FIT5136 is one of the core units for the Master of Information Technology degree.

17/7/13 Correcting prerequisites. Effective Semester 1 2014.

15/08/13 Changing the learning objectives to learning outcomes.

4/9/13 - On behalf of CE, amended objectives on advice from Director Education Quality.

19/9/13 - On behalf of CE, further amended objectives on advice from Director Education Quality.

22/1/2014 - Change to contact hours made to align with Handbook entry (bulk upload from CUPID extract). Approved by ADE.

7/8/2014 - Objectives modified by CE from AQF 7 to AQF 9 in consultation with the Course Director and Director Education Quality.

21/10/2014 - Amended prerequisite requirements by adding 2015, FIT9xxx version of 2014, FIT5xxx foundation units. Approved at GPC 4/14 (Item 6.2).

7/12/2016 - Changed assessment summary. Exam (2 hours): 50%, In-semester assessment: 50%. Effective Semester 1, 2017.

8/12/2016 - Included 30mins reading and noting time for the 2-hr exam in assessment summary.

22/11/2017 - Amended prerequisite requirements by adding FIT9133, Programming foundations in python.

25/06/2018 - Admin: Update to assessment removing the 30 minute reading and noting time from the exam on behalf of the CE.

24/9/2019: Admin - adding 10 minutes to exam duration as per University requirements.

21/10/2019: Update to prerequisites; effective semester 1, 2020. Adding new foundation-level prereq, and removing prereqs no longer offered/disestablished.

11/11/2019: FEC 5/19 approved the amendments entered 21/10 for effect 2020. A clause was included to waive the prerequisites requirements for students admitted into C6007 MAI.

22/09/2020 - Admin: Update to include new assessment and teaching approach fields as per Handbook requirements.

06/10/2020 - Changes are made to the assessment distribution. In-semester: 60%, Exam: 40%. The changes are made in response to the changes made to the structure of the assignments. Now, students need to use the agile methodology in a hybrid of Scrum and Kanban. Due to these reasons, students need to put more effort and time towards delivering the artefacts of all the phases of software development. The decision is also in line with the last semester's SETU. For implementation For implementation S1, 2021.

16/07/2021 - Combined the use of tools and lecture participation together so that it is not going to confuse the student further. It was originally put under Assignment 3, and this info was informed to the student during Assignment 1 assessment document which student was confused about which assessment it is actually belongs to. Combining with lecture participation will let students know this work is going to last for the whole semester and it is much clearer on moodle compared to put them as part of other assessments.

FIT5136 Software Engineering is one of the core units for the Master of Information Technology postgraduate students. It prepares students so that they will understand the theoretical and practical aspects of providing computer solutions to real world problems.

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

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This unit provides an introduction to the discipline of Software Engineering at the postgraduate level. The emphasis is upon a broad coverage of various aspects of software engineering. We assume the students will at this stage have adequate programming skills and are able to put theories to practice. The notion of a software system as a model or approximation of a desired system is introduced, and used as a way of describing such things as the software life cycle and its various models, programming by contract, design and testing issues, maintenance, reuse, complexity, divide and conquer strategies, metrics and measurement, project management and software legacy.

Technological requirements

This is a bring your own device unit. You will be expected to bring a web-connected device (i.e., laptop or tablet) to class to access specialist software. Students will be using the following applications/software, free to install for Monash students:

Java students may use:

• IntelliJ https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/
• BlueJ https://www.bluej.org/
• NetBeans https://netbeans.org/downloads/8.0.2/
• Eclipse https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/

Python students may use:

• Pycharm https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/
• Anaconda https://www.anaconda.com/distribution/

Other Softwares/tools:

• GitKraken https://www.gitkraken.com/
• GitLab
• Trello https://trello.com/
• Lucidchart https://www.lucidchart.com/pages/
• Draw.io

Please liaise with your TA to find the limitations and requirements of using these applications/software for this unit or if you want to use different software. Alternatively, you can use MoVE, however support and applications are limited. For more information, visit monash.edu/mov

On-campus

Peer assisted learning

Examination (2 hours and 10 minutes): 40%; In-semester assessment: 60%

Minimum total expected workload equals 12 hours per week comprising:

(a.) Contact hours for on-campus students:

(b.) Additional requirements (all students):

FIT

Callista prerequisites: No prerequisites for MBIS (Professional) (3341.2), MIT (2402.5), MIT Professional (3348.1), MIT (Professional) (2402.6), MIT (Hons) (3349), PGDIT (2411), PGCIT (2423) and MAI (C6007).

Callista & Handbook prerequisites: FIT9131 or FIT9133 or FIT9136 or equivalent; or entry into C6007.