VICTOR BALOGUN, PH.D

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Class Notes | Syllabus

Course Outline ACS-2913-001 

 

Course Objectives

This course is intended to introduce students to the requirements definition and design specification phases of software development.

It aims to provide coverage of object-oriented approaches to requirements analysis and design of software in various applications.

Models, notations and processes for requirements elicitation, representation, and design are treated in depth.

The specific objectives of this course are:

1. To convey a thorough understanding of the requirements definition phase of software development

2. To instill in students appreciation of the object-oriented approach to requirements analysis and design, and its current documentation tools.

3. To provide a solid foundation for the application of techniques used in software requirements gathering, modelling and design

Department of Applied Computer Science

University of Winnipeg, 

Winnipeg, Manitoba

 

Office Hours: Tue, 4:00pm – 5:00 pm

Office: 3D18 

Phone: 204-988-7664

Email: vi.balogun@uwinnipeg.ca

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome to ACS-2913-001:

Lecture Updates:

 

 

Class meeting time & Venue:              

Tue/Thu   2:30PM - 3:45PM  3D04

Important Dates

Lecture Begins:                  September 8, 2026

First Assignment Due:           October 2, 2026

Reading Week (no classes):   October 11—17

Mid-Term Exam:                      Oct 20, 2026

Last Class:  December 3, 2026

 

Final Exam:

             Time:    1:30—4:00pm

             Date:     December 18, 2026

             Venue: 1A05

http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/exam-schedules/index.html

Final withdrawal date w/o academic penalty: November 18, 2026

 

University closures:      

Truth & Reconciliation Day Sept. 30, 2026

Thanksgiving:                 October 12, 2026

Remembrance Day:       November 11, 2026

 

Evaluation Criteria

· Assignments (18%)

· Assignment 1 (6%)

· Assignment 2 (6%)

· Assignment 3 (6%)

· Quizzes (3 quizzes, each is 4%) 12%

· Class Participation/Group Discussion (10%)

· Mid-Term Exam (20%)

· Final Exam (40%)

 

Course Updates/News

 

Print:      ISBN-13: 978-1-305-38951-9, 

            ISBN-10: 1-305-38951-4

Author(s): John Satzinger,

             Robert Jackson, Stephen Burd

Publisher: Cengage Learning

Copyright year: © 2015 

Pages: 512 

Class Notes | Syllabus

Week

Date

Topics

Slides/Readings/Additional References

Assignments/ Tests/ Resources

1

Sept. 08/10

Course outline

 Overview of Systems Analysis & Design

Project Example

Course Outlines

Lecture slides (1-1)

Lecture slides (1-2)

 

See Nexus

 

 

Ch 1 pp. 4 – 29

 

 

2

Sept.15/17

Agile Software Project Development

 

 

 

 

Investigating System requirements

 

Gathering and Documenting Requirements

Instructor’s Notes           

 

 

Lecture slides 3

 

Lecture slides 4

 

3

Sept.22/24

Use Cases

Use Case Documentation And Modeling

Lecture slides 5

 

·   Quiz 1 (Chapters 1—2)

 

 

 

Lecture slides 6

 

 

 

4

 

Sept.29/Oct 01

Domain Classes

 

Domain Modeling

Lecture slides 7

 

Assignment 1 Due

Lecture slides 8

 

 

 

5

Oct.

06/08

Object Behavior

Lecture slides 9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

Oct. 11—17

Reading Week (No Classes)  

7

Oct.

20/22

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mid-Term Exam

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Use Case Descriptions

 

 

 

 

 

Lecture slides 10

 

 

 

 

 

8

Oct. 27/29`

 

 

Extended Requirements Modeling

Lecture slides 11

 

· Quiz 2 (Chapters 3—4)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

Nov. 3/ 5

Introduction to System Design

Lecture slides 12

 

· Assignment 2 Due

 

 

 

 

10

Nov. 10/12

Object-Oriented Design

 

Object-Oriented Design II

Lecture slides 13

 

 

Lecture slides 14

 

 

 

11

Nov. 17/19

Object-Oriented Design with Interaction Diagrams

 

 

 

Lecture slides 15

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

Nov. 24/26

Detailed Object-Oriented Design

 

 

 

 

Lecture slides 16

 

· Quiz 3 (Chapter 12)

· Assignment 3 Due

 

 

 

 

13

 

Design Principles and Design Patterns                        Lecture slides 17

 

14

 

Final Exam

Time: TBD

Room: TBD