Software Engineering & Project Management syllabus

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• Introduction to Software: Software myths and engineering approach, Engineering, Nature and Characteristics of Software, Software Crisis and Challenges, Software Process Software Process Framework: Waterfall, Incremental, RAD, Spiral, Component-Based, Introduction Cleanroom Engineering Software Quality Attributes: SQA Plans, Frameworks, ISO 9000 Models, CMM Models.
• Case Study : Selection of Suitable Software Process Model for Online Food Delivery System.

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• Requirements Capturing Process: requirements engineering (elicitation, specification, validation, negotiation, prioritizing requirements (Kano diagram) - real life application case study.
• Requirement Elicitation Techniques Functional and Non-functional Requirements, Software Requirement Specification (SRS) UML Modeling: Use Case Diagram, Class Diagram, Sequence Diagram, Activity Diagram Data modeling, data and control flow model, behavioral modeling using state diagrams.
• Case Study : SRS preparation for Smart Hospital Management System

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• Agile Development: Agile manifesto, agility and cost of change, agility principles, myth of planned development, toolset for the agile process.
• Extreme Programming: XP values, process, industrial XP, SCRUM - process flow, scrum roles, scrum cycle description, product backlog, sprint planning meeting, sprint backlog, sprint execution, daily scrum meeting, maintaining sprint backlog and burn-down chart, sprint review and retrospective.
• DevOps Fundamentals: CI/CD Concepts, Version Control using Git and GitHub.
• Case Study: Agile Scrum-based Development of College Management System To understand Agile principles, Scrum workflow, sprint planning, backlog management, and Agile project execution.

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• Software Testing Fundamentals: Verification and Validation (V&V), Difference between Verification and Validation, Importance of software testing in software engineering, Levels of Testing: Unit Testing, Integration Testing, System Testing, Acceptance Testing Test Case Design Techniques: Black Box Testing Techniques, White Box Testing Techniques, Boundary Value Analysis, Equivalence Partitioning, Basic Defect Tracking Concepts Software Quality Assurance (SQA): SQA Framework, Quality Standards and Models ISO 9000 Models, Capability Maturity Model (CMM/CMMI) Software Metrics: Introduction to Software Metrics, Product Metrics, Process Metrics Software Maintenance and Reengineering Case Study: Testing and Quality Assurance of Online Banking System

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• Project Initiation and Scope Management: Project Initiation Process, Project Planning and Scope Management, Project Deliverables and Constraints, Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) Project Effort Estimation and Scheduling: Importance of Project Scheduling, Estimating Activity Resources, Estimating Activity Duration, Estimation Techniques: LOC (Lines of Code), Function Point Analysis (Overview), Basic COCOMO Model.
• Project Schedule Development Techniques: Introduction to Gantt Charts, Planning Cost Management & Quality Management.
• Introduction to project Risk Management.
• Emerging Trends in Software Engineering: Generative AI in Software Engineering, AI-assisted Coding Tools (GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT), Cloud-based Project Management Tools Case Study: Project Planning and Scheduling of Smart Healthcare System using Gantt Chart & PERT/CPM