Overview
This unit develops practical knowledge and skills of the system design, implementation and testing and maintenance phases of the systems development lifecycle (SDLC). Software is constructed to demonstrate understanding of SDLC processes as they relate to layered software systems, that is, systems consisting of presentation, application and data layers.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Pre-requisites: COIT11134 and COIT11237 OR COIT11134 and COIT12167
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 1 - 2018
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
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You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback – Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
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Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Student feedback
Assessment
Assignment specifications will be more detailed
Feedback from Student feedback
Content
Students appreciated both the practicality and relevance of the course content. No change in this regard will be made.
Feedback from Self Reflection
Textbook
A replacement text has been identified which provides a better coverage of the course content
- apply user interface and software design principles.
- develop appropriate documentation for the design, implementation and testing phases of the SDLC.
- prepare a detailed design for a layered information system using appropriate design methods.
- implement a layered information system.
- understand the issues involved in software maintenance and how maintenance activities differ from design and implementation activities.
- Use SQL effectively in a range of different design scenarios.
Australian Computer Society (ACS) recognises the Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA). SFIA is in use in over 100 countries and provides a widely used and consistent definition of ICT skills. SFIA is increasingly being used when developing job descriptions and role profiles.
ACS members can use the tool MySFIA to build a skills profile at https://www.acs.org.au/professionalrecognition/mysfia-b2c.html
This unit contributes to the following workplace skills as defined by SFIA:
- Program ming/Software Development (PROG)
- Testing (TEST).
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1 - Practical and Written Assessment - 20% | ||||||
| 2 - Practical and Written Assessment - 40% | ||||||
| 3 - Examination - 40% | ||||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1 - Communication | ||||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | ||||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | ||||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | ||||||
| 5 - Team Work | ||||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | ||||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | ||||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | ||||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | ||||||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | ||||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - Practical and Written Assessment - 20% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Practical and Written Assessment - 40% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Examination - 40% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
Software Engineering
Edition: 10th. (2015)
Authors: Sommerville, I.
Pearson
Harlow Harlow , Essex , England
ISBN: 1-292-09613-6
Binding: Paperback
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- The NetBeans IDE
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
p.gangavalli@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Introduction; NetBeans
Chapter
Chapter 1; Online Material
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Software Processes; JDBC
Chapter
Chapter 2; Online Material
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Agile Software Development; Case Study 1: AddressBook - Model/View (MV)
Chapter
Chapter 3; Online Material
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Requirements Engineering; System Modelling
Chapter
Chapter 4; Chapter 5
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Requirements Analysis; Case Study 1: AddressBook - Model/View/Presenter (MVP)
Chapter
Online Material(MVP Example provided is online material)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Architectural Design; GUI, DB Design
Chapter
Chapter 6; Online Material
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Design and Implementation; Design Documents
Chapter
Chapter 7; Online Material
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Design Principles; Case Study 1: AddressBook - Model/View/Controller (MVC)
Chapter
Online Material((MVC Example provided is online material)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Software Testing; Case Study 1: AddressBook - Critique
Chapter
Chapter 8; Online Material
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Software Evolution; Case Study 2: Wumpus - Specification
Chapter
Chapter 9; Online Material
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Quality Management; Case Study 2: Wumpus - Design
Chapter
Chapter 24; Online Material(Wumpus Design)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Configuration Management; Review
Chapter
Chapter 25; Online Material
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
1 Practical and Written Assessment
In this assignment, you will implement a two-layered Java application consisting of a Swing-base GUI that interacts with a Java DB database through the JDBC API. The specification of the system to be built will be provided on the unit website.
Week 5 Friday (6 Apr 2018) 11:45 pm AEST
Two weeks after submission
Assignment 1(Total = 20 marks)
| Criteria | Marks Available |
| GUI Implementation | 3 |
| Exception Handling | 2 |
| Query Construction | 6 |
| Acceptance Testing | 4 |
| Class Implementation | 5 |
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- apply user interface and software design principles.
- develop appropriate documentation for the design, implementation and testing phases of the SDLC.
- prepare a detailed design for a layered information system using appropriate design methods.
- implement a layered information system.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
2 Practical and Written Assessment
In this assignment, you will implement a three layered system using MVP pattern.The system developed in assignment 1 should be refactored with some additional functionality.The specification of the system to be built will be available on the unit website.
Week 11 Friday (25 May 2018) 11:45 pm AEST
Two weeks after submission
Assignment 2 (Total = 40 marks)
| Criteria | Marks Available |
| GUI Implementation | 2 |
| Application class | 5 |
| Model + interface classes | 5 |
| View + interface classes | 5 |
| Presenter class | 5 |
| Layer interactions (Application/MVP, V/P, P/M, M/DB) | 10 |
| Source code documentation / variable naming / code layout | 3 |
| Package structure | 2 |
| Acceptance tests (0 if any test fails) | 3 |
- apply user interface and software design principles.
- develop appropriate documentation for the design, implementation and testing phases of the SDLC.
- prepare a detailed design for a layered information system using appropriate design methods.
- implement a layered information system.
- Use SQL effectively in a range of different design scenarios.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Ethical practice
Examination
Calculator - all non-communicable calculators, including scientific, programmable and graphics calculators are authorised
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