FIT5136 - Software engineering - 2018

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

Postgraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Information Technology

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Chris Ling

Unit guides

Offered

Caulfield

  • First semester 2018 (Evening)
  • Second semester 2018 (On-campus)

Prerequisites

FIT9131 or FIT5131 or FIT9017 or FIT9133 or equivalent

Synopsis

This unit provides an introduction to the discipline of software engineering at the postgraduate level. The emphasis is upon a broad coverage of various aspects of software engineering. We assume the students will at this stage have adequate programming skills and are able to put theories to practice. The notion of a software system as a model or approximation of a desired system is introduced, and used as a way of describing such things as the software life cycle and its various models, programming by contract, design and testing issues, maintenance, reuse, complexity, divide and conquer strategies, metrics and measurement, project management and software legacy.

Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. describe the breadth and nature of the software engineering process and distinguish various phases of the process;
  2. create and develop the required artifacts during each phase of the software engineering process;
  3. differentiate and evaluate the software engineering techniques used to produce the artifacts;
  4. assess the issues in constructing large software systems from its components, and the nature and design of these components;
  5. employ group working skills in solving software development problems;
  6. analyse and evaluate IT-related scenarios with reference to the software engineering code of ethics and professional practice.

Assessment

Examination (2 hours): 50%; In-semester assessment: 50%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 12 hours per week comprising:

  1. Contact hours for on-campus students:
    • Two hours of lectures
    • One 2-hour tutorial
  2. Additional requirements (all students):
    • A minimum of 8 hours independent study per week for completing lab and project work, private study and revision.

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