COMP3005J

Learning Outcomes:

This module introduces students to Agile Processes that will equip them with awareness of the issues surrounding the profession of Software Engineering. We will teach students how to efficiently deal with the challenges of ambitious software projects. At this stage in their undergraduate program, the students will have had extensive experience in programming and now, is the time to introduce them to the project management methodologies and how to communicate their work to technical and non-technical audience. We analyse the key agile ideas, their benefits, their limitations, and how best to take advantage of them to enhance the students’ software skills and show employers that they have mastered an essential component of today's IT industry.

Indicative Module Content:

1) The Agile manifesto, principles, methods, and values.
2) Agile principles
3) Agile roles
4) Agile practices
5) Agile artifacts
6) Agile assessment: detailed discussion on the final assessment on the agile methods (i.e.among agile ideas, which ones are essentially hyped and useless, which ones are actually harmful, and which ones will truly help you effectively produce high-quality software).

Student Effort Hours:

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:

Key teaching and learning approaches used in the module: lectures; active/task-based learning; enquiry & problem-based learning.

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Learning Recommendations:

Keys to success: Do the homework and attend the class!
Cheating will not be tolerated, but working together is encouraged.

Module Requisites and Incompatibles

Required:
BDIC1047J - English for Uni Studies BDIC, BDIC1048J - English Gen Acad Purposes BDIC, BDIC2007J - English for Spec Acad Purposes, BDIC2015J - Acad Wrt & Comm Skills


 

Assessment Strategy

 

Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Online automated feedback
• Peer review activities

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

The grading scheme used is Alternative Linear Conversion Grade Scale 40% Pass (85% = A - ).

“Agile! The Good, the Hype and the Ugly”, Bertrand Meyer, (Springer International Publishing, April 2014, eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-05155-0, Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-05154-3).

In addition, the lecturer will provide more Bibliography in the lecture notes. However, interested students might wish to consult the following for additional reading:
[1 ] Bachan Anand: Conscires site at agile.conscires.com.
[2] Kent Beck, with Cynthia Andres: Extreme Programming explained — Embrace Change, AddisonWesley, 2005 (Second Edition).
[3] Alistair Cockburn: Agile Software Development, Addison-Wesley, 2001.
[4] Alistair Cockburn: Crystal Clear — A Human-Powered Methodology for Small Teams, AddisonWesley, 2005.
[5] Mike Cohn: Succeeding with Agile, Addison-Wesley, 2010.
[6] Steve Jobs on Apple's resurgence (Andy Reinhardt), at http://allaboutstevejobs.com/sayings/stevejobsinterviews/bw98.php
[7] Mary and Tom Poppendieck: Lean Software Development — An Agile Toolkit, Addison Wesley, 2003.
[8] Winston D. Royce: Managing the Development of Large Software Systems, in Proc. IEEE WESCON, 1970, pages 1-9, at www.cs.umd.edu/class/spring2003/cmsc838p/Process/waterfall.pdf
[9] Ken Schwaber: Agile Project Management with Scrum, Microsoft Press, 2004.
[10] James Shore and Shane Warden: The Art of Agile Development, O'Reilly, 2008.
[11] Jeff Sutherland, Rini van Solingen and Telco Rustenberg: The power of Scrum, CreateSpace, 2012.
[12] Jeff Sutherland: Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time, tutorial notes, 2013, available at jeffsutherland.com/CSMjsv16.pdf
[13] Kelly Waters: All About Agile site, www.allaboutagile.com.