SOFT-ENG-BEG.AE2
Software Engineering for Beginners
- Practice in 31 Hands-On Labs — nothing to install
- 15 Interactive Lessons and 127 topics mapped to the official exam objectives
- 176 Practice Test Questions
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31 Hands-On LiveLabs
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15Interactive Lessons
127Topics
31LiveLab
176Practice Test Questions
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Lessons
15 Interactive Lessons · 127 topics01 Introduction 7 topics +
- What Is Software Engineering?
- Why Is Software Engineering Important?
- Who Should Read This Course?
- Approach
- What This Course Covers (And What It Doesn't)?
- What Tools Do You Need?
- Conventions
02 Software Engineering From 20,000 Feet 12 topics · 2 LiveLab +
- Requirements Gathering
- High-Level Design
- Low-Level Design
- Development
- Testing
- Deployment
- Maintenance
- Wrap-Up
- Everything All At Once
- Summary
- Exercises
- What You Learned In This Lesson
2 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
03 Before The Beginning 9 topics · 2 LiveLab +
- Document Management
- Historical Documents
- Code
- Code Documentation
- Application Documentation
- Summary
- Exercises
- What You Learned In This Lesson
2 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
04 Project Management 5 topics · 2 LiveLab +
- Executive Support
- Project Management
- Summary
- Exercises
- What You Learned In This Lesson
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05 Requirement Gathering 10 topics · 2 LiveLab +
- Requirements Defined
- Requirement Categories
- Gathering Requirements
- Refining Requirements
- Recording Requirements
- Validation and Verification
- Changing Requirements
- Summary
- Exercises
- What You Learned In This Lesson
2 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
06 High-Level Design 6 topics · 2 LiveLab +
- The Big Picture
- What To Specify
- UML
- Summary
- Exercises
- What You Learned In This Lesson
2 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
07 Low-Level Design 5 topics · 2 LiveLab +
- OO Design
- Database Design
- Summary
- Exercises
- What You Learned In This Lesson
2 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
08 Development 7 topics · 2 LiveLab +
- Use the Right Tools
- Selecting Algorithms
- Top-Down Design
- Programming Tips and Tricks
- Summary
- Exercises
- What You Learned In This Lesson
2 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
09 Testing 10 topics · 2 LiveLab +
- Testing Goals
- Reasons Bugs Never Die
- Levels of Testing
- Testing Techniques
- Testing Habits
- How to fix a Bug
- Estimating number of Bugs
- Summary
- Exercises
- What You Learned In This Lesson
2 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
10 Deployment 8 topics · 2 LiveLab +
- Scope
- The Plan
- Cutover
- Deployment Tasks
- Deployment Mistakes
- Summary
- Exercises
- What You Learned In This Lesson
2 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
11 Metrics 6 topics · 2 LiveLab +
- Wrap Party
- Defect Analysis
- Software Metrics
- Summary
- Exercises
- What You Learned In This Lesson
2 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
12 Maintenance 6 topics · 2 LiveLab +
- Maintenance Costs
- Task Categories
- Task Execution
- Summary
- Exercises
- What You Learned In This Lesson
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13 Predictive Models 12 topics · 3 LiveLab +
- Model Approaches
- Prerequisites
- Predictive and Adaptive
- Waterfall
- Waterfall with Feedback
- SASHIMI
- Incremental Waterfall
- V-MODEL
- Systems Development Life Cycle
- Summary
- Exercises
- What You Learned In This Lesson
3 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
14 Iterative Models 9 topics · 2 LiveLab +
- Iterative versus Predictive
- Iterative versus Incremental
- Prototypes
- Spiral
- Unified Process
- Cleanroom
- Summary
- Exercises
- What You Learned In This Lesson
2 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
15 RAD 15 topics · 4 LiveLab +
- RAD Principles
- James Martin RAD
- Agile
- XP
- Scrum
- Lean
- Crystal
- Feature-Driven Development
- Agile Unified Process
- Disciplined Agile Delivery
- Dynamic Systems Development Method
- Kanban
- Summary
- Exercises
- What You Learned In This Lesson
4 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
Hands-On Labs Our edge
31 LiveLabs- Understanding Software Development Project Phases
- Understanding the Steps of Software Development
- Understanding E-mail Subject Tags
- Learning Good Document Management System
- Understanding Duties of Executive Champion and Project Manager
- Understanding Project Management and Executive Support
- Understanding Methods for Recording Requirements
- Learning the FURPS Categories
- Understanding the Types of Architecture
- Understanding the Class Diagram Visibility Symbols
- Understanding Normalization Forms
- Understanding Object-Oriented and Database Design
- Understanding Algorithm Characteristics and Programming Tips
- Understanding the Types of Development Tools
- Understanding the Levels of Testing
- Working with the Testing Techniques
- Learning Deployment Tasks
- Understanding Cutover, Deployment Tasks, and Deployment Mistakes
- Understanding Defect Analysis and Software Metrics
- Understanding Function Point Metrics
- Understanding Categories of Task Maintenance
- Understanding the Types of Maintenance Tasks
- Understanding Types of Predictive Models
- Learning the Features of a Predictive Model
- Understanding Success and Failure Indicators
- Understanding the Unified Process and Prototypes
- Learning the Spiral Model
- Understanding Kanban, Disciplined Agile Delivery, and the Agile Unified Process
- Learning Features of the RAD Model
- Understanding Crystal Methods
- Understanding the Phases of FDD
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