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; methodologies. The course will also compare software design methodologies including data flow, data structure, and object-oriented analysis and design.

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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