即将完成此课程之时，你将可以对软件工程技术与方法进行评估。在需要为专案选择一个方法时也可以根据你对目前所执行与软件工程相关的工作、过去做了哪些尝试、哪些是可行或不可行的、以及为什么等因素的了解而做出专业的判断。

By the end of the class, you will be able to evaluate software engineering techniques and approaches. You will also be able to exercise professional judgment in selecting an approach for a particular project based on an understanding of how the present state of software engineering practice came about, what was tried in the past, what worked and what did not work, and why.

本课程主要是阅读与讨论关于软件系统工程的进阶主题，并着重于软件的发展。讨论的主题也许不同但是会从下列挑选：软件流程与生命周期；需求的发展、规格与分析；设计原则；测试、正规分析、与检视；品质管理与评鉴；产品与流程测量；COTS与再使用；发展与维护；团队组织与人员管理；程式语言的软件工程观点；以及软件心理学。

A reading and discussion subject on advanced topics in the engineering of software systems. Focus on software development. Topics differ but are chosen from: software process and lifecycle; requirements development, specification and analysis; design principles; testing, formal analysis, and reviews; quality management and assessment; product and process metrics; COTS and reuse; evolution and maintenance; team organization and people management; software engineering aspects of programming languages; and software psychology.