6 Best Software Lifecycle Courses on Coursera
We compared 6 Software Lifecycle courses currently listed on Coursera, priced from $49.00 to $49.00. 3 come from a named university or institution, including The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, University of Colorado System and Macquarie University. They are ordered by our CourseAsk score, which is built from how thoroughly each course describes what it teaches, whether it comes from a named institution, and how it compares on price — not from star ratings, which our course data does not include.
- Courses compared
- 6
- Price range
- $49.00 – $49.00
- Providers
- Coursera
- Last updated
- 18 Sep 2026
How these 6 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, matched to "software lifecycle" by our catalog and ordered by our CourseAsk score. Courses whose own title names the topic rank above those only tagged with it.
The grade on each entry scores how much the provider publishes about the course before you pay — the length and detail of the description, whether it lists learning outcomes and objectives — and whether a named university or institution stands behind it. A is fully documented and institution-backed; E is little more than a title and a price. Courses with almost nothing published are left ungraded rather than marked down, because an unknown course and a poor one are not the same thing.
There are no star ratings on this page — the course feeds we license do not include them, and we would rather leave a column out than fill it with a number we cannot stand behind. What we do have is price: these range from $49.00 to $49.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Software Engineering
Offered by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Software development is not just about coding, it also involves the application of scientific knowledge and well-defined engineering techniques to produce maintainable, scalable, cost-effective and on-schedule software p...
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Requirements Engineering: Secure Software Specifications
Offered by University of Colorado System
This specialization is intended for software engineers, development and product managers, testers, QA analysts, product analysts, tech writers, and security engineers. Even if you have experience in the requirements real...
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Cyber Security: DevOps
Offered by Macquarie University
This Specialization combines three advanced, industry-aligned courses, Cyber Security: Applied Cryptography, Cyber Security: DevSecOps, and Cyber Security: Security of AI, to provide a comprehensive pathway into the secu...
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Introduction to Software Quality Assurance
Offered by Board Infinity
This software quality assurance course gives complete beginners the foundational QA testing skills that entry-level Software QA Analyst and Manual Tester roles demand - covering software quality concepts, STLC, test case...
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Applied Software Engineering Fundamentals
Offered by IBM
If you want to enter the exciting world of software development, this Software Engineering Foundations Specialization is for you. No prior degrees or knowledge of programming or application development are necessary. Sof...
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Introduction to Software, Programming, and Databases
Offered by IBM
Ready to get hands-on exploring software, programming, and databases in this comprehensive introduction to the digital technologies transforming today’s workplaces? During this course, you’ll build a strong foundation in...
$49.00listed price
Best Software Lifecycle Courses on Coursera compared
| # | Course | Provider | Offered by | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Software Engineering | Coursera | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | $49.00 | View → |
| 2 | Requirements Engineering: Secure Software Specifications | Coursera | University of Colorado System | $49.00 | View → |
| 3 | Cyber Security: DevOps | Coursera | Macquarie University | $49.00 | View → |
| 4 | Introduction to Software Quality Assurance | Coursera | Board Infinity | $49.00 | View → |
| 5 | Applied Software Engineering Fundamentals | Coursera | IBM | $49.00 | View → |
| 6 | Introduction to Software, Programming, and Databases | Coursera | IBM | $49.00 | View → |
Prices shown are the provider's listed price when we last updated this page. Confirm on their site before enrolling.
What the prices here tell you
The 6 priced courses on this page run from $49.00 to $49.00, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $0.00. The options are closely priced, so cost is unlikely to be your deciding factor. A higher price on this page usually reflects who is behind the course rather than how much material it contains, so it is worth opening two or three at different price points and comparing their syllabus before deciding.
Who is behind these courses
These courses come from Coursera. Everything on this page is sold on the one platform, so the buying experience is the same whichever you pick. 3 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, University of Colorado System and Macquarie University — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.
Before you enrol
Open the provider’s own page and check three things this comparison cannot tell you: when the course was last updated, what the syllabus actually covers in its later sections, and what recent learners say. Prices shown here are the provider’s listed price when we last rebuilt this page on 18 September 2026 — they change often, and a promotion can move them substantially. We earn a commission if you enrol through our links, which costs you nothing and never affects the order courses appear in.