Units:

12

Description:

The course exposes students to the challenges of real-world software development. Indeed, industry software systems are often complex and developed by large and distributed teams that need to continuously adapt to ever-changing circumstances. Students learn to tackle this challenge from both theoretical and practical perspectives in the context of a semester-long project where the entire class works together as a team of teams. They define the optimal software development method for their project aimed at evolving an existing software system. They build new system increments by applying their own method. They practice collective code ownership while balancing feature development with refactoring to avoid technical debt. They measure the quality of their product, the productivity of their team, and the predictability of their process. Students also reflect on the effectiveness of their approach and adapt their way of working via continuous improvement. This course is intended for ECE master students with a concentration in Software Engineering and will satisfy the "Systems" course area requirement.

Registration in the course is by invitation only: Instructors will extend invitations to students based on their performance in 18-652RW or 18-652SA or 18-652SB and potentially other courses.

Last Modified: 2024-11-21 11:20AM

Current session:

This course is currently being offered.

Semesters offered:

• Spring 2025
• Spring 2024
• Spring 2023
• Spring 2022
• Spring 2021
• Spring 2020
• Spring 2019
• Spring 2018
• Spring 2017