COIT13235 - Enterprise Software Development

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit introduces you to the practical issues involved in the design and implementation of robust enterprise software applications enabling business-to-business and business-to-customer operations. You will learn data persistence and management of persistent objects extending your knowledge of object-oriented programming. You will learn to use well-known design patterns to build portable, highly available and maintainable software applications that require integrated use of several open-source tools. You will work in a small team to design and develop a 3-tier enterprise system with a data persistence tier, business logic layer, and a web-based presentation tier. Issues and consequences of complex computing will be discussed in the context of enterprise computing architecture and technology.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 3
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Prerequisite:  (COIT11237 - Database Design & Implementation and COIT12200 - Software Design & Development) OR (COIT12167 - Database Use and Design and COIT12200 - Software Design & Development)

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).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 3 - 2024

Term 2 - 2025 Profile
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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).

Assessment Overview

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.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Reflective Practice Assignment 20%
2. Practical and Written Assessment 30%
3. Practical and Written Assessment 50%

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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Previous Feedback

Term 2 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 57.14% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 22.58% response rate.

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.

Source: Unit Coordinator
Feedback
Assessments must more closely relate to the tutorial exercises and class practices.
Recommendation
Provide tutorial exercises that are more relatable to the assessments.
Action Taken
Assessments were designed based on the tutorial and lab exercises.
Source: Student and Unit Coordinator
Feedback
Assessment requirements need to be clarified and explained to students in more detail.
Recommendation
Tutors must spend time running over assessment specifications in tutorials/lectures to assist/support students.
Action Taken
Tutors were instructed to run over all lab exercises and make sure students completed all their lab work.
Source: In-class student feedback
Feedback
More exercises would be helpful as students enjoy practical exercises.
Recommendation
Add more lab practice exercises where appropriate, especially in the last 2 weeks.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Unit Coordinator
Feedback
Students are not assessed on enterprise programming until halfway through the term.
Recommendation
Change the first assessment from a purely written report into a practical plus report and use the practical part of Assessment 1 as formative.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Investigate and compare major enterprise software architectures and analyse the effectiveness of enterprise software systems for business operations involving diverse groups of stakeholders with varying needs
  2. Use contemporary enterprise software development tools and techniques to design and develop appropriate solutions for business operations
  3. Implement and build multi-tiered enterprise software systems in a distributed service-oriented architecture
  4. Work collaboratively in a team contributing to productive complex software development.

The Australian Computer Society (ACS) recognises the Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA). SFIA provides a consistent definition of ICT skills. SFIA is adopted by organisations, governments and individuals in many countries and is increasingly 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 8. The SFIA code is included:
  • Programming/Software Development (PROG)
  • Data modelling and design (DTAN)
  • Database design (DBDS)
  • Software design (SWDN)
  • Systems design (DESN)
  • Testing (TEST)
  • Systems integration and build (SINT)
  • Release and deployment (RELM)
  • Application support (ASUP)

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4
1 - Reflective Practice Assignment • •
2 - Practical and Written Assessment • •
3 - Practical and Written Assessment • • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
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 •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10