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Considering a vision for TM363

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About a year ago (June 25; I’m writing this in May 26), I wrote a blog article Considering a vision for TM354 Software Engineering with the intention of generating a bit of interest in the redesign of TM354. Rather than using an exam, it was to make use of an EMA that is based around a project. It suggested the following blocks:

  • Block 1: Processes and Tools
  • Block 2: Technology and Architectures
  • Block 3: Research and Investigation

After making notes about the SWEBOK and a software engineering textbook, I’ve arrived at the following slightly different structure:

  • Block 1: Processes and Requirements
  • Block 2: Architecture and Design
  • Block 3: Testing and Deployment

Within each of these blocks, there could be three significant stands, which could be: people (which relate to human factors), tools (what the people use), and research (either, how to do research, or research that relates to software engineering).

Disclaimer

Consider this post as a set of very sketchy notes. I’m not the decision maker in all this; what might become TM363 may be very different to what is suggested here. As publishers write at the start of novels: any relationship to facts may be entirely coincidental.

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