This is the course where writing is most of the grade
Software engineering assesses requirements documents, design artifacts, architecture justifications and process reflection. Students who came for the programming frequently find the documentation is where the points actually are.
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A requirement you cannot test is not a requirement
The system should be user-friendly cannot be verified, so it cannot be a requirement. A new user should complete the booking flow in under three minutes without assistance can be. Most weak requirements documents are full of the first kind, and rewriting them is usually the single highest-value fix available.
Design artifacts have to be consistent with each other. A class diagram that contradicts the sequence diagram, or a use case with no corresponding design element, is the most common thing graders pick up. They read the set, not each diagram alone.
Architecture assignments then want justified choices. Naming a pattern is not justification; explaining which quality attribute it serves, and what it costs, is. Every architectural decision trades something, and saying what you gave up is usually what separates a strong answer.
- Requirements written so they can be verified
- Design artifacts consistent with each other
- Architecture decisions justified by quality attributes
- Trade-offs named, not just benefits
What we work on
Your own project and your own rubric
- Requirements elicitation and specification documents
- UML: use case, class, sequence and activity diagrams
- Architecture patterns and justifying a choice
- Testing strategy documents and traceability
- Team project reports and individual reflection
We explain. You produce the artifacts
- We do not write your documents, diagrams or code.
- We do not complete your assignments or supply solutions.
- We do not participate in your team project.
- We do not sit or assist during any timed assessment.
- We teach the methods and review what you produced.
Individual reflection components in team projects are individually assessed, and they are the part where outsourced writing is most visible because the grader knows the project. Read the full policy.
Frequently Asked Questions
It is testable, unambiguous, and states what rather than how. If two people could disagree about whether it had been met, it needs rewriting. Adding a measurable criterion is usually all it takes to turn a vague requirement into a usable one.
Whatever the rubric names, and typically use case for scope, class for structure, and sequence for the important interactions. Three consistent diagrams beat six inconsistent ones, and consistency across the set is what graders check first.
Name the quality attribute it serves, explain the mechanism, and say what it costs. Microservices might serve independent deployability at the cost of operational complexity and latency. A justification with only benefits reads as marketing rather than engineering.
Document what you did and when, raise it with your instructor early rather than at submission, and focus your individual reflection on your own contribution and what you learned about coordination. Most programs have a process for this and it works better used early.
What you are testing at each level, how you know coverage is adequate, what you are not testing and why, and traceability from requirements to test cases. That last element is frequently missing and frequently assessed.
Send the documents and the rubric
We will check whether the requirements are testable, whether the artifacts agree with each other, and whether the architecture choices are actually justified.
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