CS-C3150 - Software Engineering, Lecture, 4.9.2023-13.12.2023

Topic outline

• Module 5: Requirements Engineering
  This module covers requirements engineering. The module consists of five lecture videos, two readings, one podcast, one quiz, and one written assignment. For interested students, there are two optional readings on wicked problems that are not required to do the quiz or essay, but provide additional insights, in particular for the essay assignment. 

  • Select activity Module 5 lecture videos

    

    Module 5 lecture videos Page

    This module has five lecture videos. 

    1. Module introduction and overview by Casper Lassenius (15 min)
    2. An Introduction to Requirements Engineering by Ian Sommerville (11 min)
    3. Stakeholders, Viewpoints and Concerns by Ian Sommerville (8 min)
    4. Requirements Engineering Challenges by Ian Sommerville (8 min)
    5. Requirements Engineering Processes by Ian Sommerville (9 min)
  • Select activity Introductory lecture (15 min, mp3)

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    Introductory lecture (15 min, mp3) File MP3

    Audio only version of the Introductory lecture. Note that there are several other lecture videos that are not available as audio only.

  • Select activity Reading 1: Requirements Engineering

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    Reading 1: Requirements Engineering File PDF
  • Select activity Reading 2: Agile Requirements Engineering Practices: An Empirical Study

    

    Reading 2: Agile Requirements Engineering Practices: An Empirical Study File

    Cao, L. and Ramesh, B. (2008). 'Agile Requirements Engineering Practices: An Empirical Study', IEEE Software, 25 (1), pp. 60-67.

  • Select activity Podcast: Requirements Engineering (32 min)

    

    Podcast: Requirements Engineering (32 min) File

    An interview with Professor Marjo Kauppinen about Requirements Engineering (32 min). Recorded 6.2.2013.

  • Select activity Check your feedback for the Module 2 essay

    

    Check your feedback for the Module 2 essay Page
  • Select activity Module 5 quiz

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    Module 5 quiz
  • Select activity Essay: Requirements engineering in traditional and agile contexts

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    • You achieve higher than a certain score in Quiz: Honor code and Referencing guidelines (required, NO SAFE EXAM BROWSER REQUIRED)

    

    Essay: Requirements engineering in traditional and agile contexts Workshop
  • Select activity Proxy: Do peer assessment for Module 4

    

    Proxy: Do peer assessment for Module 4 Page
  • Select activity Module 5 grading discussion

    

    Module 5 grading discussion Forum
  • Select activity Optional reading: Wicked problems and social complexity

    

    Optional reading: Wicked problems and social complexity File

    Conklin, J. Wicked Problems and Social Complexity. 

    This is an easy read on wicked problems that can serve as a nice introduction. Also mentions design and software engineering activities.

  • Select activity Optional reading: Dilemmas in a General Theory of Planning

    

    Optional reading: Dilemmas in a General Theory of Planning File

    Ritter, H.W. and Webber, M.M. 1973. Dilemmas in a General Theory of Planning. Policy Sciences 4, pp. 155-169.

    This is the original paper on wicked problems, an optional but interesting read.