SENG3150

Software Project 1: Requirements Engineering and Design

Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

10 Units 3000 Level Course

Available in 2013

Callaghan Campus	Semester 1

Previously offered in 2012, 2011

SENG3150 and SENG3160 form a 2 course sequence in which students apply their previously-developed knowledge and skills to a substantial practical team project. SENG3150 concentrates on the requirements engineering and design phases. These phases are placed in context through a general introduction to software project management, and software process maturity. In the project, students firstly produce a requirements model. After assessment, student are provided a requirements model which they use to produce a detailed design model.

Objectives

At the completion of this course, students will:
1) Have a detailed understanding of, and practical experience related to, the requirements engineering and design phases in software development.
2) Understand software process and process maturity.
3) Understand the importance of project planning and managing the software process.
4) Understand how to validate a design against the system requirements, and related software engineering standards.
5) Develop adequate skills in client liaison, requirements and design modelling, and documentation.
6) Be able to work effectively in a team.
7) Have developed effective verbal and written communication skills.

Content

Topics for this course are:
" Software process and the Capability-Maturity Model
" Project planning and management
" Requirements elicitation and analysis
" Requirements validation and prototyping
" System design
" Component design
" Design Patterns
" Review of design against requirements
" Software engineering standards for requirements engineering and system design.

Replacing Course(s)

SENG3100 Advanced Software Process

Transition

Students may not gain credit for both SENG3100 and SENG3150. BE(Software) students who have not completed SENG3100 will undertake SENG3150.

Industrial Experience

Assumed Knowledge

SENG2130. Students are encouraged to study SENG3130 concurrently with SENG3150 or before SENG3150.

Modes of Delivery

Internal Mode

Teaching Methods

Problem Based Learning

Assessment Items

Projects	This course has two major components for assessment: - Group assessment: 50% Group assessment is based on a set of deliverables for the software project, and details of the deliverables as per the course outline. - Individual assessment: 50% Exam and/or individual report as per the course outline.

Contact Hours

Problem Based Learning: for 5 hour(s) per Week for Full Term

Compulsory Components

Compulsory Course Component

Students must obtain 40% in the final exam to pass the course.
Student achieving >25% but less that 40% will be offered an alternate assessment if, and only if, all other assessment items have been submitted.
Students obtaining <25% will not be offered an alternate assessment, and will fail the course, unless students have submitted Adverse Circumstances in accordance with the Adverse Circumstances Policy.

Timetables