SPOTIFY

YO U R P E R S O N A L S O U N D T R A C K F O R E V E RY M O M E N T
  Introduction To SE
 Agile Model
 Software Design And Analysis
 Coding And Implementation
AGENDA  Software Testing And Quality
Assurance
 Software Maintenance And
Evolution
 UML Diagrams

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Software Engineering is the discipline of
designing, developing, testing, and
maintaining software applications and
systems through structured, systematic
processes. It involves applying engineering INTRODUCTION TO
principles to create software that meets
functional requirements and is reliable, SE
scalable, and maintainable. Software
engineering ensures that complex
software projects are developed with
quality, within budget, and on schedule.
• Importance of Software Engineering

1.Improved Quality and Reliability:

Software engineering practices ensure
the creation of high-quality, dependable
software that functions as intended,
reducing bugs and minimizing errors.
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2. Efficiency and Cost Savings: Using engineering methodologies enables more efficient project
management and development processes, reducing unnecessary rework, controlling costs, and maximizing
resource usage.

3. Scalability and Adaptability: Well-engineered software can grow and adapt to meet changing
requirements and larger user bases. This flexibility ensures software remains relevant and valuable over time.

4. Reduced Risk and Improved Security: Following engineering standards and practices can identify
potential risks early and implement necessary security measures, protecting sensitive data and ensuring
compliance with regulatory standards.

5. Systematic Approach to Problem Solving: Software engineering emphasizes planning, testing, and
quality assurance, promoting a structured problem-solving approach that minimizes technical debt and makes
maintenance easier.

6. Long-Term Maintenance and Support: A strong focus on maintainability and documentation ensures that
software can be updated and supported effectively, even as team members or technology changes over time.

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Key Principles of Software Engineering

1.Requirements Engineering: Carefully defining and analyzing the functional and non-
functional requirements. This ensures that the software meets user needs and expectations.

2.Modularity: Dividing the software into smaller, manageable modules. This reduces
complexity, allows for easier testing and debugging, and enables code reuse.

3.Abstraction: Simplifying complex systems by focusing on high-level structures, making

them easier to understand and work with while hiding unnecessary details.

4.Encapsulation: Keeping each part of the code independent by restricting access to internal
components. This allows modules to operate independently, promoting easier updates and
testing.

5.Scalability and Performance: Ensuring the software can handle growth in data and users
efficiently, which is critical for software that needs to evolve and accommodate higher demand.
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6. User-Centered Design: Focusing on usability and ensuring the software meets the users' needs. This
includes providing a positive user experience, good navigation, and intuitive interfaces.

7. Testing and Quality Assurance: Ensuring rigorous testing at all stages, including unit, integration, and
system testing, to catch defects early and ensure the software works as intended.

8. Documentation: Keeping detailed documentation of the code, architecture, and processes to support
ongoing maintenance, future development, and team onboarding.

9. Continuous Improvement: Embracing an iterative approach to development (like Agile), which involves
continuously improving the product based on user feedback and evolving requirements.

10. Ethics and Professional Responsibility: Adhering to ethical standards to ensure that software
development practices are responsible, with a commitment to data privacy, security, and social impact.

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An application developed using the Agile Model follows the Agile
software development methodology, which emphasizes flexibility,
iterative progress, and collaboration among cross-functional teams.
Here’s how it works when applied to an application:

•Iterative Development: The application is developed in small, incremental

phases called sprints. Each sprint typically lasts 2-4 weeks, and at the end
of each sprint, a working feature of the application is delivered.

•Customer Collaboration: Agile emphasizes ongoing communication with

stakeholders (including customers). Requirements evolve based on
continuous feedback, ensuring that the application meets user needs more AGILE MODEL
accurately.

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•Adaptive Planning: Instead of having a fixed plan at the beginning, the plan evolves as the application is
built. The team frequently reassesses the project to adjust to changing requirements, technologies, or
constraints.

•Cross-functional Teams: Teams working on Agile projects are often made up of members with a variety of
skills (developers, testers, designers) who work together to deliver each part of the application.

•Continuous Integration and Testing: Agile development encourages frequent code integration and regular
testing, ensuring that bugs are identified and fixed early in the development cycle. Automated testing is often
a key part of Agile applications.

•Minimal Documentation: Documentation in Agile is kept light and to the point. The focus is more on
delivering working software than on detailed technical specs upfront.

•Backlog and Prioritization: The development process is driven by a backlog—a list of features or tasks
that need to be done. Tasks are prioritized based on business value, and teams work on the highest priority
items first.

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• Spotify maintains a product backlog,
which is a list of all the features and
improvements they want to make to
the app. This might include things
like:

• - New recommendation algorithms

• - Improved user interface

• - Integration with new smart speakers

• - Playlists personalization features

• - Fixing bugs or improving

performance
SOFTWARE DESIGN
These tasks are prioritized based on
AND ANALYSIS
factors like user needs, market trends,
and business value. For instance,
adding new discovery features may
have higher priority if data shows that
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Spotify’s teams (which they call squads) work in sprints, usually lasting 2 weeks. Each squad
picks items from the backlog to work on during the sprint. For example, one squad may work
on enhancing the Discover Weekly playlist, while another squad could be focusing on the UI
improvements for the mobile app.

CODING AND IMPLEMENTATION

 • Each squad at Spotify is cross-
functional, meaning it includes
developers, testers, designers, and
even business analysts. This
ensures that each part of the
application is developed, tested,
and reviewed from multiple angles
within each sprint.

• For example:- A squad working on

SOFTWARE TESTING the User Interface (UI) for the
mobile app will have developers
AND QUALITY writing code, designers refining the
visual experience, and testers
ASSURANCE ensuring that the changes work on
all mobile platforms without
breaking existing features.

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Spotify uses continuous integration (CI) to ensure that new code is always merged
into the main codebase and tested automatically. This allows for frequent releases
and ensures that bugs are caught early before they affect the entire app.

For example:- Every time a developer updates the playlist sorting feature, that
change is automatically tested with other parts of the app to ensure it doesn’t
break other features like song searching or playback functionality.

Spotify's Agile approach allows them to release new features or improvements

regularly. Instead of waiting for a big yearly update, they can roll out changes
incrementally.

For example:- They might release a new “Live Lyrics” feature in one sprint,
followed by an improvement in how those lyrics are synced with the song in the
next sprint, based on feedback.

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Spotify has scaled Agile across its organization by organizing its teams into tribes and
chapters.

•Squads work on individual features or parts of the app, such as user experience or
backend services.

•Tribes are groups of squads working on related aspects of the app, like all squads related
to music discovery or playlist creation.

•Chapters ensure that there is cross-squad knowledge sharing, especially among

developers working on similar technologies.

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Discover Weekly, one of Spotify's most popular features, could be a result of this Agile
approach:

1.Planning: A squad identifies a need for a more personalized playlist experience for users
and adds it to the backlog.

2.Sprint 1: The squad works on the basic algorithm to generate the playlist based on users’
listening habits.

3.Sprint 2: Feedback shows users want better diversity in recommendations, so the

algorithm is tweaked.

4.Sprint 3: UI improvements are made to better showcase the playlist to users, and the
feature is rolled out incrementally to collect feedback.

5.Continuous Updates: Over time, improvements continue to be made based on user

interaction, such as improving song recommendations or tweaking the playlist update
schedule.

By using Agile, Spotify can rapidly evolve the application while ensuring that each new
feature or improvement aligns with user feedback and business needs. 14
• Spotify relies heavily on user feedback and data-driven decision-making. Every sprint, they
release a small update (either to a specific user group or all users) and gather feedback.

For example:

• They might release a new algorithm for song recommendations to a limited group of users.
Based on how well those users engage with the music, Spotify can tweak the algorithm in the
next sprint.

• If users report bugs, or if data shows a drop in engagement for a new feature, Spotify can quickly
address this in the upcoming sprints, ensuring that the product stays aligned with user
expectations.

SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE AND

EVOLUTION
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 USE CASE DIAGRAM
User Search For Songs
ACTORS:
User Create Playlists 1. User – Main Actor Who
Interacts With The App
User Listen To Music 2. Admin-Manages Content

User Receive Song

Recommendations

Admin Add/Remove Songs

Admin View User Feedback

Admin Update Song Information

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 CLASS DIAGRAM
USER PLAYLIST
-User ID -Playlist ID
-Username -Title
-Email -Songs[]

SONG Recommendation
-Song ID -Recommendation ID
-Title -Songs[]
-Artist -UserListeningData

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 SEQUENCE DIAGRAM
User Spotify App Recommendation System Song Database

Requests Recommendations
Requests Data For User’s
Listening
Retrieves Listening
History

Processes
Recommendations
Delivers Recommended Songs

Retrieves Recommended
Songs
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