Last modified: 05 Aug 2021 13:04
In this module, which is the follow-up of CS3028, students will focus on the team-based development of a previously specified, designed, and concept-proofed software system. Each team will build their product to industrial-strength quality standards following an agile process and applying the software engineering concepts, methods, and tools introduced in CS3028. The course includes a series of mandatory participatory seminars on professional and management issues in IT and IT projects. Students will be expected to relate their engineering work to these issues.
| Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 3 |
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| Term | Second Term | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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Building on top of the first term software engineering principles course, software engineering and professional practice aims at providing students with an in-depth understanding of disciplined approaches to the software development process and, with equal important, an understanding of professional and management issues in IT.
This course is heavily teamwork-based and much of this focuses on the engineered development of a software project chosen by students at the beginning of the sibling software engineering principles course in the first half-session.
The course also covers the core professional topics of current relevance in the IT industry. This will include management topics of relevance to software projects and the IT industry more generally, specifically including the management of risk. Students will be expected to place their software projects in this contect.
Course Content
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 20 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment Weeks | 35 | Feedback Weeks | 39 | |
| Feedback |
Word count 1000-2000
A report describing how the professional topics component of the course relates to the software project. This is to include legal, social, ethical and professional issues (LSEPIs). As well as the general LSEPIs relevant to the project, it should specifically include project and risk management arrangements. It should identify risks associated with commercializing the software, or otherwise making it public.
Feedback via MyAberdeen VLE and using a standard marking template. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Procedural | Analyse | Project management and teamwork skills. |
| Procedural | Apply | Written, and verbal, communication skills. |
| Reflection | Evaluate | Understanding and operative knowledge of legal, social, ethical and professional issues in the wider IT sector. In particular, this includes management skills and risk management for IT. |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 80 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 35 | Feedback Weeks | 39 | |
| Feedback |
Word count: 12,00-17,000 Feedback via MyAberdeen VLE and using a standard marking template. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Procedural | Analyse | Project management and teamwork skills. |
| Procedural | Apply | Written, and verbal, communication skills. |
| Procedural | Create | In-depth operative knowledge of essential aspects of the team-based software development process for a medium-sized software-centric system. |
| Reflection | Evaluate | Understanding and operative knowledge of legal, social, ethical and professional issues in the wider IT sector. In particular, this includes management skills and risk management for IT. |
There are no assessments for this course.
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Procedural | Create | In-depth operative knowledge of essential aspects of the team-based software development process for a medium-sized software-centric system. |
| Reflection | Evaluate | Understanding and operative knowledge of legal, social, ethical and professional issues in the wider IT sector. In particular, this includes management skills and risk management for IT. |
| Procedural | Apply | Written, and verbal, communication skills. |
| Procedural | Analyse | Project management and teamwork skills. |
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