Software development models, Project management process.

                                             Unit - ll   

Software Requirements Analysis and Specification: Value of good SRS,

Requirement process, requirement specifications, function specification with use cases,

Other approaches for analysis.

Software Architecture: Role of software architecture views, Component and connector view,

Architecture styles for C & C view, Documenting Architecture design, evaluating architectures.

                                 Unit - lll

Planning a software project: Effort estimation, project Schedule and staffing, Quality planning,

Risk management planning, project monitoring plan, Detailed scheduling.

Design: Design concept, Function oriented design, Object oriented design, Detailed design, Verification, Metrics.

                                         Unit - lV   

Coding and Unit testing: Programming principles and guidelines, incrementally developing code,

Managing evolving code, Unit testing, Code inspection, Metrics.

Testing: Testing concept, testing process, Black box testing, White box testing, Metrics.

                                        Unit - V   

Maintenance and Reengineering: Software maintenance, Supportability, Reengineering,

Business process Reengineering, Software Reengineering, Reverse engineering, Restructuring,

Forward Reengineering, Economics of Reengineering.

Software process Improvement: Introduction, SPI process, CMMI, PCMM, Other SPI frameworks,

SPI return of investment, SPI trends.