We describe a curriculum for a two-semester course sequence in hardware-software development, taking students through a complete development cycle of the various capabilities for an autonomous mobile robot. The experience of these courses has led to insights in teaching large-scale system development, especially with respect to software-intensive courses.
Conceive
Defining customer needs; considering technology, enterprise strategy, and regulations; developing concepts, techniques and business plans.
Design
Creating the design; the plans, drawings, and algorithms that describe what will be implemented.
Implement
The transformation of the design into the product, including manufacturing, coding, testing and validation.
Operate
Using the implemented product to deliver the intended value, including maintaining, evolving and retiring the system.
