CS 521: Object-Oriented Analysis and Design

Objectives

Each successful student will:

• Demonstrate knowledge of structural and behavioral modeling techniques.
• Demonstrate knowledge of a model-based software development methodology.
• Application of the methodology and the modeling techniques in a significant software design project.
• Demonstrate knowledge of design patterns and their application in a software design project.
• Demonstrate knowledge of Design and Testing Process Improvement Models.

Prerequisites

• CS 425.

Syllabus

• Introduction to the Design Process Improvement Model
  • Six-Level Improvement Process
• UML Structural Modeling Techniques
  • Basic Building Blocks -- objects and classes
  • Structural Composition Techniques
  • Design Scaling Issues
• UML Behavioral Modeling Techniques
  • Use Case Diagrams
  • Interaction Diagrams
  • Event State Diagrams
  • Action Matrices
  • Business Lifecycle Diagrams
  • Activity Diagrams
  • Collaboration Diagrams
  • Rule Specification Techniques
  • Behavioral Model-Based Reference Architecture for Component Specification
• Design Standards
  • Architectural Patterns
  • Design Patterns
  • Program Patterns
  • Behavioral Design Units
  • Component-Based Specification Techniques
• DPIM - Level One
  • Requirements Analysis Techniques
  • Ad Hoc Approach to Design
• DPIM - Levels Two, Three and Four
  • Design Methodology Deployment
  • Design Quality Control Properties and Analysis Techniques
    • Automatic Convertability
    • Traceability
    • Standardizability (Design Units/Reusable Patterns)
    • Modularity
    • Changeability (Change Management)
    • Scalability of Design
    • Reliability
• DPIM - Levels Five and Six
  • Design Process Management and Optimization
  • Design Metric Models
  • Testing Maturity Model
  • Extended V-Model
  • Testing Techniques
• Level-by-Level Improvement Case Study

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