FI:PA102 Software Engineering I - Course Information

PA102 Software Engineering I

Extent and Intensity

2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

prof. RNDr. Jaroslav Král, DrSc. (lecturer)
RNDr. Jaroslav Ráček, Ph.D. (assistant)

Guaranteed by

prof. RNDr. Václav Matyáš, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Department of Computer Systems and Communications – Faculty of Informatics

Timetable

Tue 10:00–13:50 D3

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Applied Informatics (programme FI, N-AP)
• Information Technology Security (programme FI, N-IN)
• Bioinformatics (programme FI, N-AP)
• Information Systems (programme FI, N-IN)
• Informatics (programme FI, M-IN)
• Informatics (programme FI, N-IN)
• Parallel and Distributed Systems (programme FI, N-IN)
• Computer Graphics (programme FI, N-IN)
• Computer Networks and Communication (programme FI, N-IN)
• Computer Systems (programme FI, N-IN)
• Embedded Systems (eng.) (programme FI, N-IN)
• Theoretical Informatics (programme FI, N-IN)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Informatics (programme FI, M-IN)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Informatics (programme FI, M-SS)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Informatics (programme FI, M-TV)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Informatics (programme FI, N-SS) (2)
• Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing (programme FI, N-IN)
• Image Processing (programme FI, N-AP)

Course objectives

This course will provide an overview of software engineering approached in managing work on large projects. It also deals with the problems of measuring effects of information technologies. The course will also critically review the benefits of information technologies, and will discuss support of administration and management in the software life-cyccle, together with related social and ergonomical issues.

Syllabus

• Informaion systems, gobalization, and information society. The structure of information systems. Social issues. Software architectures of information systems. Operation information systems and management information systems Service orientation. Technologies of global information systems. Software confederations. XML in service orinted information systems. Waterfall method, customization and distribution of effort between developmnet phases. Iteration and inccrements. Ergonomy issues.How to measure the effects of information technologies. Main reasons of software projects failures. Steps before the project agreement is signed. Negotiation and requirements specification techniques. Risk management and its software support. Basics of team work. Late stages of software development in brief.

Literature

• CASE systémy a monografie o SW inženýrství / CASE systems and SW engineering monographs
• KRÁL, Jaroslav. Informační systémy :specifikace, realizace, provoz. 1. vyd. Veletiny: Science, 1998, 358 s. ISBN 80-86083-00-4. info

Assessment methods

Written final exam. Correctional exams can also be oral.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

Study Materials

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