Software Development in Complex Teams

The course analyzes organizational issues in software projects. It aims at train software developers fully aware of the management issues of complex projects while developing an operational knowledge of the basic principles of popular tools designed to support collaborative development efforts.

Students will be able to critically discuss key organzational models (cathedral, bazaar, kibbutz, agile). They will be able to leverage on software configuration management tools (in particular git) and continuous integration & delivery services. They will able to write programs together with special documentation and specifications aimed at division of labour and collaboration (in particular by exploiting Design by Contract approaches).