CS 5385: Software Requirements Engineering

Software requirements engineering, including functional and non-functional requirements; specification styles from informal, test-case, documentation, and formal specifications; elicitation techniques, requirements maintenance, configuration management, cost estimations, cost negotiation, feasibility, metrics, and tools support.

CS5386: Software Architecture and Design

Mapping requirements to architecture and design; iterative and incremental design methods, software architectures, software frameworks, design models, design notations, mapping of design to implementation, design validation, design maintenance, and design metrics.

CS 5387: Software Validation, Verification and Testing

An in-depth study of software validation and verification. Topics include the limits of testing, professional responsibility and liability, testing, management of the testing process, automated testing tools, coverage metrics, software quality, non-testing quality assurance, static and dynamic validation techniques, inspections, and audits.

CS 5388: Software Management

Professional practices, process improvement, risk management, project planning, project staffing, schedule and cost estimation, project budget development, project tracking, contracts and liability, intellectual property, freedom of information, project retrospectives, decision making, earned value tracking, defect tracking, and project leadership.

CS 5389: Software Construction

Topics in software construction.