COMP SCI 2205 - Software Engineering Workshop I

North Terrace Campus - Semester 1 - 2024

This course provides software engineering students with the fundamental knowledge and practical understanding of methods, approaches, and tools for requirements engineering in different software paradigms. Topics include: deriving and reasoning about the appropriate description of a desired system, modelling and analysis knowledge and skills, documenting and evaluating requirements, and conceptual design. The course will also focus on team work and communication skills, requirements prioritisation and negotiation, and automated software engineering tools relevant to requirement and modelling phases of software engineering. The course will be delivered in seminar or workshop styles and a large number of assessment tasks will be project based in order to give the students skills and experience of working in a team environment.

  • General Course Information
    Course Details
    Course Code COMP SCI 2205
    Course Software Engineering Workshop I
    Coordinating Unit Computer Science
    Term Semester 1
    Level Undergraduate
    Location/s North Terrace Campus
    Units 3
    Contact Up to 3 hours per week
    Available for Study Abroad and Exchange N
    Assumed Knowledge COMP SCI 1106 or COMP SCI 2006
    Restrictions Available to BE(Software) students only
    Course Description This course provides software engineering students with the fundamental knowledge and practical understanding of methods, approaches, and tools for requirements engineering in different software paradigms. Topics include: deriving and reasoning about the appropriate description of a desired system, modelling and analysis knowledge and skills, documenting and evaluating requirements, and conceptual design. The course will also focus on team work and communication skills, requirements prioritisation and negotiation, and automated software engineering tools relevant to requirement and modelling phases of software engineering.
    The course will be delivered in seminar or workshop styles and a large number of assessment tasks will be project based in order to give the students skills and experience of working in a team environment.
    Course Staff

    Course Coordinator: Dr Amali Weerasinghe

    Course Timetable

    The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from Course Planner.

  • Learning Outcomes
    Course Learning Outcomes
    On successful completion of this course students will be able to:

     
    1 Describe different phases of requirements engineering for software systems
    Show different approaches to elicit, specify, document, and validate requirements
    3 Demonstrate abilities to use a small set of tools for supporting requirements engineering phases
    4 Apply ethical principles during the requirements engineering phases
    5 Apply cybersecurity principles during the requirements engineering phases
    6 Critically articulate many and varied challenges involved and strategies available in requirements engineering phases
    7 Demonstrate the ability to effectively work in small groups using physical and online facilities and social media technologies

     
    The above course learning outcomes are aligned with the Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competency Standard for the Professional Engineer.
    The course is designed to develop the following Elements of Competency: 1.1   1.2   1.3   1.4   1.5   1.6   2.1   2.2   2.3   2.4   3.1   3.2   3.3   3.4   3.5   3.6   

    University Graduate Attributes

    This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attribute(s) specified below:

    University Graduate Attribute Course Learning Outcome(s)

    Attribute 1: Deep discipline knowledge and intellectual breadth

    Graduates have comprehensive knowledge and understanding of their subject area, the ability to engage with different traditions of thought, and the ability to apply their knowledge in practice including in multi-disciplinary or multi-professional contexts.

    1-4

    Attribute 2: Creative and critical thinking, and problem solving

    Graduates are effective problems-solvers, able to apply critical, creative and evidence-based thinking to conceive innovative responses to future challenges.

    1,4-5

    Attribute 3: Teamwork and communication skills

    Graduates convey ideas and information effectively to a range of audiences for a variety of purposes and contribute in a positive and collaborative manner to achieving common goals.

    2,4-5

    Attribute 4: Professionalism and leadership readiness

    Graduates engage in professional behaviour and have the potential to be entrepreneurial and take leadership roles in their chosen occupations or careers and communities.

    1-5

    Attribute 5: Intercultural and ethical competency

    Graduates are responsible and effective global citizens whose personal values and practices are consistent with their roles as responsible members of society.

    5

    Attribute 8: Self-awareness and emotional intelligence

    Graduates are self-aware and reflective; they are flexible and resilient and have the capacity to accept and give constructive feedback; they act with integrity and take responsibility for their actions.

    4-5
  • Learning Resources
    Required Resources
    The Course Book
    Karl Wiegers and Joy Beatty, Software Requirements, Third Edition, 2014, Microsoft Press

    Research Papers included in the course for presentations ((Assessable material).

     
    1.  Hussain, Azham, and Emmanuel OC Mkpojiogu. "Requirements: Towards an understanding on why software projects fail." AIP Conference Proceedings. Vol. 1761. No. 1. AIP Publishing, 2016.

    2.  Liu, Lin, Tong Li, and Fei Peng. "Why requirements engineering fails: A survey report from china." 2010 18th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference. IEEE, 2010.

    3.  Calazans, Angelica Toffano Seidel, et al. "Software Requirements Analyst Profile: A Descriptive Study of Brazil and Mexico." Requirements Engineering Conference (RE), 2017 IEEE 25th International. IEEE, 2017.

    4.  Chen, Lianping, Muhammad Ali Babar, and Bashar Nuseibeh. "Characterizing architecturally significant requirements." IEEE software 30.2 (2013): 38-45.

    5. Tiwari, Saurabh, Santosh Singh Rathore, and Atul Gupta. "Selecting requirement elicitation techniques for software projects." 2012 CSI Sixth International Conference on Software Engineering (CONSEG). IEEE, 2012.

    6.  Noll, John, and Wei-Ming Liu. "Requirements elicitation in open source software development: a case study." Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Emerging Trends in Free/Libre/Open Source Software Research and Development. ACM, 2010.

    7.  Burnay, Corentin, Jennifer Horkoff, and Neil Maiden. "Stimulating Stakeholders' Imagination: New Creativity Triggers for Eliciting Novel Requirements." 2016 IEEE 24th International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE). IEEE, 2016.

    8. Mylopoulos, John, et al. "Exploring alternatives during requirements analysis." IEEE Software 18.1 (2001): 92-96.

    9. de Gea, Juan M. Carrillo, et al. "Requirements engineering tools." IEEE software 28.4 (2011): 86-91.

    10. Bhat, Jyoti M., Mayank Gupta, and Santhosh N. Murthy. "Overcoming requirements engineering challenges: Lessons from offshore outsourcing." IEEE software 23.5 (2006): 38-44.

    11. Konrad, Sascha, and Michael Gall. "Requirements engineering in the development of large-scale systems." 2008 16th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference. IEEE, 2008.

    12. De Lucia, Andrea, and Abdallah Qusef. "Requirements engineering in agile software development." Journal of emerging technologies in web intelligence 2.3 (2010): 212-220.

    13. Cao, Lan, and Balasubramaniam Ramesh. "Agile requirements engineering practices: An empirical study." IEEE software 25.1 (2008): 60-67.



    Recommended Resources
    Recommended for further readings:

    Chris Rupp & die SOPHISTen, Requirements-Engineering und – Management, 6th Edition (Only material in English from the Website).

    Ian Sommerville, Software Engineering, 10th Edition, 2015. (Chapters on Requirements and Modeling).
    Online Learning
    https://myuni-canvas.adelaide.edu.au/courses/23073
  • Learning & Teaching Activities
    Learning & Teaching Modes
    This course consists of 12 weeks of different types of learning and teaching activities such as seminar style lectures, moderated discussions on the core topics with relevant industrial examples, guest lectures, students’ presentations and project work. There will be 10-12 seminar sessions led/moderated by the main teaching staff. There will be 6 working sessions led/moderated by the teaching assistants. Each student is expected to spend approximately 12 hours on this course (including the hours spent in seminar sessions and working sessions).
    Workload

    The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.

    The following information is a guide. 

    Each student is expected to spend approximately 12 hours on this course (including the hours spent in face-to-face contact with the teaching staff).
    Learning Activities Summary
    This course includes 12 weeks of teaching and learning activities such as seminar style lectures, moderated discussions on the core topics by students and the teaching staff with the relevant industrial examples, exercises, guest lectures, students’ presentations, peer evaluation, and project work.
    Specific Course Requirements
    There are no specific requirements except the required prerequisites knowledge and enrolment in the BE (Software) degree program. 
  • Assessment

    The University's policy on Assessment for Coursework Programs is based on the following four principles:

    1. Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
    2. Assessment must enable robust and fair judgements about student performance.
    3. Assessment practices must be fair and equitable to students and give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned.
    4. Assessment must maintain academic standards.

    Assessment Summary
    Assessment Task Weighting (%) Individual/ Group Formative/ Summative
    Due (week)*
    Hurdle criteria Learning outcomes CBOK Alignment**
    Paper Moderations 15 Individual Summative Week 3-11 1. 2. 4. 1.1 1.2 2.4 2.6 3.1 4.2 5.1 5.2
    Quizzes 15 Individual Summative Week 4-9 1. 2. 4. 1.1 1.2 3.1 4.2 5.1 5.2
    Exercises 20 Individual Formative Week 2-9 1. 2. 4. 1.1 1.2 3.1 4.2 5.1 5.2
    Software Requirements Project 25 Group Formative Week 13 Min 40% 3. 5. 1.1 1.2 2.3 2.4 2.6 3.1 4.2 5.1 5.2
    Software Requirements Project 20 Individual Formative Week 13 Min 40% 3. 5. 1.1 1.2 2.3 2.4 2.6 3.1 4.2 5.1 5.2
    Project Management Artifacts 5 Group Formative Weeks 4, 8, 13 3. 5.  1.1 1.2 2.3 2.4 2.6 3.1 4.2 5.1 5.2
    Total 100
    * The specific due date for each assessment task will be available on MyUni.
     
    This assessment breakdown complies with the University's Assessment for Coursework Programs Policy.
     
    This course has a hurdle requirement. Meeting the specified hurdle criteria is a requirement for passing the course.

    **CBOK is the Core Body of Knowledge for ICT Professionals defined by the Australian Computer Society. The alignment in the table above corresponds with the following CBOK Areas:

    1. Problem Solving
    1.1 Abstraction
    1.2 Design

    2. Professional Knowledge
    2.1 Ethics
    2.2 Professional expectations
    2.3 Teamwork concepts & issues
    2.4 Interpersonal communications
    2.5 Societal issues
    2.6 Understanding of ICT profession

    3. Technology resources
    3.1 Hardware & Software
    3.2 Data & information
    3.3 Networking

    4. Technology Building
    4.1 Programming
    4.2 Human factors
    4.3 Systems development
    4.4 Systems acquisition

    5.  ICT Management
    5.1 IT governance & organisational
    5.2 IT project management
    5.3 Service management 
    5.4 Security management
    Assessment Related Requirements
    Hurdle Requirement: If your overall mark for the course is greater than 44 F but, your mark for the software requirements project is less than 40%, your overall mark for the course will be reduced to 44 F.
    Assessment Detail
    Assessment Components

    • Reviewing and discussing assigned article (15%) – An article will be assigned to a group of students for reviewing and leading the discussion in the seminar/working sessions. Each member of a group will critically review the article and write one-page summary of his/her understanding of the article (7.5%). Each member of the group will lead a small group of students to discuss the paper and answer the questions on the assigned article (7.5%); each of the members in the group is expected to actively lead the discussion and Q&A parts as the assessment is individual. Each member of the team will be assessed based on the performance in leading the discussion and participating in the Q&A.
    • Quizzes (15%) – Individual assessment – The quizzes will be based on the material discussed (or to be discussed) in the class. That means the students are expected to come to class after preparing the material that is going to be discussed in the class. There will three quizzes without any prior announcement.
    • Exercises (20%) – Individual assessment – There will be take home (or in class) exercises based on the material discussed in the class or other relevant material/tasks assigned by the teaching staff. There will be four exercises.
    • Software Requirements Project (50%) – (Group 30% and individual 20% assessments) – This assessment will be a multi-phase activities in which the students will be working on a requirements engineering project that would purport to elicit, specify, validate, and model software requirements.
    Submission
    Work will be submitted by the MyUni site for the course and hardcopy submission in some instances. 
    Course Grading

    Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:

    M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme)
    Grade Mark Description
    FNS   Fail No Submission
    F 1-49 Fail
    P 50-64 Pass
    C 65-74 Credit
    D 75-84 Distinction
    HD 85-100 High Distinction
    CN   Continuing
    NFE   No Formal Examination
    RP   Result Pending

    Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.

    Grade Descriptors are available which provide a general guide to the standard of work that is expected at each grade level. More information at Assessment for Coursework Programs.

    Final results for this course will be made available through Access Adelaide.

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