Overview
This capstone unit in the Application Development major of the Bachelor of Information Technology course is designed so that you can demonstrate your learning across the whole course of study before making the transition to the next stage of your career. You are required to demonstrate and apply the skills you have developed in earlier core and application development specialisation units by undertaking an authentic task group project or an industry project. You are required to synthesise and apply your skills developed across the units studied previously. This unit will help you to consolidate your competence with a relevant set of software engineering concepts, practices, and tools. To achieve this, you will work in small teams with a designated customer to identify a problem and develop a software application adhering to software engineering principles and standards. You will document and present the requirement analysis, identify potential cyber threats and system vulnerabilities, design artefacts, and the results from software testing. Your team will develop the project management, quality assurance, and cyber security components within project specifications. You will also evaluate and discuss your contribution to the project team and the overall team performance.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Pre-requisite: COIT12200, (COIT12207 or COIT13224) and (COIT12208 or COIS13064) Co-requisite: COIT13229 and COIT13234
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 3 - 2024
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 12-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 25 hours of study per week, making a total of 300 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.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
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
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
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 Unit Evaluation Data
The response rate for the evaluation survey was below the expected level.
Educate students about the importance of unit evaluation and encourage them to complete the survey.
Feedback from Unit Coordinator Reflection
“The unit emphasises progressive prototype development while minimising written reports to maximise students' focus on practical implementation.”
Keep the main focus on prototype development rather than producing excessive amount of written reports.
- Apply software engineering processes in the context of application development to address all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
- Manage a software development project using contemporary project management tools & techniques and a quality management plan
- Design and develop complex software applications adhering to cybersecurity principles and ethical responsibility
- Work and communicate effectively as part of a development team demonstrating advanced written and oral presentations.
The Australian Computer Society (ACS), the professional association for Australia's ICT sector, recognises the Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA). SFIA is adopted by organisations, governments, and individuals in many 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.
This unit contributes to the following workplace skills as defined by SFIA 8 (the SFIA code is included):
- Requirements definition and management (REQM)
- Programming/software development (PROG)
- Software Design (SWDN)
- Data modelling and design (DTAN)
- User experience evaluation (USEV)
- Database design (DBDS)
- Systems integration and build (SINT)
- Testing (TEST)
- Configuration management (CFMG)
- Application support (ASUP)
- System installation and removal (HSIN)
- Information Security (SCTY)
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 15% | ||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 10% | ||||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 25% | ||||
| 4 - Project (applied) - 40% | ||||
| 5 - Presentation - 10% | ||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 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 | ||||
Textbooks
There are no required textbooks.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- Zoom (both microphone and webcam capability)
- MySQL Community Server 8.0.26 (available from https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/)
- JavaFX 11.0.12 (available from https://gluonhq.com/products/javafx/)
- NetBeans 20 (available from: https://netbeans.apache.org/front/main/download/nb20/)
- Open JDK 21 (available from: https://jdk.java.net/21/)
- Scene Builder 21 (available from: https://gluonhq.com/products/scene-builder/)
- Jakarta EE 10 (available from https://jakarta.ee/release/10/)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
p.poon@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Project Management & Project Planning
Chapter
Reference book: Software Engineering (by Ian Sommerville)
Chapter 1: Section 1.2: Software Engineering Ethics
Chapter 22: Section 22.1: Risk Management; Section 22.3: Teamwork
Chapter 23: Section 23.2: Plan-Driven Development; Section 23.3: Project Scheduling
Events and Submissions/Topic
- Form project group; identify & discuss project topic
Module/Topic
Requirements Engineering & Quality Management
Chapter
Reference book: Software Engineering (by Ian Sommerville)
Chapter 4: Section 4.1: Requirements Elicitation
Chapter 5: Section 5.1: Context Models
Chapter 23: Section 23.4: Agile Planning
Chapter 24: Section 24.2: Software Standards; Section 24.4: Quality Management & Agile Development
Events and Submissions/Topic
- Finalize project topic & scope
- Work on project proposal
Module/Topic
System Modeling
Chapter
Reference book: Software Engineering (by Ian Sommerville)
Chapter 5: Section 5.2: Interaction Models
Events and Submissions/Topic
- Finalize project proposal
- Submit project proposal
Project Proposal Due: Week 3 Friday (22 Nov 2024) 11:55 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Requirements Engineering & Architectural Design
Chapter
Reference book: Software Engineering (by Ian Sommerville)
Chapter 4: Section 4.1: Functional & Non-Functional Requirements; Section 4.4: Requirements Specification
Chapter 6: Architectural Patterns
Events and Submissions/Topic
Work on:
- detailed user stories
- user interface
- data structures
- database schema
- software architecture
- platforms/tools/frameworks
- test plan
- project tracking tool
Module/Topic
Object-Oriented Design & Testing
Chapter
Reference book: Software Engineering (by Ian Sommerville)
Chapter 7: Section 7.1: Object-Oriented Design Using the UML
Chapter 8: Section 8.2: Test-Driven Development
Events and Submissions/Topic
- Start developing prototype
- Submit Progress Report 1
Progress Report 1 Due: Week 5 Friday (6 Dec 2024) 11:55 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Complete Requirements & Design
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
- Keep working on prototype
- Track progress
- Update GitHub repository
Module/Topic
System Implementation
Chapter
Reference book: Software Engineering (by Ian Sommerville)
Chapter 7: Section 7.3: Implementation Issues
Events and Submissions/Topic
- Start developing in-class presentation
- Submit Progress Report 2
Progress Report 2 Due: Week 7 Friday (20 Dec 2024) 11:55 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
System Implementation
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
- Keep working on-in-class presentation
- Keep working on prototype
- Track progress
- Update GitHub repository
Module/Topic
Configuration Management
Chapter
Reference book: Software Engineering (by Ian Sommerville)
Chapter 24: Section 24.3: Reviews & Inspections
Chapter 25: Section 25.1: Version Management; Section 25.2: System Building
Events and Submissions/Topic
- Keep working on in-class presentation
- Keep working on prototype
- Track progress
- Update GitHub repository
Module/Topic
Software Testing
Chapter
Reference book: Software Engineering (by Ian Sommerville)
Chapter 8: Section 8.3: Release Testing; Section 8.4: User Testing
Events and Submissions/Topic
Deliver in-class presentation
- Start writing report
- Keep working on prototype
- Test prototype
- Track progress
- Update GitHub repository
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
- Keep working on report
- Keep working on prototype
- Test prototype
- Track progress
- Update GitHub repository
In-Class Project Demonstration & Report Due: Week 11 Friday (31 Jan 2025) 11:55 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
- Submit report
- Complete software development
- Complete user acceptance test
- Complete final presentation
Module/Topic
Project Presentation
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
- Deliver a public presentation
Public Presentation & Demonstration of Final Project Outcomes
Due: Review/Exam Week Monday (17 Feb 2025) 9:00 am AEST
Unit Coordinator: Associate Professor Pak Poon
Email: p.poon@cqu.edu.au
Phone: + 61 (0)3 9616 0693
1 Written Assessment
This is a group assessment. In this assessment, you are required to develop a project proposal for developing a complex real-world application. You should develop an original or semi-original idea for the application, which should be feasible & have business value.
The project proposal should be written into a document including the following 5 components:
= Project background
= Project objectives
= High-level user requirements
= Hardward & software requirements
= Risk management & quality assurance plan
The detailed specification of this assessment will be provided on the Moodle unit website.
Week 3 Friday (22 Nov 2024) 11:55 pm AEST
Late submissions are subject to CQU's late-submission penalty policies.
Week 5 Friday (6 Dec 2024)
The assessment criteria will be provided on the Moodle unit website.
- Apply software engineering processes in the context of application development to address all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
2 Written Assessment
This is a group assessment, however, individuals may receive different scores based on their contributions. In this assessment, you are required to report progress on the following 8 items:
= Detailed user stories
= Wireframes of all user interfaces
= Major data structures
= Database schema
= Software architecture illustrating all components
= Platforms/languages/tools/frameworks
= Test plan (should include user acceptance test)
= Project tracking tool
The detailed specification of this assessment will be provided on the Moodle unit website.
Week 5 Friday (6 Dec 2024) 11:55 pm AEST
Late submissions are subject to CQU's late-submission penalty policies.
Week 7 Friday (20 Dec 2024)
The assessment criteria will be provided on the Moodle unit website.
- Manage a software development project using contemporary project management tools & techniques and a quality management plan
3 Written Assessment
This is a group assessment, however, individuals may receive different scores based on their contributions. For this assessment, you will demonstrate the current prototype of your enterprise application in the class as well as submit an updated report on the progress.
In the demonstration, you will run the current prototype of your enterprise application in a lab computer/your personal computer/your mobile device to demonstrate the user stories/interfaces/features/business logic that have been fully or partially implemented during the current progress period. You are also required to show evidence of tracking the progress of your project using a project-tracking tool (e.g., Jira).
In the update report, you will provide a brief update on the following 6 items for the current progress period:
= User stories/interfaces/features/business logic implemented (provide screenshots of your outputs)
= Implementation details of the various components of the prototype (provide screenshots of your code)
= Test results for the implemented user stories/interfaces/features/business logic (provide screenshots & annotations)
= Errors/problems with the implemented user stories/interfaces/features/business logic (provide screenshots if possible)
= User stories of other features introduced (if any)
= User stories or other features dropped or modified (if any)
A copy of the prototype source code must be maintained in a GitHub repository & the link to the repository must be included in the report. The repository must contain the history of all changes in the source code.
The detailed specification of this assessment will be provided on the Moodle unit website.
Week 7 Friday (20 Dec 2024) 11:55 pm AEST
Late submissions are subject to the university's late submission penalty policies.
Week 9 Friday (17 Jan 2025)
The assessment criteria will be provided on the Moodle unit website.
- Apply software engineering processes in the context of application development to address all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
- Manage a software development project using contemporary project management tools & techniques and a quality management plan
- Design and develop complex software applications adhering to cybersecurity principles and ethical responsibility
4 Project (applied)
This is a group assessment, however, individuals may receive different scores based on their contributions. This assessment has 2 components: (Part 1) In-Class Presentation & Demonstration, & (Part 2) Final Report. Parts 1 & 2 submissions are due in Week 10 & Week 12, respectively.
Part 1: In-Class Presentation & Demonstration (20 Marks)
In this part, you are required to present all aspects of your enterprise application including the project background, objectives, user stories, major data structures, database design, software architecture, sequence diagrams, platforms/tools/frameworks, test results (including the user acceptance test), & lessons learnt. You will also run the current prototype of your enterprise application in a lab computer/your personal computer/your mobile device to demonstrate the user stories/interfaces/features/business logic that have been fully or partially implemented during the current progress period. You are also required to show evidence of tracking the progress of your project using a project-tracking tool (e.g., Jira).
For this part, you must submit a presentation file via Moodle by the end of Week 10.
Part 2: Final Report (20 Marks)
In this part, you are required to develop a final report containing the final project summary, user stories, major data structures, database design, software architecture, sequence diagrams, platforms/tools/frameworks, test results (including the user acceptance test), user manual & a project reflection.
A copy of the prototype source code must be contained in a GitHub repository & the link to the repository must be included in the Final Report.
For this part, you must submit the Final Report as well as a copy of the final source code via Moodle by the end of Week 12.
The detailed specification of this assessment will be provided on the Moodle unit website.
Note: This assessment task is selected to be included in your course-wide portfolio. The outcomes/artifacts of this assessment must be uploaded to Portfolium (https://portfolium.com/activity) by the submission due dates in addition to your submission via Moodle for marking.
Week 11 Friday (31 Jan 2025) 11:55 pm AEST
Part 1 presentation must be submitted by Week 10 Friday 11:55pm AEST. Part 2 Final Report & source code must be submitted by Week 12 Friday 11:55pm AEST. Late submissions are subject to CQU's late-submission penalty policies.
The assessment criteria will be provided on the Moodle unit website.
- Apply software engineering processes in the context of application development to address all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
- Manage a software development project using contemporary project management tools & techniques and a quality management plan
- Design and develop complex software applications adhering to cybersecurity principles and ethical responsibility
- Work and communicate effectively as part of a development team demonstrating advanced written and oral presentations.
5 Presentation
This is a group assessment. In this assessment, each group is required to present their final project outcomes in a public presentation. Each member of a group MUST take part in the presentation. In general, all team members will receive the same in this assessment. However, if performance varies significantly across team members, individual marks can be awarded.
The presentation will cover:
(1) Demonstration of a fully-working enterprise application
(2) Presentation of the final project outcomes
Each group will have 15-20 minutes to present the above items to the plenary.
With (1) above, it is advised that each group installs their enterprise application on their personal computer/mobile device prior to the delivery of the presentation. The mobile app must be demonstrated during the presentation.
With (2) above, each group must also present all aspects of their enterprise application development project covering the project background, objectives, user stories, major data structures, database design, software architecture, sequence diagrams, platforms/tools/frameworks, test results (including the user acceptance test), lessons learnt.
The final presentation session will be held on Monday Review/Exam Week. The presentation session will be a conference-style event, running up to 1 day. Groups will be assigned to present at time slots during the day, & also be required to view presentations of other groups. You will have to make yourself available for the whole day on the day of the presentation. The Head of Course or Unit Coordinator will schedule the time of presentation.
The detailed specification of this assessment will be provided on the Moodle unit website.
Note: This assessment task is selected to be included in your course-wide portfolio. The outcomes/artifacts of this assessment must be uploaded to Portfolium (https://portfolium.com/activity) by the submission due date in addition to your submission via Moodle for marking.
Review/Exam Week Monday (10 Feb 2025) 9:00 am AEST
Feedback will be returned on the day of certification of grades.
The detailed assessment criteria will be provided on the Moodle unit webpage.
- Work and communicate effectively as part of a development team demonstrating advanced written and oral presentations.
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What is a breach of academic integrity?
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Why is academic integrity important?
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