University Course Planner The University of Adelaide Australia

COMP SCI 7023 - Software Process Improvement

Career: Postgraduate Coursework
Units: 3
Term: 4210
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
4210 Tue 15/03/2022 Thu 24/03/2022 Fri 06/05/2022 Fri 10/06/2022


Class Details

Enrolment Class: Lecture
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
14273 LE01 50 16 1 Mar - 5 Apr Tuesday 9am - 10am MyUni, OL, Online Class
4 Mar - 8 Apr Friday 9am - 10am MyUni, OL, Online Class
26 Apr - 7 Jun Tuesday 9am - 10am MyUni, OL, Online Class
29 Apr - 10 Jun Friday 9am - 10am MyUni, OL, Online Class
Note: This lecture is live-streamed and recorded. You have the option of participating during the live-streaming session, or viewing any time after publication in MyUni. Please check MyUni for details once enrolled.
Related Class: Practical
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
14274 PR03 18 17 2 Mar - 30 Mar Wednesday 11am - 1pm Ingkarni Wardli, 462, Computer Suite
Note: This class is only available for face-to-face (on-campus) students.
14275 PR02 16 7 1 Mar - 29 Mar Tuesday 11am - 1pm Ingkarni Wardli, 462, Computer Suite
Note: This class is only available for face-to-face (on-campus) students.
14276 PR01 18 8 2 Mar - 30 Mar Wednesday 9am - 11am Ingkarni Wardli, 462, Computer Suite
Note: This class is only available for face-to-face (on-campus) students.
19544 PR04 18 4 3 Mar - 31 Mar Thursday 1pm - 3pm MyUni, OL, Online Class
Note: This class is for offshore / interstate students only. Where this requirement is not met, students risk being removed from this class. Please refer to MyUni for details once enrolled.