CQUniversity Unit Profile
COIT20259 Enterprise Computing Architecture
Enterprise Computing Architecture
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General Information

Overview

This unit introduces you to the components, architectures and industrial standards involved in the design and implementation of enterprise software applications. The focus will be on applications employing 3 tiers including a presentation tier, an application tier and a data persistence tier. You will work in a small team for the design and development of a 3-tier enterprise application project. In terms of technology, both traditional desktop applications and web-based applications will be covered and different technology platforms will be compared and contrasted. Emerging technologies and current research issues will be discussed.

Details

Career Level: Postgraduate
Unit Level: Level 9
Credit Points: 6
Student Contribution Band: 8
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load: 0.125

Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Pre-requisites: COIT20256 Data Structures and Algorithms, COIT20247 Database Design and Development Co-requisites: COIT20257 Distributed Systems: Principles and Development, COIT20258 Software Engineering

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 2 - 2023

Brisbane
Melbourne
Online
Rockhampton
Sydney

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).

Class and Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Postgraduate 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

Bundaberg, Cairns, Emerald, Gladstone, Mackay, Rockhampton, Townsville
Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney

Assessment Overview

1. Written Assessment
Weighting: 20%
2. Practical and Written Assessment
Weighting: 50%
3. Written Assessment
Weighting: 30%

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.

Previous Student Feedback

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 Coordinator self reflection and teaching team feedback

Feedback

Upgrade Jakarta EE development and runtime environments

Recommendation

When JDK 21 LTS is released in Sep 2023, GlassFish can be updated to version 7 to support Jakarta EE 10

Feedback from Unit Coordinator self reflection and teaching team feedback

Feedback

Not enough depth in data exchange between systems so difficult for students to apply

Recommendation

Strengthen industry adopted data exchange standards in XML and JSON by introducing more on JAXP, JAXB, JSON-P, JSON-B and JAX-RS.

Unit Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
  1. Compare and contrast the major enterprise software architectures
  2. Analyse and evaluate the design options available for a given scenario depicting a complex enterprise problem
  3. Design and implement complex 3-tier applications
  4. Work collaboratively and communicate effectively as part of a productive team
  5. Assess the potential impact of emerging enterprise computing technologies to various stakeholders
  6. Critically evaluate key research areas in enterprise computing.

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. The SFIA code is included:
  • Systems Design (DESN)
  • Software Design (SWDN)
  • Programming/Software Development (PROG)
  • Data modelling and design (DTAN)
  • Database design (DBDS)
  • User experience design (HCEV)
  • Testing (TEST)
  • Release and deployment (RELM)
  • Application support (ASUP).

Alignment of Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Graduate Attributes
N/A Level
Introductory Level
Intermediate Level
Graduate Level
Professional Level
Advanced Level

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes

Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 - Written Assessment - 20%
2 - Practical and Written Assessment - 50%
3 - Written Assessment - 30%

Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes

Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 - Knowledge
2 - Communication
3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills
4 - Research
5 - Self-management
6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility
7 - Leadership
8 - 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
1 - Written Assessment - 20%
2 - Practical and Written Assessment - 50%
3 - Written Assessment - 30%
Textbooks and Resources

Textbooks

Prescribed

Beginning Java EE 7

(2013)
Authors: Antonio Goncalves
Apress
New York New York , NY , USA
ISBN: 978-1-4302-4626-8
Binding: Other

IT Resources

You will need access to the following IT resources:
  • CQUniversity Student Email
  • Internet
  • Unit Website (Moodle)
  • JDK 17
  • NetBeans 13
  • MySQL Server 8.0.29, MySQL Workbench 8.0.29, MySQL Connector/J 8.0.29
  • GlassFish 6.2.5
Referencing Style

All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)

For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.

Teaching Contacts
Wei Li Unit Coordinator
w.li@cqu.edu.au
Schedule
Week 1 Begin Date: 10 Jul 2023

Module/Topic

Enterprise Computing & Jakarta EE

Chapter

Chapter 1 & 4

Events and Submissions/Topic

Week 2 Begin Date: 17 Jul 2023

Module/Topic

Object-Relational Mapping

Chapter

Chapter 5

Events and Submissions/Topic

Week 3 Begin Date: 24 Jul 2023

Module/Topic

Managing Persistent Objects

Chapter

Chapter 5 & 6

Events and Submissions/Topic

Week 4 Begin Date: 31 Jul 2023

Module/Topic

Callbacks and Listeners

Chapter

Chapter 6

Events and Submissions/Topic

Week 5 Begin Date: 07 Aug 2023

Module/Topic

Enterprise Beans

Chapter

Chapter 7

Events and Submissions/Topic

Assignment 1 Due: Week 5 Friday (11 Aug 2023) 11:59 pm AEST
Vacation Week Begin Date: 14 Aug 2023

Module/Topic

Vacation

Chapter

Events and Submissions/Topic

Week 6 Begin Date: 21 Aug 2023

Module/Topic

Session Beans

Chapter

Chapter 7 & 8

Events and Submissions/Topic

Week 7 Begin Date: 28 Aug 2023

Module/Topic

Callbacks, Timer Service and Authorization

Chapter

Chapter 8

Events and Submissions/Topic

Week 8 Begin Date: 04 Sep 2023

Module/Topic

Jakarta Faces

Chapter

Chapter 10

Events and Submissions/Topic

Week 9 Begin Date: 11 Sep 2023

Module/Topic

Pages and Components

Chapter

Chapter 10

Events and Submissions/Topic

Week 10 Begin Date: 18 Sep 2023

Module/Topic

Processing, Navigation and Web Security

Chapter

Chapter 11

Events and Submissions/Topic

Week 11 Begin Date: 25 Sep 2023

Module/Topic

Restful Web Service

Chapter

Chapter 15

Events and Submissions/Topic

Assignment 2 Due: Week 11 Friday (29 Sept 2023) 11:59 pm AEST
Week 12 Begin Date: 02 Oct 2023

Module/Topic

Microservices

Chapter

Unit developed materials

Events and Submissions/Topic

Review/Exam Week Begin Date: 09 Oct 2023

Module/Topic

Assignment 3 Submission

Chapter

Events and Submissions/Topic

Assignment 3 Due: Review/Exam Week Friday (13 Oct 2023) 11:59 pm AEST
Exam Week Begin Date: 16 Oct 2023

Module/Topic

Chapter

Events and Submissions/Topic

Term Specific Information

The unit coordinator of this term is:

DR Wei Li

School of Engineering & Technology
Central Queensland University
Rockhampton QLD 4702, Australia
Phone: +61 7 4930 9686
Email: w.li@cqu.edu.au

Assessment Tasks

1 Written Assessment

Assessment Title
Assignment 1

Task Description

Your task for this assignment is to write a research report to critically review a current enterprise computing architecture: Big Data Ecosystems. The purpose of this assignment is to assess your review competence on the basis of critiquing ability, clarification of technical issues and formal academic report writing.

The detailed assignment specification and marking criteria can be found under the Assessment block of the unit website.


Assessment Due Date

Week 5 Friday (11 Aug 2023) 11:59 pm AEST

Assignment 1 Due


Return Date to Students

Week 6 Friday (25 Aug 2023)

Assignment 1 Results Release


Weighting
20%

Assessment Criteria

The students are assessed mainly against formatting, technical contents and citation quality of the report.

The detailed assessment description and marking criteria can be found under the Assessment block of the unit website.


Referencing Style

Submission
Online

Submission Instructions
You must submit your assignment via the online submission system on the unit Moodle site.

Learning Outcomes Assessed
  • Compare and contrast the major enterprise software architectures
  • Assess the potential impact of emerging enterprise computing technologies to various stakeholders
  • Critically evaluate key research areas in enterprise computing.


Graduate Attributes
  • Knowledge
  • Communication
  • Research

2 Practical and Written Assessment

Assessment Title
Assignment 2

Task Description

You will be tasked with a team-based software development project. You will be part of a small team to design, implement, test and document a secured three-tier enterprise application system. The purpose of this assignment is to assess your competence in enterprise computing paradigms, including Jakarta Faces (JSF), Enterprise Jakarta Beans (EJB), Jakarta Persistence API (JPA), and Jakarta Web Security programming, and the interoperations between layers of an enterprise application. Your ability to work collaboratively in a small team will also be assessed by this assignment.

The assignment specification and marking criteria can be accessed on the unit Moodle site.


Assessment Due Date

Week 11 Friday (29 Sept 2023) 11:59 pm AEST

Assignment 2 Due


Return Date to Students

Review/Exam Week Friday (13 Oct 2023)

Assignment 2 Results Release


Weighting
50%

Assessment Criteria

The students are assessed mainly against their documentation (design and test) quality, software implementation correctness and teamwork report.

The detailed assessment description and marking criteria can be found under the Assessment block of the unit website.


Referencing Style

Submission
Online

Submission Instructions
You must submit your assignment via the online submission system on the unit Moodle site.

Learning Outcomes Assessed
  • Analyse and evaluate the design options available for a given scenario depicting a complex enterprise problem
  • Design and implement complex 3-tier applications
  • Work collaboratively and communicate effectively as part of a productive team


Graduate Attributes
  • Knowledge
  • Communication
  • Cognitive, technical and creative skills
  • Self-management
  • Ethical and Professional Responsibility
  • Leadership

3 Written Assessment

Assessment Title
Assignment 3

Task Description

Your task for this assignment is to address a number of key issues in the area of enterprise computing architecture. The purpose of this assignment is to assess your understanding to the key issues and competence to apply the key principles to enterprise computing.

The detailed assignment specification and marking criteria can be found under the Assessment block of the unit website.


Assessment Due Date

Review/Exam Week Friday (13 Oct 2023) 11:59 pm AEST

Assignment 3 Due


Return Date to Students

The marked assignment will be returned on the day of Certification of Grades


Weighting
30%

Assessment Criteria

The students are assessed mainly against their understanding to the given key issues and competence to apply the key principles.

The detailed assessment description and marking criteria can be found under the Assessment block of the unit website.


Referencing Style

Submission
Online

Submission Instructions
You must submit your assignment via the online submission system on the unit Moodle site.

Learning Outcomes Assessed
  • Compare and contrast the major enterprise software architectures
  • Analyse and evaluate the design options available for a given scenario depicting a complex enterprise problem
  • Assess the potential impact of emerging enterprise computing technologies to various stakeholders
  • Critically evaluate key research areas in enterprise computing.


Graduate Attributes
  • Knowledge
  • Communication
  • Research

Academic Integrity Statement

As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.

Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.

When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.

Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.

As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.

What is a breach of academic integrity?

A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.

Why is academic integrity important?

A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.

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