CISC 475 : Object-Oriented Software Engineering

Catalog Description:
Introduction to object-oriented software engineering concepts, methodologies and tools. Requirement analysis, design and implementation of object-oriented software development process using UML. Real-life examples and homework projects to cover all aspects of object-oriented lifecycle, from requirements to coding in C++ and/or Java.

Current Texts:
UML Distilled, Second Edition, A Brief Guide to the Standard Object Modeling Language
Martin Fowler with Kendall Scott
Addison-Wesley, 2000

Design Patterns, Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, and John Vlissides
Addison-Wesley, 1995

further references

Goals:
To study, understand and implement the fundamental object-oriented software engineering concepts and gain knowledge in depth of object-oriented specification, design, and coding of complex software systems by using the Unified Modeling Language (UML) and design patterns.

Content:

1. Introduction to object-oriented Software Engineering (SE) Concepts
2. Large Scale software development process
3. Software development phases
4. SE analysis and design methodologies: Object-oriented analysis and design, evolvable rapid prototyping
5. Object-oriented modelling: Requirement analysis, Object-oriented specification, object-oriented design process, object-oriented implementation
6. Use cases, CRC cards
7. The UML (Unified Modelling Language)
8. Design Patterns
9. Object-oriented layered software architectures
10. Development and mapping of user interface layer onto domain layer
11. Introduction to software verification and validation
12. Homeworks, a major group project, as well as three formal exams (UML, Patterns, Final).

Required Background: CISC220 and CISC 280. Good programming skills, especially on C++ and Java. Senior or first year graduate standing in CIS or EE.

Recommended Background: CISC 320, 361, 370, 470

Recent Instructors: Saunders [Fall 2000] Saydam [Fall 1997 and 1998, Spring 1998 and 1999].

• www.rational.com/uml (uml and their rational rose software for it)
  See for instance whitepapers by Booch, Rumbaugh, uml quick guide and uml reference.
• www.c2.com (Extreme Programming , Portland Pattern Repository)
  See eg paper on CRC cards: click "Published Papers" then "OOPSLA89"
• www.taligent.com (folds you into IBM Java group)

• www.bearcave.com/bookrev/design_patterns.html (a review of Gamma et al,)
• www.awl.com/cseng/titles/0-201-89542-0/techniques/bibliog.htm (biblio of OO Design books)
  

• Jacobson I., Christerson M., Jonsson P. and Övergaard G. (1992) Object-Oriented Software Engineering: a use case driven approach, Addison-Wesley.
• The Mythical Man-Month
• Dijkstra
• ...