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Software Architecture for the Internet of Things

EIT Digital

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This course will teach you how to design futureproof systems that meet the requirements of IoT systems: systems that are secure, interoperable, modifiable, and scalable. Moreover, you'll learn to apply best-in-class software architecture methods to help you design complex IoT and other applications. Lastly, you'll come to understand the business impact of the technical decisions that you make as an IoT system architect.
You'll learn all about software architecture in the next 5 weeks! In the first week, you'll discover why having a well-designed architecture is important and which challenges you might come across while developing your architecture. By the end of the second week, you'll already be able to write your own requirements! In the third and fourth weeks, you will learn how to correctly write quality attributes and quality attribute scenarios for a specific case. In the last week, you'll learn to describe your own patterns and tactics and see how they're used in an Android framework.

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Software Architecture
Architectural Pattern
Non-Functional Requirement
Software Requirements

Flexible deadlines

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Approx. 26 hours to complete

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Frank Gielen

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UGent/IBCN: Internet Based Communication Networks

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

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Week1

Week 1

3 hours to complete

Getting to know Software Architecture

3 hours to complete

6 videos (Total 42 min), 6 readings, 2 quizzes

6 videos

Welcome to Software Architecture for IoT36sChallenges in Modern Software Engineering10mWhat is Software Architecture?8mWhy is software architecture important? (1)8mWhy is software architecture important? (2)7mThe role of the software architect5m

6 readings

Recap: UML10mHow to navigate through this course2mLearning objectives per week4mWant more software architecture?2mSoftware Architecture in practice: 1, 2, 31hHow business goals drive architectural design20m

2 practice exercises

Challenges in modern software engineering30mThe role of the Software Architect30m

Week2

Week 2

8 hours to complete

Design process and software requirements

8 hours to complete

8 videos (Total 50 min), 7 readings, 6 quizzes

8 videos

EV charging at a private charging pole44sThe Software Architecture Design Process57sSoftware requirements7mDocumenting Requirements7mWhat is the ADD process?9mSoftware Architecture in the Development Process8mIntroduction Share & Charge7mIntroduction Share & Charge case: Business model8m

7 readings

Automatic Recharging of Electric Vehicles (EV)10mADD paper20mEnabling agility through architecture20mOptional: ADD applied example20mSoftware architecture in practice: 4, 16, 171hBasics of Blockchain10mValue Delivery Architecture Modeling10m

4 practice exercises

Requirements30mDocumenting requirements30mAttribute driven design30mThe place of software architecture in the software development process30m

Week3

Week 3

7 hours to complete

Quality Attributes

Up till now, we have been talking about quality in an informal way. However, if you want to build systems that support the required qualities you will need a way to express those quality attributes and understand how you can achieve them. After this module you should be able to formulate your own quality requirements. We will also study 2 qualities that are especially relevant for Internet of Things: interoperability and modifiability.

7 hours to complete

7 videos (Total 58 min), 1 reading, 6 quizzes

Week4

Week 4

2 hours to complete

Tactics

In the fourth week, we will explain how architectural tactics can help you create a software architecture that achieves the predefined requirements. This is what needs to be done in step three of the ADD - remember? We'll start of by learning about the difference between tactics and patterns. We will give some examples of tactics to achieve interoperability and modifiability. We will discuss the MVC pattern and its relation to the modifiability tactics. Lastly, we'll discuss how MVC is being used in Android.

2 hours to complete

5 videos (Total 29 min), 2 readings, 2 quizzes

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TOP REVIEWS FROM SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE FOR THE INTERNET OF THINGS

by VKMay 23, 2020

Very good course,contents collaboratively put to students

by MHSep 15, 2017

I learned a lot through this course and was able to apply some of my learnings to my current work. Definitely would like to recommend this course!

by VMMar 2, 2017

Excellent Course. I highly recommend this course with people who are software architects and who intended to become one day.

by IKApr 21, 2020

It was a very good and comprehensive course especially for those who want to work on IoT based projects and not have much knowledge of software

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