20 Points

Students organise themselves into and work in small groups throughout the paper. They will contribute to all aspects of building a medium-sized piece of software: developing requirements and specification; designing the system structure and user-interface; carrying out documentation, implementation and maintenance. This work is complemented by lectures which cover these items and also introduce other important software engineering ideas.

Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete this paper should be able to:

• Work with a client to understand their domain and apply technology to solve a problem in that domain
• Communicate that problem and their solution clearly, to both a technical and a non-technical audience
• Use a systematic and disciplined process to analyse, design, build and test their software solution
• Understand how to work in a software development team
• Understand the importance of regular reflection to improve their work practices and processes

Pre Requisite Papers
COMP204 Object Oriented Program Design or
COMP242 Software Engineering Process

Restricted Papers
COMP315 Information Systems Development

B Semester

Lecturer(s)

• Dr. Craig-Richard Taube-Schock
  Room: G.2.05
  Phone: +64 7 838 4768
  
  
  

Timetable
Official Timetable Information

Required Reading
Test Driven Development (TDD) Album from Industrial Logic. This online text is available from Industrial Logic. Please note, we have organised a special discount for students in this course, please see Moodle for further details.

Assessment Ratio
Internal assessment/final examination ratio 1:0

Assessment Components
An overall mark of 50% is required for a pass. All assessment items listed in the table above are compulsory assessment items.

Grading Schedule

Paper Handouts
Handouts for this paper will be available on Moodle for students to download.

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Performance Impairment
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Application for Extension
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Review of Grade
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University Regulations
Your attention is drawn to the following regulations and policies, which are published in the University Calendar:

• Assessment Regulations 2005
• Student Discipline Regulations 2008
• Computer Systems Regulations 2005
• Policy on the Use of Māori for Assessment
• Ethical Conduct in Human Research and Related Activities Regulations 2008
• Student Research Regulations 2008