Monash University

Leader(s): Dr Ray Smith (Gippsland); Mrs Yumi Isawa (South Africa)

Offered

Gippsland Second semester 2009 (Day)
Gippsland Second semester 2009 (Off-campus)
Singapore Second semester 2009 (Off-campus)
South Africa Second semester 2009 (Day)

Synopsis

In this unit students will learn about many aspects of working with a large team on large projects to produce quality software products on time and within budget. The student will gain an appreciation of the tools and techniques used to develop software systems within a group context. Topics to be studied include: software development lifecycle models; sizing, estimation, planning and control of projects; functional specification and design of real-time systems; formal specification and design using Z; integration and testing strategies, configuration management; reuse and re-engineering.

Objectives

At the completion of this unit, students will have knowledge of:

1. the continuing software crisis, problems encountered in the development of large software systems: poor quality, late delivery and budget overruns;
2. techniques used in software engineering to counter these problems.

At the completion of this unit, students will have understanding of:

1. the role of software lifecycle models in project control and planning;
2. different categories of software metrics;
3. software estimation methods;
4. methods for specifying real-time systems;
5. techniques and tools to support configuration management;
6. strategies for testing software;
7. the roles and responsibilities of project team members.

At the completion of this unit, students will have skills in:

1. applying techniques for scheduling and control of large projects;
2. constructing and validating a software specification;
3. formal methods specification of software systems;
4. functional design of software systems;
5. describing large software systems using appropriate language and technical specification techniques to suit the intended audience.

At the completion of this unit, students will have awareness that quality software is not a luxury but essential in solving the software crisis.

Assessment

Exam (3 hours): 55%; Assignments: 45%

Contact hours

one x 2hr lecture/week, one x 2hr tutorial/week

Prerequisites

FIT2005

Prohibitions

CSE2201, CSE2401, (Transition set:GCO3811), FIT2024

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit3037/