1. Software Engineering I
Session 0
Introduction to the module

2. Basic Information Level 5, 15 credits Module code: BUCI066H5
Place: Woburn House, 20 Tavistock Square, WC1H 9HQ
Lecturer: Taolue Chen
Phd from Free University Amsterdam and Centre for Mathematics and Informatics (CWI), NL ( )
Research fellow at University of Twente, NL ( )
Research fellow at University of Oxford, UK ( )
Lecturer and Senior Lecturer at Middlesex University ( )
But next academic year:
BSc Computing program
SE1 (Level 4, compulsory), SE2 (Level 5, optional)
Information System A&D (Level 5, Compulsory)
Information System A&D II (Level 6, Compulsory)

3. Contents One term, first course in Software Engineering Focus on
Important concepts (such as software processes) – 3 sessions
Essential software development activities – 5 sessions
Project management and planning – 2 sessions

4. Arrangements Contents Date/Place Portfolio Remark W1 Introduction
Oct 4th
Software failure (presentation) W2
2. Software processes
Oct 11th
Software processes (essay) W3
3. Agile methods
Oct 18th
Agile Methods (Comparison) W4
4. Requirements
Oct 25th
Requirements Specification W5
5. Modelling
Nov 1st
System Modelling W6
SELF-STUDY
Nov 8th
Deadline of C1 (9th) W7
6. Design and Impl.
Nov 15th
Software Implementation Strategies W8
7. Testing
Nov 22nd
Testing Plan W9
8. Evolution
Nov 29th
Software evolution (essay)
W10
9. Project management
Dec 6th
Project Planning and Risk Assessment
Deadline of C2 (7th)
W11
10. Configuration control
Dec 13th
Version Control with Git and GitHub
Jan 4th
Deadline of C3
Can you add any more types of software to the list?
Give specific examples of the different types of software you have listed.
10 sessions:
Introduction
Software process models
Agile software development
Requirement engineering
Software modelling

5. Arrangement –con’d Revision: Time to be confirmed
We will use one session for revision
Another session for Q&A
Each session includes lectures and class activities
You can learn more via videos and supplementary readings

6. Assessment Porfolio Tasks (20%)
Coursework portfolio. Students will complete three from a possible ten tasks based on session topics.
Tasks will be approx words in length.
Task 1. 23:55, November 9th, 2018
(5 weeks to complete, after the self-study week)
Task 2. 23:55, December 7th, 2018 (4 weeks to complete)
Task 3. 23:55, January 4th, 2019 (4 weeks to complete)
2 in red and 1 in green (or three red if you want)
Final exam (80%)
2-hour exam, time to be announced

7. Textbook Ian Sommerville. Software Engineering. 10th Ed.
How do you think software engineering differs from other branches of engineering (e.g. civil engineering)?
In what way do you think the theories, methods and tools used if software engineering are different from, or similar to other, more established, branches of engineering?
In what ways is software engineering distinct from computer science?

8. Further reference books