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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(2,450 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 Development Life Cycle, Agile Methodology, Verification And Validation, Software Development Methodologies, Agile Software Development, Software Testing, Requirements Analysis, Software Design, Waterfall Methodology, Scrum (Software Development), Software Architecture, Application Deployment, Process Driven Development, System Requirements, User Requirements Documents, Systems Development, Maintainability, Software Engineering, Release Management, and Development Testing

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

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

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

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

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

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Instructors

Kevin Wendt
University of Minnesota
6 Courses250,504 learners
Praveen Mittal
University of Minnesota
4 Courses289,307 learners

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