Course overview
This course draws upon software engineering principles, practices and professional skills to produce mid-project deliverables for software development required by a client, while working in a project team. In this second course of three comprising the capstone project, students will contextualise their knowledge and skills from previous courses to achieve and present progress on developing a solution to an industry relevant problem. Through this approach, students will enhance their proficiency in problem solving, programming, project management, team organisation, stakeholder management, conducting presentation meetings and comprehension of enterprise governance practices. Students will research industry advancements and academic literature and report on a topic related to the project. The capstone project as a whole will equip students for their professional careers.
- Agile Revision
- Project Closure
Course learning outcomes
- Produce mid-project deliverables within a specific context by applying software development skills, discipline knowledge and skills and project management techniques
- Make a significant, evidence-based contribution to a project as part of a project team.
- Justify and defend the mid-project deliverables, ensuring alignment with client requirements and expectations, and effectively communicating the value of the incremental delivery.
- Demonstrate reflective practice by analysing delivery and individual contribution, documenting lessons learned and improvements to drive continuous professional development.
- Prepare comprehensive product documentation and facilitate the ongoing communication of the progress of the product to the client.
- Communicate complex information and concepts to broad audiences.
- Critically review complex information and ideas, industry advancements and/or academic research drawing from current literature and technical development