Development Project 1 - Tools and Practices
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 48 hours
Prerequisites
Concurrent Prereqs: Can either be completed prior to OR at the same time.Aims and objectives
3. Utilise contemporary software development tools for version control, issue tracking, documenting software designs, and unit testing; and explain their role in a software development project.
4. Apply and use tools and techniques to work effectively as a member of a software development team, and reflect upon group work experience.
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment and content.
Teaching methods
Assessment
| Types | Individual or Group task | Weighting | Assesses attainment of these ULOs |
| Portfolio | Individual | 100% | All |
Students will receive formative feedback on unit tasks throughout the teaching period at regular intervals, enabling students to judge their progress. Progress will be tracked though Swinburne's Doubtfire tool (http://doubtfire.ict.swin.edu.au) or Blackboard which provide staff with a means of monitoring student engagement and progress. Tasks tracked will end up forming the core of each student’s portfolio which is submitted at the end of the unit for summative assessment. Where students do not submit a portfolio, a result between 0 and 44N will be used based upon the number of tasks completed in the Doubtfire/Blackboard.
Content
- How software is built
- Iterative, non-linear development processes
- Models of the software development lifecycle
Problems and solutions:
- Why software is developed
- Problem and vision statements
- Goals and objectives
- Users and usability
- Sponsors and functionality
Understanding the problem domain:
- Conceptual solutions
- User stories
- Domain modelling
- Prototyping
- Build the right product, correctly