FIT2043 - Technical documentation for software engineers

Offered

Clayton Second semester 2007 (Day)

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: 50%
Weekly Pracs: 50%

Contact hours

4 hours per week

Prerequisites

FIT1002, CPE1001, CSE1202, GCO1811, MMS1801, MMS1802

Prohibitions

CSE1305, CSE1402, GCO1063, SFT2203, SYS2204