An introduction to software development
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# Learning outcomes

After studying this course, you should be able to:

- appreciate the engineering nature of software development
- describe key activities in software development and the role of modelling
- explain key concepts in software development such as risk and quality
- explain the basics of an object-oriented approach to software development
- describe a simple workflow for interacting with the published literature on software development.

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