Acerca de este curso: This course will teach you how to design futureproof systems that meet the requirements of IoT systems: systems that are secure, interoperable, modifiable and scalable. Moreover, you'll learn to apply best-in-class software architecture methods to help you design complex IoT and other applications. Lastly, you'll come to understand the business impact of the technical decisions that you make as an IoT system architect. You'll learn all about software architecture in the next 5 weeks! In the first week, you'll discover why having a well-designed architecture is important and which challenges you might come across while developing your architecture. By the end of the second week, you'll already be able to write your own requirements! In the third and fourth week, you will learn how to correctly write quality attributes and quality attribute scenarios for a specific case. In the last week, you'll learn to describe your own patterns and tactics and see how they're used in an Android framework.
Para quién es esta clase: You're at the right address if you're a software engineer, embedded systems engineer or a technical manager who aspires to connect their career to the internet of the future: the Internet of Things. Our blended learning approach offers you the best of both worlds: you can learn online whenever you want to, but can still get hands-on coaching from industry experts. Although useful for professionals, this course is meant for first year Master students in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science. Note that as a consequence, quiz questions are more like exam questions where you have to construct the answer based on the principles that are taught in the web lectures, rather than to recall the literal text of the teacher.
Creada por: EIT Digital
Enseñado por: Frank Gielen, Professor
UGent/IBCN: Internet Based Communication Networks
| Compromiso | 5 weeks of study, 2-3 hours/week |
| Idioma | English |
| Cómo aprobar | Aprueba todas las tareas calificadas para completar el curso. |
| Calificaciones del usuario |
Programa
SEMANA 1
Getting to know Software Architecture
This module will introduce you to the world of software architecture. We'll define what SA actually is, why it is important and talk about some of the challenges faced in modern Software Engineering. This course is also part of a Blended Master Programme in Internet of Things through Embedded Systems.
6 videos, 6 readings
- Reading: Recap: UML
- Reading: How to navigate through this course
- Reading: Learning objectives per week
- Reading: Want more software architecture?
- Discussion Prompt: IoT and you
- Vídeo: Challenges in Modern Software Engineering
- Vídeo: What is Software Architecture?
- Vídeo: Why is software architecture important? (1)
- Vídeo: Why is software architecture important? (2)
- Reading: Software Architecture in practice: 1, 2, 3
- Reading: How business goals drive architectural design
- Discussion Prompt: Business goals
- Vídeo: The role of the software architect
Calificado: Challenges in modern software engineering
Calificado: The role of the Software Architect
SEMANA 2
Design process and software requirements
Creating good software starts with a solid understanding of the requirements that will have an influence on the software. In this module, we will discuss both functional and non-functional requirements, such as quality attributes, business requirements and constraints.
8 videos, 7 readings
- Reading: Automatic Recharging of Electric Vehicles (EV)
- Peer Review: EV charging requirements
- Vídeo: The Software Architecture Design Process
- Vídeo: Software requirements
- Vídeo: Documenting Requirements
- Discussion Prompt: IoT project: requirements
- Vídeo: What is the ADD process?
- Reading: ADD paper
- Vídeo: Software Architecture in the Development Process
- Reading: Enabling agility through architecture
- Discussion Prompt: Design process
- Reading: Optional: ADD applied example
- Discussion Prompt: Designing architectures in the real world
- Reading: Software architecture in practice: 4, 16, 17
- Vídeo: Introduction Share & Charge
- Vídeo: Introduction Share & Charge case: Business model
- Reading: Basics of Blockchain
- Discussion Prompt: Discuss/Design a high level architecture for the case using block chain technology
- Reading: Value Delivery Architecture Modeling
Calificado: Requirements
Calificado: Documenting requirements
Calificado: Attribute driven design
Calificado: The place of software architecture in the software development process
Calificado: UberGoogle Requirements
SEMANA 3
Quality Attributes
Up till now, we have been talking about quality in an informal way. However, if you want to build systems that support the required qualities you will need a way to express those quality attributes and understand how you can achieve them. After this module you should be able to formulate your own quality requirements. We will also study 2 qualities that are especially relevant for Internet of Things: interoperability and modifiability.
7 videos, 1 reading
- Vídeo: Second Interview
- Peer Review: Share&Charge use case description
- Vídeo: What are quality attributes?
- Vídeo: The nature of quality attributes
- Vídeo: What are QAS?
- Vídeo: QA - Interoperability
- Vídeo: QA - Modifiability
- Discussion Prompt: Quality attributes
- Discussion Prompt: IoT project: quality attributes
- Peer Review: Share&Charge quality attributes
- Reading: Software Architecture in practice: 5, 6, 7
Calificado: Quality Attributes
Calificado: Quality attribute scenarios
Calificado: Interoperability
Calificado: The Missing Towels
SEMANA 4
Tactics
In the fourth week, we will explain how architectural tactics can help you create a software architecture that achieves the predefined requirements. This is what needs to be done in step three of the ADD - remember? We'll start of by learning about the difference between tactics and patterns. We will give some examples of tactics to achieve interoperability and modifiability. We will discuss the MVC pattern and its relation to the modifiability tactics. Lastly, we'll discuss how MVC is being used in Android.
5 videos, 2 readings
- Reading: Introduction to Tactics and Patterns
- Vídeo: Tactic: Interoperability
- Vídeo: Tactic - Modifiability
- Reading: Modifiability - tactics and patterns pt. 1
- Vídeo: Introduction to DYAMAND
- Vídeo: Problems and solutions
- Peer Review: DYAMAND requirements
Calificado: Tactics
SEMANA 5
Patterns
In this last week, we will explain how architectural patterns can help you create a software architecture that achieves the predefined requirements. Patterns are closely related to tactics, as we saw last week. First, we'll look at different types of patterns. Then, we'll learn how to combine tactics and patterns. We'll conclude this last week with a case study: DYAMAND's requirements and their architecture.
5 videos, 2 readings
- Vídeo: Combining Tactics and Patterns
- Reading: Modifiability - tactics and patterns pt. 2
- Discussion Prompt: IoT project: tactics and patterns
- Discussion Prompt: Where to find patterns and tactics
- Vídeo: DYAMAND's requirements
- Peer Review: DYAMAND Pattern application
- Peer Review: DYAMAND Patterns combination
- Vídeo: DYAMAND's architecture (1)
- Vídeo: DYAMAND's architecture (2)
- Reading: Software Architecture in practice: 13
- Discussion Prompt: DYAMAND case study reflection
- Peer Review: Exam case example: Mobile Health
- Peer Review: Exam Case: The internet of Energy
Calificado: Patterns
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EIT Digital offers an online programme in 'Internet of Things through Embedded Systems'. Achieving all certificates of the online courses and the specialization provides an opportunity to enroll in the on campus program and get a double degree. These are the courses in the online programme:
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Nicely designed course and covers a lot in short period.
It provides the essential ground to start the IoT software architecture journey
it's easy to understand and the tool and method are helpful in real projects.
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SB
It is a great course to start with Internet of Things when you know the hardware level already. At first, Software Architecture was thought in general, and then it was linked to the Internet of Things scenarios. The takeaway for this course is good. Also, the course is nicely designed. Thank you.