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COMP SCI 7023 - Software Process Improvement

Career: Postgraduate Coursework
Units: 3
Term: 3910
Campus: North Terrace
Contact: Up to 5 hours per week
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange: Yes
Available for Non-Award Study: Yes
Pre-Requisite: COMP SCI 7007
Assessment: Written exam and/or assignments
Syllabus:

This course is a guided study of software process grounded by practical personal experience. All software engineering is based on one or more processes that guide how software is developed with particular time, cost or quality goals. Process improvement aims to learn from current practice and objectively assess potential improvements. This will be explored by practicing a simplified form of the Personal Software Process and studying a number of process related topics drawn from: the goal question metric paradigm; appropriate automation; configuration management; project tracking and control; quality assurance; cost of quality; continuous integration; DevOps; software distribution; Infrastructure, Platform and Software as a Service; leveraging social media and the internet.

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Units
 EFTSL
Amount
3
 0.125
          
  


Course Outline

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Critical Dates

Term Last Day to Add Online Census Date Last Day to WNF Last Day to WF
3910 Mon 18/03/2019 Sun 31/03/2019 Fri 10/05/2019 Fri 14/06/2019


Class Details

Enrolment Class: Lecture
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
15236 LE01 44 15 5 Mar - 9 Apr Tuesday 10am - 11am Napier, 209, Lecture Theatre
7 Mar - 11 Apr Thursday 12pm - 1pm Napier, 209, Lecture Theatre
30 Apr - 30 Apr Tuesday 10am - 11am Napier, 209, Lecture Theatre
2 May - 2 May Thursday 12pm - 1pm Napier, 209, Lecture Theatre
Related Class: Practical
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
11051 PR01 21 11 8 Mar - 5 Apr Friday 11am - 2pm Ingkarni Wardli, 462, Computer Suite
14020 PR02 23 4 7 Mar - 4 Apr Thursday 9am - 12pm Ingkarni Wardli, B16, CAT Suite