FIT2043

Technical documentation for software engineers ( 6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL)

Leader: Sita Ramakrishnan

Offered:
Not offered in 2006.

Synopsis: This unit covers problems with paper-based and on-line documentation; types of technical documentation used in software engineering; document specifications; minimalist design philosophy; graphic design of technical documentation; the context of technical writing; the writing process (analysis, planning, generation, testing, revision and maintenance of written texts); document publication techniques (including SGML, LaTeX and XML); the role of hypertext, hypermedia and markup languages in technical documentation; small-volume and large-volume hypertext; collaborative hypertext; intelligent hypertext.

Assessment: Prac Exam: 44%; Weekly Pracs: 56%.

Contact Hours: Three x 1 hr lecture/week, one x 2 hr pracl/week

Prerequisites: FIT1002, CPE1001, CSE1202, GCO1811, MMS1801, MMS1802

Prohibitions: BUS2030, CSC1040, CSE1304, CSE1305, CSE1402, GCO1063, SFT2203, SYS2204