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Monash University

FIT5136 Software engineering - Semester 2, 2015

This unit provides an introduction to the discipline of software engineering at the postgraduate level. The emphasis is upon a broad coverage of various aspects of software engineering. We assume the students will at this stage have adequate programming skills and are able to put theories to practice. The notion of a software system as a model or approximation of a desired system is introduced, and used as a way of describing such things as the software life cycle and its various models, programming by contract, design and testing issues, maintenance, reuse, complexity, divide and conquer strategies, metrics and measurement, project management and software legacy.

Mode of Delivery

Caulfield (Day)

Workload Requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 12 hours per week comprising:

(a.) Contact hours for on-campus students:

  • Two hours of lectures
  • One 2-hour tutorial

(b.) Additional requirements (all students):

  • A minimum of 8 hours independent study per week for completing lab and project work, private study and revision.

See also Unit timetable information

Unit Relationships

Prerequisites

FIT9131 or FIT5131 or FIT9017 or equivalent

Chief Examiner

Campus Lecturer

Caulfield

Karan Pedramrazi

David Squire

Your feedback to Us

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Previous Student Evaluations of this Unit

Based on student feedback, this unit is reasonably well-structured and no major changes have been made for this semester.

If you wish to view how previous students rated this unit, please go to
https://emuapps.monash.edu.au/unitevaluations/index.jsp

Academic Overview

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students should be able to:
  • describe the breadth and nature of the software engineering process and distinguish various phases of the process;
  • create and develop the required artefacts during each phase of the software engineering process;
  • differentiate and evaluate the software engineering techniques used to produce the artefacts;
  • assess the issues in constructing large software systems from its components, and the nature and design of these components;
  • employ group working skills in solving software development problems;
  • analyse and evaluate IT-related scenarios with reference to the software engineering code of ethics and professional practice.

Unit Schedule

Week Activities Assessment
0 Check your lab class enrolments No formal assessment or activities are undertaken in week 0
1 Introductions No Prac/Lab this week. Prac/Lab classes start in Week 2
2 Software Life-cycle Models Assessment task 2: Practical class assessments due weekly in Lab classes. Starts this week.
3 The Unified Process  
4 Requirements  
5 Analysis 1  
6 Analysis 2  
7 Modules and Objects  
8 Design and Formal Methods  
9 Implementation  
10 Testing  
11 Ethics and Intellectual Properties Assessment task 1: On-line quiz due by 11.55pm on Monday 12 October 2015
12 Tools/Review Assessment task 3: Work Folio due 11.55pm on Friday 23 October 2015
  SWOT VAC No formal assessment is undertaken in SWOT VAC
  Examination period LINK to Assessment Policy: http://policy.monash.edu.au/policy-bank/
academic/education/assessment/
assessment-in-coursework-policy.html

*Unit Schedule details will be maintained and communicated to you via your learning system.

Teaching Approach

Lecture and tutorials or problem classes
This teaching and learning approach helps students to initially encounter information at lectures, discuss and explore the information during tutorials, and practice in a hands-on lab environment.

Assessment Summary

Examination (3 hours): 60%; In-semester assessment: 40%

Assessment Task Value Due Date
On-line quiz 10% To be submitted on-line by 11.55pm on Monday 12 Oct 2015 (Week 11)
Practical class assessments 25% Weekly in Lab classes (Weeks 2 to 12)
Work Folio 5% 11.55pm on Friday 23 Oct 2015 (Week 12)
Examination 1 60% To be advised

Assessment Requirements

Assessment Policy

Assessment Tasks

Participation

  • Assessment task 1
    Title:
    On-line quiz
    Description:
    An open book, on-line quiz to be completed by the beginning of Week 11.
    This assessment task relates to learning outcomes 1, 3, and 4.
    Weighting:
    10%
    Criteria for assessment:

    Correct answers demonstrating basic knowledge and understanding of course material.

    Due date:
    To be submitted on-line by 11.55pm on Monday 12 Oct 2015 (Week 11)
    Remarks:
    The quiz will cover materials from Week 1 to Week 9. This is an open book quiz.
  • Assessment task 2
    Title:
    Practical class assessments
    Description:
    Range of tasks, including team exercises, software design,implementation.  
    Some work will be assessed individually, whereas for some assessment activities, students will work in pairs.
    This assessment task relates to learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.
    Weighting:
    25%
    Criteria for assessment:

    Submissions are assessed based on correct answers demonstrating basic knowledge and understanding of course material.

    For group work, some marks will be for the group as a whole, some for an individual's contribution; details will be specified in the assessment task description. 

    Some tasks will be assessed in the lab class itself. When marking is done outside the lab, in most cases students must submit their work at the end of the lab class. Details will be given with each lab class description provided each week.

    Due date:
    Weekly in Lab classes (Weeks 2 to 12)
  • Assessment task 3
    Title:
    Work Folio
    Description:
    Students must produce a range of documents (text, UML diagrams, code, etc) from tutorial and laboratory class activities. These will be collected in a Google Documents folder that will form an "eFolio". A more detailed decription of the requirements for the eFolio will be available on the unit Moodle site.
    This assessment task relates to 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6.
    Weighting:
    5%
    Criteria for assessment:

    A set of guidelines for the eFolio is provided online.
    Criteria for assessing the folio are:

    1. Inclusion of all specified documents (completeness)
    2. Appropriateness of contents and presentation
    3. Organisation
    Due date:
    11.55pm on Friday 23 Oct 2015 (Week 12)

Examinations

  • Examination 1
    Weighting:
    60%
    Length:
    3 hours
    Type (open/closed book):
    Open book
    Electronic devices allowed in the exam:
    None

Learning resources

Reading list

Recommended (good general "classic" software engineering texts):

  • Pressman, R. S. (2010). Software Engineering - A practitioner's approach, McGraw-Hill. 
  • Sommerville, I. (2011). Software Engineering, Addison-Wesley.
  • Satzinger, J.W, Jackson, R.B., S. D. Burd (2005). Object-Oriented Analysis and Design with the Unified Process, Course Technology.

Also, for the "Ethics" topic, the reading will be Chapter 8 from Michael J. Quinn. Ethics for the Information Age, 4th Edition. Boston, MA: Addison-Wesley, 2011 (available electronically from the Monash library reading list).

Monash Library Unit Reading List (if applicable to the unit)
http://readinglists.lib.monash.edu/index.html

Feedback to you

Types of feedback you can expect to receive in this unit are:

  • Informal feedback on progress in labs/tutes
  • Graded assignments with comments
  • Graded assignments without comments
  • Quiz results
  • Solutions to tutes, labs and assignments

Extensions and penalties

Returning assignments

Resubmission of assignments

If students do not attend a laboratory class, they cannot submit work for that assessment later. Late or resubmissions may be permitted at the discretion of the demonstrator or lecturer, for example if there have been technical difficulties during the laboratory class.

Assignment submission

It is a University requirement (http://www.policy.monash.edu/policy-bank/academic/education/conduct/student-academic-integrity-managing-plagiarism-collusion-procedures.html) for students to submit an assignment coversheet for each assessment item. Faculty Assignment coversheets can be found at http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/resources/student/forms/. Please check with your Lecturer on the submission method for your assignment coversheet (e.g. attach a file to the online assignment submission, hand-in a hard copy, or use an electronic submission). Please note that it is your responsibility to retain copies of your assessments.

Online submission

If Electronic Submission has been approved for your unit, please submit your work via the learning system for this unit, which you can access via links in the my.monash portal.

Prescribed text(s)

Limited copies of prescribed texts are available for you to borrow in the library.

Stephen R. Schach. (2008). Object-Oriented Software Engineering. (1st Edition) McGraw-Hill (ISBN: 978-0-07-352333-0).

Recommended Resources

Note: Schach's "Object-Oriented & Classical Software Engineering", 7th Edition and 8th Edition are very similar, and can be used in place of the prescribed textbook mentioned above. 

Examination material or equipment

The exam will be an "open book" exam. Students may bring in textbooks, any of the unit teaching material and any notes they have made themselves. More details will be provided on the unit website prior to the exam.

Other Information

Policies

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Student services

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Disability Liaison Unit

Students who have a disability or medical condition are welcome to contact the Disability Liaison Unit to discuss academic support services. Disability Liaison Officers (DLOs) visit all Victorian campuses on a regular basis.

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