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Students will develop large commercial and industrial software systems as a team-based effort that puts technical quality at centre stage. The course will focus on the early stage of software development, encompassing team building, requirements specification, architectural and detailed design, and software construction. Group work (where each team of students will develop a system selected using a business planning exercise) will guide the software engineering and management learning process. Teams will be encouraged to have an active, agile approach to problem solving through the guided study, evaluation and integration of practically relevant software engineering concepts, methods, and tools.
| Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 3 |
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| Session | Second Sub Session | Credit Points | 10 credits (5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Offshore | Sustained Study | No |
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Software Process and Management aims at providing students with both an in-width and an in-depth understanding of disciplined approaches to the software development process.
Teamwork-based delivery and study focusing on the preliminary stage of a software development project chosen by students aims at complementing the learning process.
• Introduction to projects and project management
• Software Development Projects and Stakeholders
• (Traditional) Software Development Activities
• Project Initiation: Feasibility and Project Authorization
• Formalizing the Project Goals
• Deciding the work to be performed (Work Breakdown Structure)
• Estimating: duration, effort, manpower
• Function Points
• Constructive Cost Modelling
• Object Points
• Project Scheduling
• Optimizing the Plan
• Cost and Budgeting
• Project Execution, Monitoring, and Control
• Agile Monitoring and Control
• Project Closing
• Managing Changes
• Risk Management
• Quality Management
• Managing People
• Organizational Structures
• Managing Communication
• Project Pricing
• Traditional Software Development Processes
• Agile Software Development
Learning Outcomes:
• Ability to define and manage (software) projects
• An ability to recognize the context of projects
• A deep understanding of software development activities and their organization
• An operative knowledge of how to manage goals, time, and costs
• An operative knowledge of how to manage changes, risks, and quality
• An operative knowledge of how to manage people and how to organize communications
• Knowledge and understanding of software project pricing and procurement
• Knowledge and understanding of software development methodologies: Traditional, Agile, Unified, Open Source
• Knowledge and understanding of Development and Management Standards
• Operative knowledge of open-source Tools for Managing Projects
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 75 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback | ||||
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Conceptual | Understand | An ability to recognize the context of projects. |
| Conceptual | Understand | An operative knowledge of how to manage people and how to organize communications. |
| Conceptual | Understand | An operative knowledge of how to manage goals, time, and costs. |
| Conceptual | Understand | Operative knowledge of open-source Tools for Managing Projects. |
| Conceptual | Understand | Ability to define and manage (software) projects. |
| Conceptual | Understand | An operative knowledge of how to manage changes, risks, and quality. |
| Procedural | Create | A deep understanding of software development activities and their organization. |
| Procedural | Understand | Knowledge and understanding of software development methodologies: Traditional, Agile, Unified, Open Source. |
| Procedural | Understand | Knowledge and understanding of Development and Management Standards. |
| Procedural | Understand | Knowledge and understanding of software project pricing and procurement. |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 25 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback | ||||
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Conceptual | Understand | An operative knowledge of how to manage changes, risks, and quality. |
| Conceptual | Understand | An ability to recognize the context of projects. |
| Conceptual | Understand | An operative knowledge of how to manage people and how to organize communications. |
| Conceptual | Understand | An operative knowledge of how to manage goals, time, and costs. |
| Conceptual | Understand | Ability to define and manage (software) projects. |
| Procedural | Understand | Knowledge and understanding of software development methodologies: Traditional, Agile, Unified, Open Source. |
There are no assessments for this course.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback | ||||
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Conceptual | Understand | Ability to define and manage (software) projects. |
| Conceptual | Understand | An ability to recognize the context of projects. |
| Procedural | Create | A deep understanding of software development activities and their organization. |
| Conceptual | Understand | An operative knowledge of how to manage goals, time, and costs. |
| Conceptual | Understand | An operative knowledge of how to manage changes, risks, and quality. |
| Conceptual | Understand | An operative knowledge of how to manage people and how to organize communications. |
| Procedural | Understand | Knowledge and understanding of software project pricing and procurement. |
| Procedural | Understand | Knowledge and understanding of software development methodologies: Traditional, Agile, Unified, Open Source. |
| Procedural | Understand | Knowledge and understanding of Development and Management Standards. |
| Conceptual | Understand | Operative knowledge of open-source Tools for Managing Projects. |
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