Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS CreditsLast Updated Date
1BBM485SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURES3+0+03606.09.2024

 
Course Details
Language of Instruction English
Level of Course Unit Bachelor's Degree
Department / Program COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Type of Program Formal Education
Type of Course Unit Elective
Course Delivery Method Face To Face
Objectives of the Course To introduce the basic concepts of software architecture and its development and documentation methods.
Course Content Basic concepts on software architectures. Software architecture concepts and stakeholders, software architecture development process, architectural requirements analysis, modeling of software architectural design. Architectural viewpoints and perspectives. Functional, information, development, concurrency, deployment, and operation viewpoints. Evolution, security, performance and scalability, and availability and resilience perspectives. Architectural styles/patterns. Comparison and evaluation of architectural design methods. Software product-line architectures, domain modeling and domain engineering.
Course Methods and Techniques Lecture, case study, documentation
Prerequisites and co-requisities ( BBM104 ) and ( BBM102 ) and ( BBM104 ) and ( BBM102 )
Course Coordinator None
Name of Lecturers Associate Prof.Dr. Ayça Kolukısa Tarhan
Assistants None
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources Rozanski N. and Woods E., Software Systems Architecture: Working with Stakeholders Using Viewpoints and Perspectives, Addison-Wesley Professional, 2005.
Course Notes Rozanski N. ve Woods E., Software Systems Architecture: Working with Stakeholders Using Viewpoints and Perspectives, Addison-Wesley Professional, 2005.


Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria
In-Term Studies Quantity Percentage
Midterm Exam 2 % 60
Final examination 1 % 40
Total
3
% 100

 
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Course Duration 14 3 42
Hours for off-the-c.r.stud 14 5 70
Assignments 1 20 20
Preparation for Midterm Exam 2 8 16
General Exam Preparation 1 20 20
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 5,6 168

 
Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 Student is supposed to model any software architecture.
2 Student is supposed to apply views and perspectives on any project.
3 Student is supposed to choose an appropriate software development methodology.
4 Student is supposed to compare software development methodologies.
5 Student is supposed perform architectural requirements analysis.
6 Student is supposed to design a software architecture.
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Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 Definitions and an overview of a software architecture
2 The architecture business cycle
3 Introduction to views, viewpoints and perspectives
4 The architecture definition process
5 Identifying and engaging stakeholders
6 Midterm exam
7 Producing Architectural Models
8 Architectural Views
9 Architectural Views (cont.)
10 Architectural Views (cont.)
11 Midterm exam
12 Perspectives
13 Perspectives (cont.)
14 Documenting Software Architectures
15 Evaluating Software Architectures
16 Final Exam

 
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 P11 P12
All 5 5 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
C1
C2
C3
C4
C5
C6
C7
C8

  Contribution: 1: Very Slight 2:Slight 3:Moderate 4:Significant 5:Very Significant

  
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