CSU, Chico Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

EECE 431- Software Engineering- Requirements and Design

Prerequisites:CSCI 112

Required for CMPE majors

Catalog Description: This course examines the requirements and design processes. Requirements topics include gathering, analysis, verification, and management. Design topics include static, functional, and dynamic views of software design, mapping designs to requirements, design patterns, and methodologies. The course also compares software design methodologies including data flow, data structure, and object-oriented analysis and design. Formerly ECE 210.

Course Objectives:

• teach students how to identify system requirements,
• teach students how to document requirement,
• teach students how to inspect requirement documents,
• teach students how to manage requirements,
• teach students how to translate requirements into designs,
• explain the need for multiple views of the design,
• teach students how to inspect design documents,
• introduce students to reusable designs
• introduce the concept of design patterns.

Course Outcomes:

Students shall be able to:

• define the components of a requirements statement
• write clear, complete, verifiable requirement statement
• inspect requirement documents
• convert a requirement document into design documents
• explain the need for different design views
• produce an architectural desing
• produce a functional desing
• produce a structural design
• produce a dynamic desig
• inspect a design document

Class/Laboratory schedule:

• One hundred and fifty minutes a week lecture

Contribution of Course to Meet the Professional Component:

• Engineering Science: 1.5 units
• Engineering Science: 1.5 units

Relationship of Course to Program Outcomes and Objective:

This course makes significant contributions the following program outcomes:

• An ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs
• An ability to identify, formulate and solve engineering problems
• An ability to communicate effectively

This course supports the achievement of the following elements of the program objective:

• Achieve success in graduate programs in computer engineering, electrical engineering or computer science.
• Communicate their thoughts, in both written and oral forms, so that others can comprehend and build on their work.
• Continue to develop their knowledge and skills after graduation in order to succeed personally and contribute to employer success.

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