At the completion of this course students will:
1) Have a detailed understanding of a number of software architecture styles, and the techniques used for architecture design.
2) Be able to evaluate the different architecture styles available, and to choose the most appropriate style for a large software system.
3) Understand the general strategies used for quality improvement.
4) Understand a number of software metrics and their application in software projects.
5) Understand the role of component quality in the overall quality of a large software system.
6) Be familiar with formal and informal methods for software verification and validation.
7) Understand what is required to manage quality throughout a software project, to produce a high quality final product.
8) Have developed effective verbal and written communication skills

Topics for this course are:
" Basic concepts of Software Architecture
" Architecture Design: global analysis
" Architecture Design: conceptual view
" Architecture Design: module view
" Architectural Styles
" Architectural Analysis and Evaluation using case studies
" Formal Methods for Software Verification
" Informal methods for Software Verification and Validation
" Software Quality Measurement
" Software Quality Management

SENG4420 Software Architecture

Students may not obtain credit for both SENG3130 and SENG4420. All BE(Software) students must complete either SENG3130 or SENG4420. Students who have completed the core requirements of year 3 of the BE(Software) prior to 2011 will study SENG3130 as a Directed Elective.

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SENG2130 (or INFT2009 for students in the BIT program)

Internal Mode

Lecture
Workshop

Lecture: for 3 hour(s) per Week for Full Term
Workshop: for 2 hour(s) per Week for Full Term