After successful completion of the course, students are able to...

• Understand and select appropriate modern software development models;
• Design large software systems, including their modeling and specification;
• Effectively implement large software systems;
• Apply basic software validation techniques to check system reliability.

This course discusses in detail all phases of modern software development for large systems, including requirements elicitaton, design, implementation and validation. Specifically, the course covers:

• Modern software development models;
• Functional and non-functional requirements and their elicitation;
• Modeling and specification of software systems;
• System implementation aspects, such as design patterns, delta debugging, CI/CD, and code reviews;
• Software validation techniques, such as structural, functional, system, and user-acceptance testing.

• Definition and in-depth discussion of all software development phases for large systems;
• Solving and discussing exercises;
• Written tests.

For questions, please contact: seinfo@se.tuwien.ac.at

Preliminary meeting: Monday, October 2nd, 11:00 a.m. (venue: Informatikhörsaal), followed by the first lecture.
The preliminary meeting will be recorded and - as soon as available - published in TUWEL. If you cannot take part, view the recording or ask colleagues as soon as possible!

If you already have a certificate for the (old) VO Software Engineering or the (old) VU Object-Oriented Modeling, only part of the new 6.0 LVA Software Engineering needs to be completed. Further information will be given in the preliminary meeting.

Effort for the student (ECTS breakdown):

• 18 h Lectures (9 x 2 h)
• 15 h Videos
•   8 h Exercise sessions (4 x 2 h)
• 60 h Preparation for exercise sessions (4 x 10 x 1,5 h)
•  3 h Tests (2 x 1,5 h)
• 48 h Preparation for tests (2 x 24 h)

Total: 150h (6 ECTS)

At the beginning of the semester, an entry test must be completed in Tuwel (by October 8th, 2023), which is a prerequisite for participation in the course. For a positive grade, it is necessary to solve at least 32 of the 40 exercises and be able to present them in the lab sessions. There are also two written tests on the topics of the lectures and lab sessions. One of the two tests can be taken or repeated at the end of the course in mid-January.