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Software Engineering II

01SQNOV

A.A. 2024/25

Course Language

Inglese

Degree programme(s)

Master of science-level of the Bologna process in Ingegneria Informatica (Computer Engineering) - Torino

Course structure

Teaching	Hours
Lezioni	30
Esercitazioni in aula	30

Lecturers

Teacher	Status	SSD	h.Les	h.Ex	h.Lab	h.Tut	Years teaching
Torchiano Marco	Professore Ordinario	IINF-05/A	15	30	0	0	6

Co-lectures

Espandi

Teacher	Status	SSD	h.Les	h.Ex	h.Lab	h.Tut
Coppola Riccardo	Ricercatore L240/10	IINF-05/A	0	30	0	0
Vetro' Antonio	Professore Associato	IINF-05/A	15	30	0	0

Context

SSD	CFU	Activities	Area context
ING-INF/05	6	C - Affini o integrative	Attivit� formative affini o integrative

Statistiche superamento esami

Anno accademico di inizio validit�

2024/25

Presentazione
Course description

The knowledge that students acquired through the fundamental and optional courses mainly concern technologies that can be used to build software systems (e.g. programming languages, web technologies, security, computer architectures) and basic techniques and tools to support development (e.g. deployment, version control, requirements, design). In order to effectively employ such knowledge and skills, it is fundamental to organize the development activities and manage them, curate the quality of the software products, and account for the inevitable characteristic of software: its persistent change. This course has the goal of expanding the knowledge and skills of students in the software engineering, especially concerning: - management of the software development process - organization of development activities - quality assurance and process improvement - software evolution

The knowledge acquired by students acquired through the previous foundational and optional courses mainly concerns technologies that can be used to build software systems (e.g. programming languages, web technologies, security solutions, computer architectures) and basic techniques and tools to support development (e.g. deployment, containers, version control, modeling tools). In order to effectively employ such knowledge and skills in a real software development project, it is fundamental to organize the development activities and manage them, curate the quality of the software products, and account for the inevitable characteristic of modern software: change. This course has the goal of expanding the knowledge and skills of students in the software engineering, especially concerning: - management of the software development process - organization and planning of development activities - quality assurance and process improvement - software evolution The approach taken in the course is that of agile software development. Due to the practical and interactive nature of the course, as well as the focus on team work, continuous attendance is mandatory.

Risultati attesi
Expected Learning Outcomes

The students will acquire basic knowledge regarding: - software development methods, focusing on agile methods - software quality assurance and process improvement, in particular static analysis and technical debt assessment - software evolution dynamics A key component of software development (as it happens in industrial context) is team work. Key skills to be developed include: - coordination of individuals and their interactions, - planning and monitoring the project evolution, - manage stakeholders' collaboration, - set up self-organizing teams.

Prerequisiti
Pre-requirements

This course build on the foundations of software engineering as provided in the Software Engineering course: software development life-cycle, configuration management, software testing. In addition the students are expected to be able to develop web applications.

Programma
Course topics

- Software Process Management (3 cfu) - Agile methods - Software SCRUM - Software Quality Assurance (1.5 cfu) - Quality methods - Technical Debt - Static Analysis - Software Maintenance and Evolution (1.5 cfu) - Principles of Sw Evolution - Maintenance tools and techniques

- Software Process Management (0.5 cfu) - Agile methods - Agile in practice - Software SCRUM (3.0 cfu) - The approach - Specific practices - Adoption in practice - Software Quality Assurance (1.5 cfu) - Quality methods - Technical Debt - Static Analysis

Sustainable development goals

Costruire un'infrastruttura resiliente e promuovere l'innovazione ed una industrializzazione equa, responsabile e sostenibile

Assicurare la salute e il benessere per tutti e per tutte le et�

Incentivare una crescita economica duratura, inclusiva e sostenibile, un�occupazione piena e produttiva ed un lavoro dignitoso per tutti

Note
Additional information

Organizzazione dell'insegnamento
Course structure

The course will be organized with a balance of theory and practice. Conventional lectures will introduce the theory concerning the main topics of the course. Such lectures will be followed by practical sessions (either collective exercises or hands-on development sessions). A key component of software development that will be exercised is team work, including coordination of individuals and their interactions, leveraging stakeholders' collaboration, and achieving self-organization.

The course will be organized with a balance of theory and practice. Short conventional lectures will introduce the theory concerning the main topics of the course. Such lectures will be followed by practical sessions (either collective practices or hands-on development sessions). A key component of software development that will be exercised is team work, including coordination of individuals and their interactions, leveraging stakeholders' collaboration, and achieving self-organization. The course incluse a number of interactive workshops and progress presentations, therefore continuous attendance by students is absolutely mandatory. Teams are formed in the initial weeks of the course therefore students that are not attending since the beginning of the course will be excluded from teams and will therefore fail the exam.

Bibliografia
Reading materials

The main contents of the course are described in detail in the following books: - R.Jeffries "The Nature of Software Development" The Pragmatic Programmers - K.Schwaber, M.Beedle. "Agile Software Development with Scrum", Prentice-Hall, 2001 - M.Cohn. "Succeeding with Agile", Addison-Wesley, 2010. - C.Sims, H.L.Johnson. �The Elements of Scrum� DYMAXICON, 2011. - K.Schwaber and J.Sutherland "The Scrum Guide" (http://www.scrumguides.org) - D.Spinellis. Effective Debugging Addison-Wesley, 2016. - P.Grubb, A.Takang "Software Maintenance: concepts and practice" World Scientific Publishing, 2003 Additional materials will be provided by the teacher during the course, including articles on scientific journal to represent the most advanced state of the art in the field.

The main contents of the course are described in detail in the following books: - R.Jeffries "The Nature of Software Development" The Pragmatic Programmers - K.Schwaber, M.Beedle. "Agile Software Development with Scrum", Prentice-Hall, 2001 - M.Cohn. "Succeeding with Agile", Addison-Wesley, 2010. - C.Sims, H.L.Johnson. �The Elements of Scrum� DYMAXICON, 2011. - K.Schwaber and J.Sutherland "The Scrum Guide" (http://www.scrumguides.org) - P.Grubb, A.Takang "Software Maintenance: concepts and practice" World Scientific Publishing, 2003 Additional materials will be provided by the teacher during the course, including articles on scientific journal to represent the most advanced state of the art in the field.

Materiale di supporto allo studio
Study materials

Slides;

Lecture slides;

Criteri, regole e procedure per l'esame
Assessment and grading criteria

Modalit� di esame: Elaborato progettuale in gruppo; Prova scritta in aula tramite PC con l'utilizzo della piattaforma di ateneo;

Exam: Group project; Computer-based written test in class using POLITO platform;

... The 80% of the assessment will be based on a team project work that will let the student apply the techniques illustrated during the course and acquire the relative skills. The remaining 20% of the grade will be based on a final oral exam that will focus on the experience of the student during the project work and on the knowledge acquired during the course.

Gli studenti e le studentesse con disabilit� o con Disturbi Specifici di Apprendimento (DSA), oltre alla segnalazione tramite procedura informatizzata, sono invitati a comunicare anche direttamente al/la docente titolare dell'insegnamento, con un preavviso non inferiore ad una settimana dall'avvio della sessione d'esame, gli strumenti compensativi concordati con l'Unit� Special Needs, al fine di permettere al/la docente la declinazione pi� idonea in riferimento alla specifica tipologia di esame.

Exam: Group project; Computer-based written test in class using POLITO platform;

The 80% of the grade will be based on a team project work that will let the student apply the techniques illustrated during the course and acquire the relative skills. Student must be present in the initial lectures of the course when teams are formed. The remaining 20% of the grade will be based on a final written exam that will focus on the critical discussion of experience of the student during the project work and on the knowledge acquired during the course. Most of the course has a practical / workshop nature therefore students must be able to attend at least 75% of the lectures in order to pass the exam.

In addition to the message sent by the online system, students with disabilities or Specific Learning Disorders (SLD) are invited to directly inform the professor in charge of the course about the special arrangements for the exam that have been agreed with the Special Needs Unit. The professor has to be informed at least one week before the beginning of the examination session in order to provide students with the most suitable arrangements for each specific type of exam.