Software Development Methods and Paradigms

Lecture content

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Effective use of development tools, learn best practices, build a variety of devices, major development, debugging, testing, mapping processes.

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Typical architectural expectations and possible solutions related to the project management methodologies, showing the advantages and difficulties in each direction.

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The manual application testing processes, methods, presentation of some assets. Guidelines for the preparation of unit tests, the conditions for the application, advantages and disadvantages.

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Source code management methods, widespread source code management tools, branching strategies, introduction of best practice guidelines for effective teamwork.

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Specification and business analysis methods: Structured Systems Analysis and Design Method (SSADM), requirements analysis, requirements specification, logical and physical planning, types of requirements, measurable objectives, prototypes, business analysis techniques, business processes and documentation requirements.

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Software Design methods: software design, UML, UML profile, description and communication of user requirements, architecture, design, Domain Driven Design, Model Driven Development

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User Experience design, typical process steps and best practices, role in the software development process, the user testing methods.

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Methodologies, classic methodologies: the software development process, software development models, Rational Unified Process (RUP), Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI)

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Agile development methods 1 (Agile values and principles) Why do we need methodologies?, managing change in the software industry, agile methods, values, principles, agile manifesto, agile practices.

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Agile development methods 2 (supporting the implementation practice): agile design, goals of design, levels of design, vision, release planning, iteration planning, stand-up. User stories, estimates, iteration, "done, done", Agile modeling.

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Agile development methods 3 (Agile methodologies): eXtreme Programming (XP), Scrum, Microsoft Solution Framework (MSF), characteristics of methodologies, their use in everyday life.

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Project management methods and tools 1: general project management principles, constraints, resources and competence matrices, tasks, dependencies. General description of project design tools.

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Project management methods and tools 2: specific characteristics of IT projects, agile and classic methodologies, resource and task management, monitoring, device support.

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Case studies: concrete case studies demonstrate the effective use of development tools, testing, source code management practices, collaboration tools. Experiences, best practices.

Seminar content

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Unit testing in practice: creating simple unit tests, application testing, mocking, error handling.

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Source code management methods 1: Microsoft Team Foundation Server, GIT, check-in / check-out, pull / push, merge, branching, offline repository management.

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Source code management methods 2: build automation, continuous integration, automated unit tests start, configuration-release devices, metrics.

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Specification and design: developing practical examples (SSADM), CMMI in practice, requirements analysis, business analysis.

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Agile Planning: practical examples of vision, release planning, iteration planning.

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Agile tools: common agile practices (test driven development, continuous integration, refactoring).

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Project management tools in practice: planning, resource management, scrum meetings, sprints, product backlog.