CS4233-A04: Object-Oriented Analysis & Design

General Information

• Class lectures. MTRF 3:00-3:50, Fuller Labs (FL320)
• Course staff and hours for help sessions
• Class schedule and assignments
• Class notes
  • Class notes in PDF (Overview, classes 1-4, 5-8, 9-12, 13-16)
• Project page
• Resources can be found on my interests page linked to my home page
• Academic and grading policies
• Visual-Paradigm Academic Partner Certificate. This is a tool that we can use for our UML analysis and design needs. It is loaded on the lab machines, and you can get an academic license for it from the myWPI course pages. You must use the Standard Edition, v3.1 for the key to work.
• Midterm study guide. Previous mid-term exam (don't take this too literally).
• Final study guide.

Course Description and Objectives

This course teaches the students the necessary skills to analyze a problem, convert the results of the analysis to an efficient, resilient design, and to implement that design.

The prevailing paradigm for building software systems today is the object-oriented paradigm. It is applied in building complex systems of all sizes and in various domains. This course focuses on the analysis, design, and implementation aspects of software systems. We will examine how to analyze requirements in such a way that we can develop a well-structured, flexible, and maintainable design and implementation. A key skill in object-oriented developers today is the ability to recognize and apply design patterns to their software solutions. A significant part of the course is devoted to learning and applying patterns.

Upon completion you will be able to do the following:

• Construct analysis and design models using the Unified Modeling Language (UML)
• Recognize, adapt, and apply software design patterns to in your programs.
• Design well-structured object-oriented solutions to problems using proven analysis and design techniques.
• Analyze and evaluate designs of systems.

There are several expected outcomes for the course:

• Learn new tools and techniques, or improve your facility with them. Specifically modeling with UML tools, the Eclipse framework, CVS, and JUnit.
• Improved team skills.
• Improved communication skills, both oral and written.

More information about the course, including the structure and approach, assignments, readings, and so on can be found on the course notes page. The course notes are developed using a mind-mapping technique developed by Tony Buzan. The notes pages were generated by the MindManager® X5 Pro software tool from MindJet®. If you are interested in mind-mapping as a way to capture and review information, there is a free tool called FreeMind that is available for download from SourceForge.

Recommended Background

Students taking this course should have an understanding of software engineering principles. If you have passed CS3733, Software Engineering, you should be prepared for the course. You should specifically understand use cases and requirements engineering, project management and scheduling, iterative and incremental development, and testing. You should also be proficient in Java programming.

Textbook(s)

There is one required textbook for the class: Object-Oriented Design & Patterns, Cay Horstmann, John Wiley, 2004, ISBN 0-471-31966-x.

Modified: 12-Oct-2004
Gary Pollice