Faculty of Science

Objectives

To introduce students to the object oriented paradigm and its use in analysis, design and implementation of software and the management of software project development.

Contents

Overview of object-oriented (o-o) software engineering: o-o concepts, paradigm and methodologies; complexity and change; project management in the o-o paradigm; An object-oriented methodology (UML – unified modelling language): notation, syntax and semantics; associated methodological approaches and guidelines; UML tools/environment; Management of complexity: requirements capture; analysis; system and object design; Implementation: coding, testing and validation; o-o programming; managing software development: project management; software configuration management; documentation issues/content; O-o management tools; communication issues within project.