Class Systems Analysis and Design

The curricular unit covers the initial activities of a computer engineering project, so it is intended to provide the student with tools to:

• Document the requirements of a software system within the software development cycle.
• Analyze and design systems and their components using a modeling language, namely UML.
• Specify and develop interfaces for web-based systems using technologies currently required by the industry.

Theoretical part:

• Brief introduction to Systems
• System requirements
• Requirements Engineering Processes
• Previous Study Document
• Requirements Specification Document
• Interfaces and Usability
• World Wide Web (WWW) and HTTP
• HyperText Markup Language (HTML5)
• Cascading Style Sheets (CSS3)

Pratical part:

• Unified Modeling Language (UML)
• Use case diagrams (UML)
• Class diagrams (UML)
• Object Diagrams (UML)
• Activity diagrams (UML)
• State diagrams (UML)
• CASE Systems for UML
• User interface specification
• HTML5 Practice
• CSS3 Practice

Expository method in theoretical classes, complemented with application examples.
Expository methods in practical classes interspersed with solving practical exercises by students.
Continuous assessment in six components:

• two tests focusing on the theoretical part and the practical part (30% each).
• four practical assignments in the form of a preliminary study document (5%), a requirements specification document (15%), an interface specification (5%) and a web front-end prototype (15%).

All continuous assessment components are mandatory.
It is necessary, for approval in the curricular unit, to obtain a minimum of 5 values in each component.

• Kotonya, Gerard; Sommerville, Ian - Requirements Engineering: Processes and Techniques, JohnWiley & Sons, 1998
• Booch, Grady; Rumbaugh, James; Jacobson, Ivar - The Unified Modeling Language User, Guide,Addison Wesley, 1998
• Goldstein, Alexis; Lazaris, Louis; Weyl, Estelle - HTML5 & CSS3 For The Real World, Sitepoint, 2015