615-340 Further Concepts in Software Development

Note

Credit Points

HECS Band

Coordinator

Prerequisites

615-245 Systems Analysis and Design and 615-240 Concepts in Software Development II.

Semester

Contact

Subject Description

Topics may include Australian and international standards for software and documentation quality; joint application design (JAD), rapid application delivery (RAD), and other development methods; Computer-Aided Software Engineering (CASE) and other development tools; management of the software development process.

At the completion of this subject, students should:

• understand a range of modern software development standards, methods, and tools, and be aware of how these are applied in the production of software;

• have experience in team-oriented approaches to software development;

• have developed a greater understanding of software design and testing.

Assessment

A 3-hour end-of-semester written examination; group software project work (6 hours per week.) The weighting of the assessment components will be announced at the commencement of the subject.