Software Engineering Design

Carlos E. Otero, PhD, is assistant professor in the College of Technology and Innovation at the University of South Florida (USF). Prior to joining USF, Dr. Otero worked as assistant professor of software engineering in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Virginia, College at Wise, where he created the software engineering design course for Virginia's first and (at the time of writing) only EAC/ABET-accredited BS in software engineering.Prior to his academic career, Dr. Otero spent 11 years in the private industry, where he worked as design and development engineer in a wide variety of military computer systems, including satellite communications systems, command and control systems, wireless security systems, and unmanned aerial vehicle systems. Currently, he continues to consult with industry in the areas of requirements engineering, software systems analysis, design and development, quality assurance, and systems engineering.Dr. Otero received his BS in computer science, MS in software engineering, MS in systems engineering, and PhD in computer engineering from Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne. He has published over 35 technical publications in scientific peer-reviewed journals and conferences proceedings. He is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), an active professional member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), and a member of several journal editorial boards in technology and engineering.

… intended for use as a textbook for an advanced course in software design. Each chapter ends with review questions and references. … provides an overview of the software development process, something that would not be out of line in a course on software engineering including such topics as software process, software management, balancing conflicting values of stakeholders, testing, quality, and ethics. The author has principally focused on software design though, extracting the design phase from the surrounding software development lifecycle. … Software design strategies are addressed, including structured, functional, and object oriented design. There’s also a chapter on UML (Unified Modeling Language). UML is a set of design paradigms (and tools) used for design modeling, and examples are provided throughout. … The author also provides coded examples of UML diagrams in C++ and Java. … To sum up, the intent of this book is educational on the topic of software design with emphasis on UML, software patterns and object oriented programming. There is also enough software engineering material that makes this text also appropriate for use in a software engineering, object oriented or software patterns lab course.—Robert Schaefer, Research Engineer, MIT Haystack Observatory, writing in the New York Journal of Books

• Introduction to Software Engineering Design. Software Design with Unified Modeling Language. Principles of Software Architecture. Patterns and Styles in Software Architecture. Principles of Detailed Design. Creational Design Patterns in Detailed Design. Structural and Behavioral Patterns in Detailed Design. Principles of Construction Design. Human-Computer Interface Design. Software Design Management, Leadership, and Ethics.