Admission requirements
None
Description
For most businesses and governmental organizations, the cost and effort of continued development and maintenance of software technology far exceeds the investment in its initial development. In this course, we explore the fundamental forces that drive software evolution and we discuss techniques for managing software evolution, including measurement and monitoring of software quality and architecture, application portfolio management, and software risk assessment. You will have the opportunity to apply such techniques by carrying out a number of management tasks on software development activities of students in other courses.
Course objectives
Upon completion of the course, students will have an in-depth understanding of the mechanisms that drive software evolution. They will understand the resulting organizational and technical challenges and they will be able to apply various techniques to deal with those challenges. Specifically, students will be able to:
Explain various laws of software evolution and the mechanisms that drive software evolution.
Define the concepts of software quality, maintainability, and technical debt and their relationships to the evolvability of software.
Assess the current state of a software system or project, identify associated business risks, and recommend mitigating actions.
Design software development controls and monitor the ongoing development of a software system using these controls.
Create and communicate a structured plan for business-driven future evolution of a software system.
Recognise and circumvent social obstacles when working with software development teams whose software is being assessed or monitored.
Timetable
You will find the timetables for all courses and degree programmes of Leiden University in the tool MyTimetable (login). Any teaching activities that you have sucessfully registered for in MyStudyMap will automatically be displayed in MyTimeTable. Any timetables that you add manually, will be saved and automatically displayed the next time you sign in.
MyTimetable allows you to integrate your timetable with your calendar apps such as Outlook, Google Calendar, Apple Calendar and other calendar apps on your smartphone. Any timetable changes will be automatically synced with your calendar. If you wish, you can also receive an email notification of the change. You can turn notifications on in ‘Settings’ (after login).
For more information, watch the video or go the the 'help-page' in MyTimetable. Please note: Joint Degree students Leiden/Delft have to merge their two different timetables into one. This video explains how to do this.
Mode of instruction
Interactive lectures.
Discussion and feedback sessions.
Assessment method
Assessment is based on:
Presence and participation in the lectures and lab work
Written (group) assignments: 70%
Written (individual) exam: 30%
Reading list
Links to reading material and course literature will be provided on the course website throughout the course.
Registration
Every student has to register for courses with the new enrollment tool MyStudyMap. Please see this page for more information.
Please note that it is compulsory to both preregister and confirm your participation for every exam and retake. Not being registered for a course means that you are not allowed to participate in the final exam of the course. Confirming your exam participation is possible until ten days before the exam.
Extensive FAQ's on MyStudymap can be found here.
Contact
Programme Co-ordinator: ms. Esme Caubo
Remarks
There is only limited capacity for external students. Please contact the programme Co-ordinator
Please also register for this course in Brightspace. All information about the course will be shared there.