University of Minnesota
Software Development Lifecycle Specialization
University of Minnesota

Software Development Lifecycle Specialization

Launch Your Career in Software Development. Master techniques and best practices for traditional and agile software project management.

Kevin Wendt
Praveen Mittal

Instructors: Kevin Wendt

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(2,448 reviews)

Intermediate level

Recommended experience

2 months at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Earn a career credential
Share your expertise with employers

What you'll learn

  • Critically analyze software engineering development processes from our four selected development philosophies (traditional, secure, agile, and lean)

  • Describe the trade-offs among the philosophies with respect to environmental, organizational, and product constraints

  • Discuss the workings of exemplary processes within each of the given philosophies

  • Perform activities within each of the four aforementioned philosophies and explain how they satisfy the principles of the given philosophy

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Taught in English
49 practice exercises

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Specialization - 4 course series

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Software Design, Agile Software Development, Requirements Analysis, Verification And Validation, Software Development Life Cycle, Software Testing, Software Architecture, Agile Methodology, Waterfall Methodology, Software Development Methodologies, Scrum (Software Development), User Requirements Documents, Systems Development, System Requirements, Process Driven Development, Software Engineering, Release Management, Development Testing, Maintainability, and Application Deployment

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Agile Software Development, Agile Methodology, Scrum (Software Development), Sprint Planning, Test Driven Development (TDD), Sprint Retrospectives, User Story, Agile Project Management, Continuous Integration, Software Development Methodologies, and Waterfall Methodology

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Lean Methodologies, Kanban Principles, Design Thinking, Innovation, Process Improvement, Software Development Methodologies, Prototyping, Software Development, User Experience Design, Lean Manufacturing, Lean Six Sigma, Process Mapping, Continuous Improvement Process, Agile Software Development, and Product Development

What you'll learn

  • You will learn how to quantiatively measure design quality attributes.

  • You will establish feasible and testable scenarios for evaluating quality attributes in software architecture.

  • You will develop skills to ensure quality in developing code beyond correct functionality alone.

  • You will understand quality approaches to post-development stages of the lifecycle.

Skills you'll gain

Software Design, Software Design Patterns, Continuous Integration, Version Control, Software Architecture, Software Engineering, Software Technical Review, Threat Modeling, Software Quality (SQA/SQC), Application Security, Object Oriented Design, Software Quality Assurance, Development Testing, CI/CD, Code Review, Software Testing, Software Documentation, and Maintainability

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Instructors

Kevin Wendt
University of Minnesota
6 Courses250,150 learners
Praveen Mittal
University of Minnesota
4 Courses289,116 learners

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