Software Engineering: Modeling Software Systems using UML

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Software Engineering: Modeling Software Systems using UML

This course is part of Software Engineering Specialization

Instructor: Kenneth Wai-Ting Leung

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7 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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There are 7 modules in this course

Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) is the process of developing software through planning, requirement analysis, design, implementation, testing, and maintenance. This course focuses on the requirement analysis phase of SDLC, and you will learn how to use UML models to capture the system requirements and to facilitate communication between client/users and developers. UML is a general purpose visual modeling language for systems. It can be used to highlight different aspects of the system that are of interest to different stakeholders. Data requirements are captured in the domain model, which describes the important concepts of the application domain as classes, associations between them and constraints on them. Functional requirements are captured in the use-case model to describe the interactions between the system and its environment (users, other systems).

Welcome to the first module of this course! In this module, you will learn: (1) Developing large software systems is a complex process.(2) How to deal with the complexity of software development.(3) What is software engineering.

What's included

3 videos1 reading1 assignment

In this module, you will learn: (1) What is UML. (2) How to model a software system as a collection of collaborating objects. (3) The basic modeling components (Class, Association and Aggregation/Composition) of UML class diagrams.

What's included

3 videos3 readings1 assignment

3 videosTotal 40 minutes

Lecture 2-1 Modeling Introduction12 minutes
Lecture 2-2 UML Class Diagram8 minutes
Lecture 2-3 Association and Aggregation Relationships20 minutes

3 readingsTotal 180 minutes

Lecture 2 - Modeling Software Systems using UML60 minutes
Lecture 2 - Class Diagram Exercise60 minutes
Lecture 2 - Class Diagram Exercise (Solution)60 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Quiz 2 - Modeling Software Systems Using UML30 minutes

In this module, you will learn: (1) The basic modeling components (Association Class, Inheritance and Other Constraints) of UML Class Diagram.

What's included

3 videos5 readings1 assignment

3 videosTotal 29 minutes

Lecture 3-1 Association Class9 minutes
Lecture 3-2 Generalization15 minutes
Lecture 3-3 Class Diagram Summary5 minutes

5 readingsTotal 200 minutes

Lecture 3 - Modeling Software Systems using UML60 minutes
Lecture 3 - Class Diagram Exercise 160 minutes
Lecture 3 - Class Diagram Exercise 1 (Solution)60 minutes
Lecture 3 - Class Diagram Exercise 210 minutes
Lecture 3 - Class Diagram Exercise 2 (Solution)10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Quiz 3 - Modeling Software Systems Using UML30 minutes

In this module, you will learn: (1) What is requirements capture and its role in the software development process. (2) How to capture data requirements in a domain model. (3) How to evaluate attributes, classes, and associations in a domain model.

What's included

3 videos3 readings1 assignment

3 videosTotal 21 minutes

Lecture 4-1 - Introduction to System Requirements Capture11 minutes
Lecture 4-2 - Domain Modeling - Evaluating Classes5 minutes
Lecture 4-3 - Domain Modeling - Evaluating Associations and Attributes5 minutes

3 readingsTotal 180 minutes

Lecture 4 - System Requirements Capture60 minutes
Lecture 4 - Domain Model Exercise60 minutes
Lecture 4 - Domain Model Exercise (Solution)60 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Quiz 4 - System Requirements Capture30 minutes

In this module, you will learn: (1) How to capture functional requirements in a use case model. (2) How to evaluate use cases in a use case model.

What's included

3 videos3 readings1 assignment

3 videosTotal 17 minutes

Lecture 5-1 - Use Case Modeling - Actors4 minutes
Lecture 5-2 - Use Cases3 minutes
Lecture 5-3 - Use Case Modeling Example9 minutes

3 readingsTotal 180 minutes

Lecture 5 - System Requirements Capture60 minutes
Lecture 5 - Domain Model Exercise60 minutes
Lecture 5 - Domain Model Exercise (Solution)60 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Quiz 5 - System Requirements Capture30 minutes

In this module, you will learn: (1) How to write use case specification to describe the behavior within a use case.

What's included

3 videos4 readings1 assignment

3 videosTotal 15 minutes

Lecture 6-1 - Use Case Specification6 minutes
Lecture 6-2 - Extension Point and Alternative Flow5 minutes
Lecture 6-3 - SubFlow4 minutes

4 readingsTotal 240 minutes

Lecture 6 - System Requirements Capture60 minutes
Lecture 6 - Use Case Detailed Specification Example60 minutes
Lecture 6 - Use Case Model Exercise60 minutes
Lecture 6 - Use Case Model Exercise (Solution)60 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Quiz 6 - System Requirements Capture30 minutes

In this module, you will learn: (1) How to capture non-functional requirements. (2) How to validate system requirements.

What's included

2 videos5 readings1 assignment

2 videosTotal 10 minutes

Lecture 7-1 - Non-Functional Requirements5 minutes
Lecture 7-2 - Validate System Requirements5 minutes

5 readingsTotal 300 minutes

Lecture 7 - System Requirements Capture60 minutes
Lecture 7 - Use Case Modeling Exercise60 minutes
Lecture 7 - Use Case Modeling Exercise (Solution)60 minutes
Lecture 7 - System Requirements Capture Exercise60 minutes
Lecture 7 - System Requirements Capture Exercise (Solution)60 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Quiz 7 - System Requirements Capture30 minutes

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Reviewed on Apr 1, 2023

Easy to understand and good explanation. I feel that the assessment should have included modeling so that we would get a better learning experience.

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A good course for those who want to gain some basics in UML

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