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    BCS Higher Education

    Qualifications

    Diploma in IT

    Software Engineering Syllabus


    Version 3.0

    December 2016

    This is a United Kingdom government regulated qualification which is administered and approved by
    one or more of the following: Ofqual, Qualification in Wales or SQA.
    Contents

    1. Change History 3
    2. Rationale 3
    3. Aims 3
    4. Objectives 3
    5. Prior Knowledge Expected 3
    6. Format and Duration of the Examination 4
    7. Syllabus Detail 4
    8. Recommended Reading List 5
    9. Contact Points 5

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    Level 5 Diploma in Software Engineering Syllabus 3.0 December 2016
    1. Change History
    Any changes made to the syllabus shall be clearly documented with a change history log. This shall
    include the latest version number, date of the amendment and the changes made. The purpose is to
    identify quickly what changes have been made.

    Version Number Date Changes Made


    Version 1.0 Released
    Version 2.0 June 2016 Re-formatted with syllabus numbering – no change to
    content
    Version 3.0 Dec 2016 Regulated statement added.

    2. Rationale
    This module is for those who wish to understand an introduction to Software Engineering and the
    skills necessary to create software products and applications that are effective, maintainable and
    value-for-money.

    3. Aims
     To apply the knowledge of a disciplined approach to the development of software and to the
    management of the software product lifecycle

    4. Objectives
    Upon successful completion of this module, candidates will be able to demonstrate their competence
    in, and their ability to:

     Explain the background of the software crisis and the need for an engineering approach
     Appreciate the distinction between software programming and an engineering approach to the
    development of a software product
     Create models of software data and processes using object oriented modelling approaches
    such as the UML
     Describe and evaluate software tools and technology to enhance productivity and quality of
    software development
     Demonstrate skills of software documentation, quality assurance and evaluation, and testing
    as part of software development
     Describe development contexts and can apply estimation methods for planning these
    contexts

    5. Prior Knowledge Expected


    Candidates must have achieved the Certificate in IT or have an appropriate exemption to be entered
    for the Diploma in IT. Candidates are expected to have used a variety of programming languages and
    to be familiar with a range of software development technologies.

    Candidates are required to become a member of BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT to sit and be
    awarded the qualifications. Candidates may apply for a four-year student membership that will
    support them throughout their studies.

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    6. Format and Duration of the Examination
    The examination is a two-hour closed book examination (no materials can be taken into the
    examination room) based on the syllabus in this document.

    Examinations are held twice a year and are undertaken in normal examination conditions with one or
    more duly appointed invigilators.

    The pass mark is 40%.

    7. Syllabus Detail
    Category Ref Content
    1 SOFTWARE 1.1 The nature of software
    ENGINEERING 1.2 Theoretical models
    1.3 The software crisis
    1.4 The cost of maintenance
    1.5 The cost of quality
    2 SOFTWARE 2.1 The multidisciplinary nature of software design
    ENGINEERING KEY 2.2 Team work
    PRACTICES 2.3 Productivity
    2.4 Testing
    2.5 Product maintenance
    2.6 Software product life cycle
    3 SOFTWARE 3.1 Design principles (transparency, separation of concerns,
    DEVELOPMENT MODELS abstraction, modularity and development by incremental
    AND METHODS methods)
    3.2 OO notation for describing software components and
    architecture
    3.3 OO approaches such as the UML modelling of use cases for a
    logical/end-user view, system components and architecture
    for the development view, behavior and deployment for
    process and physical implementation views
    4 VALIDATION, 4.1 Product and process visibility
    VERIFICATION, AND 4.2 Traceability in software systems and processes
    TESTING
    5. SOFTWARE 5.1 Upper and lower CASE tools
    ENGINEERING TOOLS 5.2 Role of the repository for supporting incremental development
    AND ENVIRONMENTS 5.3 Software reuse and evolution
    6. PROJECT 6.1 Project estimating and project planning
    MANAGEMENT 6.2 Management and maintenance of software products in the
    consumer marketplace
    6.3 Total cost of system ownership
    6.4 Software life-cycle cost modelling
    6.5 Project development cost modelling
    6.6 Project and product risk management

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    Level 5 Diploma in Software Engineering Syllabus 3.0 December 2016
    8. Recommended Reading List
    Software Engineering 1 ISBN 10 ISBN 13

    Primary Texts
     Pressman R.S. and Ince D., Software Engineering: A 0073375977 978-0073375977
    Practitioner’s Approach, McGraw Hill (7th Ed), 2009/10 0071267824 978-0071267823
     Ian Sommerville, Software Engineering: International 0137053460 978-0137053469
    Version Edition 9, Addison Wesley, 2010 0137035152 978-0137035151
    Other Texts
     Fredrick P. Brooks, Jr., The Mythical Man-Month, 0201835959 978-0201835953
    Addison-Wesley, 1995 (paperback edition)
     Humphrey W., A Discipline for Software Engineering. 0201546108 978-0201546101
    Addison Wesley, 1995
     Endres A. and Rombach, D., A Handbook of Software 0321154207 978-0321154200
    and Systems Engineering. Pearson (Addison Wesley),
    2003
     Conallen J., Building Web Applications With UML, 0201730383 978-0201730388
    Addison-Wesley, 2nd Ed., 2002. (paperback)
    Other Reading
     Gilb T., Evolutionary Project Manager’s Handbook at
    http://www.ida.liu.se/~TDDB02/pkval01vt/EvoBook.pdf
     Kruchten P., 1995, Architectural Blueprints - the ‘4 +1 ’ View Model of Software Architecture,
    IEEE Software 12,6 (Nov 1995) pp42- 50 and
    http://www.rational.com/media/whitepapers/Pbk4p1.pdf
     Kruchten P., 2002, A software development process for a team of one at
    http://www.nada.kth.se/~karlm/light_sw_process.pdf
    Cross Reference Guide to Primary Texts
     Section 1. Sommerville Chs 1-2, Pressman Ch 1
     Section 2. Sommerville Chs 1-2
     Section 3.Sommerville Ch12, Pressman Chs 8 and 12
     Section 4. Sommerville Chs 19-20, Pressman Chs 17-21
     Section 5. Sommerville Ch3, Pressman Chs 22-23
     Section 6. Sommerville Ch3, Chs 22-24, Pressman Chs 2-4.
    In addition, the Other Texts illuminate models, methods, and management of diverse systems and
    show how they are ‘powered’ by engineering-quality software

    9. Contact Points
    Email:
    Customer Service team via www.bcs.org/contact

    Phone:
    UK: 01793 417424 or 0845 300 4417 (lo-call rate)
    Overseas: +44 (0)1793 417424
    Lines are open Monday to Friday, 08.15 a.m. to 5.45 p.m. UK time.

    Website:
    www.bcs.org/heq

    Post:
    BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
    First Floor, Block D, North Star House, North Star Avenue,
    Swindon SN2 1FA, United Kingdom

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