Software Systems Architecture

Lecturer:

Martin Molhanec (gar.)

Tutor:

Martin Molhanec (gar.)

Supervisor:

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Synopsis:

Software systems architecture, principles of architecture design, architectonic styles, software quality, integration, reusability, components and connectors, ADL languages, architecture modeling and UML, semantic specifications.

Requirements:

To get credits, the student has to finish his/her project.

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Introduction into software systems architecture

2. Software quality, integration, interoperability and reusability

3. Architectonic styles, reference models, reference architectures

4. Architectonic styles - categories and comparision, recommended usage

5. Architectonic styles - case studies

6. Architecture design principles, unit operations

7. Documentation of architecture, architecture description languages

8. Software architecture modeling, UML

9. Methods of software evaluation, revision of architecture

10. Software system design, component architectures

11. Software systems testing

12. Architecture of selected systems

13. Semantic specifications

14. The Future of Software Architecture

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. Project specifications

2. Project specifications

3. Consultations to projects

4. Consultations to projects

5. Consultations to projects

6. Presentation of the proposed solution

7. Consultations to projects

8. Consultations to projects

9. Presentation of partial solution

10. Consultations to projects

11. Consultations to projects

12. Presentation of projects

13. Presentation of projects

14. Crediting

Study Objective:

Study materials:

1. Bass,L. - Clements,P. - Kazman,R.: Software Architecture in Practice. Addison-Wesley, 1998.

2. Mary Shaw and David Garlan, Software Architecture: Perspectives on an Emerging Discipline, Prentice-Hall, 1996.

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2011/2012:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
Tue	roomKN:E-127 Molhanec M. 16:15–17:45 ODD WEEK (lecture parallel1) Karlovo nám. Kotkova cvičebna K4
Fri
Thu
Fri

Time-table for summer semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Computer Technology - Software Engineering- structured studies (compulsory course of the branch)
• Computer Technology - System Programming- structured studies (compulsory course of the branch)
• Computer Technology - Computer Network and Internet- structured studies (compulsory course of the branch)