FIT4002 · Software engineering industry experience studio project

Overview

You will undertake a large project and work in groups on a software project for a client. The client may be internal to Monash or from the industry or research organisation. In general, projects involve all aspects of the system development lifecycle. Groups are responsible for their own project management, with guidance from a supervisor. Some projects will warrant students working in pairs or individually.

Areas of study: Software engineering

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. Design and implement a software system of a quality acceptable to an external client;
2. Select and use appropriate tools, techniques and strategies to manage project resources, including time and personnel;
3. Identify potential sources of risk, including ethical risk, and devise and adopt appropriate strategies to monitor and mitigate these risks;
4. Choose and follow a software development methodology that is appropriate to the team, project and client, and justify this methodology;
5. Elicit functional and non-functional requirements, including human aspects requirements, from client representatives and ensure that these are communicated to team members and other stakeholders in an appropriate form
6. Produce internal documentation of a sufficient quality to support project development activities (including specification, analysis, design, testing) and address relevant security and other risks
7. Communicate effectively with a diverse range of project stakeholders, including clients, end users, and supervisors
8. Verify systematically that internal and external project deliverables meet agreed quality standards, such as functionality, security and usability
9. Produce external documentation of a sufficient quality to meet the needs of clients, end users, and client-site technical staff.

Workload

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled online and face to face learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include undertaking all stages of the software lifecycle for the project, preparation of project documentation, preparation for individual and group presentation, software walkthroughs and SWEBOK interviews. The unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning and online engagement. You are also expected to attend fortnightly group meetings with project supervisor, hold regular meetings with client (may be off-campus) and attend regular meetings of the project group.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.