CASE tools and HCI

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CASE tools and HCI

• Two part course
• Software Engineering option only!

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CASE tools

• Along with HCI, it is a core subject for the
  Software Engineering option of FT225/4.
• This subject is examined in a 3-hour exam at the
  end of the year.
• There are 8 questions on the paper, of which each
  student must answer 2 CASE, 2 HCI.

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CASE tools part

• This takes up half of the academic year.
• It is split up into three distinct sessions.
• Monday, 2 hour lab session.
• Tuesday, 1 hour lecture on Theory.
• Thursday, 1 hour lecture on tools and techniques.
• There is a task to be completed as part of the
  CASE tools course.
• Lecture notes are available on http//www.comp.dit
  .ie/pobyrne/case

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Purpose of the course

• To provide you with OO analysis and design
  skills.
• To look at moving on from legacy situations.
• Enterprise level solutions.
• Round-trip engineering.
• Choosing the best process model / methodology /
  tool for the task in hand.

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Prerequisites

• Knowledge of a methodology that is consistent
  with the traditional waterfall process model
  e.g. SSADM.
• Programming practice in an object-oriented
  language such as C or Java.

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Topics

• Models, Methodologies and tools.
• Enterprise Resource Planners.
• Legacy system evaluation.
• Learning from the past patterns.
• Reverse Engineering or Refactoring.
• Practical knowledge of tools to model.
• Classes, transitions, Use Cases, Process threads.
• Code generation and reverse engineering.

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Practical class

• Implementation of techniques through
• Rational Rose
• Some assigned work may be theoretical.
• Choose based on the type of project you want to
  do.