This course is one of three courses (COMP2100, COMP2110, COMP3110) which address constructive aspects of the software development process. It has a primary focus on the design phase.
The following topics are covered. Introduction to requirements specifications. Designing to specifications. The design milieu (notations, documentation standards). Design techniques (object-oriented, software architectures, design patterns). Design review. Design in the context of requirements change. Principles of quality in design.

On completion of this course the student will be able to do the following:

1. use well-structured diagrams and text to describe the design of medium-scale software system
2. write informal requirements for a medium-small software system
3. create and describe the design of a small scale software system
4. critically compare the design of medium-small software systems for related purposes
5. select and analyse the application of software pattern definitions to a design problem
6. recognise and illustrate the relationships and processes between requirements, design, and implementation in the standard software life cycle
7. demonstrate a reasonable choice of classes and relationships to model system fragments to meet partial system requirements
8. find and select software from that which is openly available to approximately meet system requirements

Assignments (50%); Presentation (10%); Final Exam (40%)

COMP1110 or COMP1510 and MATH1005 or MATH1014 or MATH1116

COMP2510