Introduction

This course provides the student with a working knowledge of the terms, principles and methods of Software Architecture and Component-Based Design, introducing students to a wide variety of processes and alternatives that can be deployed in creating and/or evaluating software architectures and designs. Numerous case studies of working software architectures are studies and the student will acquire an appreciation of the role that software architecture and design activities play in the acquisition and/or development of complex software-intensive systems.

Special consideration is given to the role of architecture and design in software assurance for dependability, including performance, reliability and security, Recent advances in design techniques, software patterns, component based design and design refactoring are introduced.

Prerequisites:

SSW 540 or equivalent experience

Course Outcomes

After taking this course, the student will be able to:

1. Construct an architecture using the "4+1" model, emphasizing architectural styles and nonfunctional requirements
2. Base software design on components, patterns and classes using a domain driven approach
3. Re-factor code to improve understanding or modification
4. Apply a continuous learning approach to software architecture and design

Textbook

Required

• Beautiful Architecture, edited by Diomidis Spinellis and Georgios Gousios. O’Reilly Media, Inc., 2009. ISBN: 978-0-596-51798-4.
• Domain-Driven Design: Tackling complexity in the heart of software, authored by Eric Evans. Addison-Wesley, 2004, ISBN 0-321-12521-5.

Recommended, but not required

Just Enough Software Architecture: A Risk-Driven Approach, authored by George Fairbanks. Published by Marshall & Brainerd, 2010. ISBN 978-0-9846181-0-1.

Grading Policies

Required Readings:

Most weeks, assigned readings include 1 or more chapters from a text plus 1 or more journal articles found as resources on the course Moodle site. Students are expected to have completed the assigned reading BEFORE attending a live or recorded lecture event each week.

Assignments

• Assigned readings are listed on thecourse schedule for each week. For web campus students, each week begins on Monday with the posting of lecture slides and/or notes for the week.
• Quizzes or assigned written work should be submitted by noon, Eastern time, on Thursday of the week when due.
• Logbooks relating the principles learned in this course to each student’s software experiences should be kept and updated at least weekly. There should be at least 13 dated entries in the log, one for each week of class. Logs will be collected before the 14th week of class, and individual assignments, entered in the logs may be collected earlier.
• There will be a single examination covering all of the course material at the end of the course.

Grading:

Grades will be based on the following distribution of credits:

1. Class and Discussion Forum participation: 20%
2. Written Assignments and Quizzes, if any: 35%
3. Logbook: 15%
4. Open book Examination: 30%

Total: 100%

Final grades will be awarded in accordance with the following scale:

Grade	Percentage
A	93 - 100
A-	90 - 92
B+	87 - 89
B	83 - 86
B-	80 - 82
C	70 – 79
F	< 70