Description and Modelling TechniquesLaajuus (5 cr)
Course unit code: TX00EY25
General information
- Credits
- 5 cr
Objective
After completing the course, the student
• is able to model and describe the structures of software and related functionalities with commonly used description and modeling methods and tools
• is able to model data structures and dependencies and to design a relational database based on data.
Content
• Modelling and describing program structures
• Modelling and describing functionality of programs
• Data modeling and description (ER model)
• Database structure completion and normalization.
Qualifications
Object-oriented Applications and Databases
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)
The student
• knows the basic uses and goals for modelling
• can categorise the most important diagrams according to use
• can explain and give an example of a behavioural and structural diagram as well as an ER diagram
• can use a CASE tool for producing diagrams.
Assessment criteria, good (3)
The student
• can describe the uses of different diagrams in software life cycle
• can use case diagrams and case descriptions in analysing requirements
• can use class, sequence, and state as well as ER diagrams in designing software.
Assessment criteria, excellent (5)
The student
• can choose relevant modelling methods applicable to a project
• can apply modelling and modelling techniques in all phases of a software project
• can use diagrams to describe a system from different abstraction levels, and from different angles.
Assessment criteria, approved/failed
The student
• knows the basic uses and goals for modelling
• can categorise the most important diagrams according to use
• can explain and give an example of a behavioural and structural diagram as well as an ER diagram
• can use a CASE tool for producing diagrams.