SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code	Course Name	Semester	Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
VCD4133	Information Technology Design	Fall	3	0	3	5

This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction:	English
Type of course:	Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level:	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:
Course Coordinator :	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi İLKER BERKMAN
Recommended Optional Program Components:	None
Course Objectives:	Course aims to establish a perspective on the life cycle of interactive computer-based systems for designers who are going to participate in ICT development projects. User centered design (UCD) methods for achieving quality in use of IT products is inspected for different steps of the development of a computer based interactive system. Students acqiure knowledge on well known methods used for UCD and apply some of the methods on pilot projects to acquire a better understanding of the methodologies and their purpose.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
I. Identify the designers’s role within life cycle of ICT projects
II. Identify the concepts of quality in use, user experience, usability and user centered design.
III. Acquire the methods for active involvement of the users in requirement analysis of IT projects.
IV. Acquire the methods for active involvement of the users in design process of IT projects.
V. Acquire the methods for active involvement of the users in evaluation process of IT projects.
VI. Learn to plan an ICT project through UCD processes

Course Content

Course content is developed to understand user centered design as a process and learn different methods applied in different steps of UCD process. Some of the methods will be investigated by application in small-scale projects.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Software Project Lifecycle Software Engineering Methods User centered design in project lifecycle
2)	Performance Testing Effectiveness Assignment(VI): Conduct performance tests and prepare data for evaluation
2)	Functionality vs. Usability What is beyond usability
3)	Review of UCD methods for planning ICT projects Case study for Persona Method Case study for Analyzing Context Assignment(I) for Competitor Analysis
4)	Presentation of Competitor Analysis Assignments
5)	Review of UCD methods for Requirement Analysis in ICT projects Assignment(II) for Contextual Inquiry
6)	Case study for analyzing contextual inquiry Affinity diagramming Task analysis
7)	Exploring design guidelines Assignment(III) for Paper prototyping
8)	Evaluation of paper prototypes Wizard of Oz
9)	Design patterns Review of UCD methods for implemantation in ICT projects
10)	Review of UCD methods Test & Measure methods for user Assignment(IV): Usability questionnaires
11)	Performance Testing Efficiency Assignment(V): Preparing a scenario for performance testing
13)	Presentation of performance tests Diagnostic evaluation
14)	Usabilty vs. User Expeirence How to promote usability in an organisation?

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:
References:	Rogers, Y., Sharp, H., & Preece, J. (2011). Interaction design: beyond human-computer interaction. Wiley.

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Attendance	14	% 20
Homework Assignments	5	% 50
Project	1	% 30
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 70
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 30
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Workload
Course Hours	14	42
Homework Assignments	14	71
Total Workload		113

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Low	3 Average	4 High	5 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	Be able to specify functional and non-functional attributes of software projects, processes and products.
2)	Be able to design software architecture, components, interfaces and subcomponents of a system for complex engineering problems.
3)	Be able to develop a complex software system with in terms of code development, verification, testing and debugging.
4)	Be able to verify software by testing its program behavior through expected results for a complex engineering problem.
5)	Be able to maintain a complex software system due to working environment changes, new user demands and software errors that occur during operation.
6)	Be able to monitor and control changes in the complex software system, to integrate the software with other systems, and to plan and manage new releases systematically.
7)	Be able to identify, evaluate, measure, manage and apply complex software system life cycle processes in software development by working within and interdisciplinary teams.
8)	Be able to use various tools and methods to collect software requirements, design, develop, test and maintain software under realistic constraints and conditions in complex engineering problems.
9)	Be able to define basic quality metrics, apply software life cycle processes, measure software quality, identify quality model characteristics, apply standards and be able to use them to analyze, design, develop, verify and test complex software system.
10)	Be able to gain technical information about other disciplines such as sustainable development that have common boundaries with software engineering such as mathematics, science, computer engineering, industrial engineering, systems engineering, economics, management and be able to create innovative ideas in entrepreneurship activities.
11)	Be able to grasp software engineering culture and concept of ethics and have the basic information of applying them in the software engineering and learn and successfully apply necessary technical skills through professional life.
12)	Be able to write active reports using foreign languages and Turkish, understand written reports, prepare design and production reports, make effective presentations, give clear and understandable instructions.
13)	Be able to have knowledge about the effects of engineering applications on health, environment and security in universal and societal dimensions and the problems of engineering in the era and the legal consequences of engineering solutions.