Systematic Design

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• Understanding of tools (both processes and software) for managing group-work
• Knowledge of best-practises for managing small group projects and identifying risks
• Understand the importance of defining clear APIs and component boundaries

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Identify appropriate languages for implementing parts of a system
• Define APIs and interfaces between components
• Identify ethical and security responsibilities with respect to data in motion and at rest.
• Understand the tradeoffs between off-the-shelf and bespoke components
• Decompose a system into a set of loosely coupled components

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Use test frameworks to perform integration tests for existing components

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.