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Unit description

Covers contemporary software development methods and techniques. This unit equips students with the skills necessary to understand and actively manage software and programmed systems in an Agile team setting. Students will learn about testing, configuration, procurement management and DevOps processes.

Unit content

1. Software project management
2. DevOps processes and tools
3. Software quality assurance
4. Testing techniques
5. Configuration management
6. Software procurement
 
 

 

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
1develop, implement and manage software development programs and strategies in an team-based environment.
2assess and evaluate testing and configuration management methods in multi-scale software projects.
3classify and produce software procurement specifications.
4evaluate and propose management actions to assure software product quality.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. develop, implement and manage software development programs and strategies in an team-based environment.
  2. assess and evaluate testing and configuration management methods in multi-scale software projects.
  3. classify and produce software procurement specifications.
  4. evaluate and propose management actions to assure software product quality.

Teaching and assessment

Notice

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