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Requirements and software design

Learn requirements and software design hands on: user stories, models, coupling and cohesion, and layers, services or events.

5 lessons310 min lessonSoftware engineering

The lessons

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  1. 1 · Container lab

    Finding and writing requirements

    I can turn a need into a requirement that can be tested.

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  2. 2 · Container lab

    User stories and acceptance criteria

    I can write a user story with acceptance checks.

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  3. 3 · Container lab

    Modelling a system with diagrams

    I can draw a model of a system with a class diagram and a sequence diagram.

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  4. 4 · Container lab

    Coupling and cohesion in a design

    I can judge a design by its coupling and cohesion.

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  5. 5 · Container lab

    Layers, services and events

    I can choose layers, services or events for a system from its needs.

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