Faculty of Computing RiphahInternational University

Software Requirement Engineering

Course Description
Session Fall 2019
Course Code SE3013

Course Title Software Requirement Engineering

Course Category SE Core

Credit Hours 3+0
Prerequisites Software Construction

Course Sequence
Year Semester

First

Second

Third V

Fourth

Serving Program Objectives: Program Educational Objectives:

c) Efficiently develop requirement specifications and analyze,

design, synthesize, test, verify, validate, implement, document and
maintain high quality and secure software components, processes,
and systems using appropriate software engineering principles,
technique, and tools.

Program Learning Outcome:

b) An ability to analyze a software engineering problem, and identify
and define the computing requirements appropriate to its solution.

i) An ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of audiences

and to elicit the requirements of software systems.

j) An ability to create well-written software documentation.

Assessment Instruments with Quizzes: 10
Assignments: 10
Weights (homework, quizzes, Activities: 15
midterms, final, programming Midterms: 20
assignments, lab work, etc.) Project: 20
Final Exam: 25
Total: 100
Course Instructor Mr.Muhammad Shabbir Hassan
URL (if any)
Current Catalog Description
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Software Requirement Engineering
Textbook Managing Software Requirements: A Unified Approach by Dean
Leffingwell and Don Widrig, 2000
Reference Material Lecture handouts
Course Goals/Objectives a) Understanding key concepts of Requirements Engineering
b) Prepare for, and undertake the requirements elicitation tasks
c) Analyze client needs
d) Create models of requirements
e) Prepare software requirements specifications using an industry
standard
f) Prepare for, and undertake specification reviews.
h) Manage Requirements for a small scale project

Class Time Spent on (in credit Theory Problem Solution Social and Ethical Issues
hours) Analysis Design
.95 1 1 .05

Topics Covered in the Course, with Number of Lectures on Each Topic

Serial No Topic Number of Hours

Lectures
1 Introduction to the course related with degree, Introduction to SRE 2 03
2 The requirement problem 2 03
3 Introduction to requirement management 2 03
4 Five steps in problem analysis 2 03
5 Three views of business modeling 2 03
6 The challenge of requirement elicitation 2 03
7 The features of a product/system 2 03
8 Requirements workshop 2 03
9 Use cases, Use case specification 2 03
10 Details Storey Board Technique 2 03
11 Project scope, Requirement management 2 03
12 Functional and Non-functional requirement 2 03
13 Quality measures of software requirements 2 03
14 Requirements review 2 03
15 Verification, Validation 2 03

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Week Topic B.T Goal

1 Introduction to the course related with degree
Introduction to SRE - -
2 The requirement problem C a
Introduction to requirement management K, C a
3 Five steps in problem analysis A c
4 Business modeling (What Part) A d
5 Business modeling (How Part) A d
6 The challenge of requirement elicitation C b
The features of a product/system A c
7 Requirements workshop A b
8 Storyboarding C b
The vision document A e
9 Mid Term / Class Evaluation - -
10 Use cases A d
Use case specification A d
11 Project scope C h
Requirement management C h
12 Non-functional requirement A a
13 Quality measures of software requirements A f
14 Requirements review A f
Verification C e
Validation A e
15 Project Demo / Presentations

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Assessment Methods and Outcome Criteria for the Learning Objectives
Learning Objective
Understanding key concepts of
Requirements Engineering
Prepare for, and undertake the
requirements elicitation tasks
Analyze client needs
Create models of requirements
Prepare software requirements
specifications using an industry
standard
Prepare for, and undertake
specification reviews.
Manage Requirements for a
small scale project
Grading Policy:
80 – 100
70 – 79
60 – 69
50 – 59
Less Than 50
RiphahInternational University
Software Requirement Engineering
Assessment Method Outcome Criteria
Quiz, assignment
Class Activity, Quiz, Midterm
Quiz, assignment, class
activity.
Quiz, project deliverable,
midterm and final exam
Quiz, Class activity, project
deliverable, Final term
Quiz, Class activity, project
deliverable, Final term
Project deliverables
A
B
C
D
F