| CODE | CIS1109 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Principles of Structured Development | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Computer Information Systems | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit will provide knowledge pertaining to structured reasoning. The study-unit will acquaint students with development concepts that are of a fundamental and ubiquitous nature, such as functionality through data flow and structural modeling, modularity and complexity, data modeling, control structure modeling and representation. Throughout this study-unit, students will be exposed to specification paradigms at various levels from requirements elicitation to design used in underpinning most modern software development effort with an emphasis on professional software development. Various approaches will be explained, including process, object and control-based. Classwork will take the form of on-line participation in various tasks and exercises. Therefore, this component cannot be resit-able. Study-Unit Aims: This study-unit aims to provide students with the necessary tools and usage understanding to be able to leverage these in their software development careers and the production of software solutions of demonstrable quality. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: Understand the usefulness and help that structured reasoning and supporting tools can offer a software developer as well as identify the right positioning of such tools and techniques in the overall software development process. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: Correctly select, customise and apply various development concepts and tools to software development. In this way, increasing the overall quality of their professional effort. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: "Systems Analysis and Design", 3rd or latest edition, by A. Dennis, B. Haley Wixom, et al., Wiley publishing. Supplementary Readings: "An introduction to Systems Analysis Techniques", 2nd edition or later, by M. Lejk & D. Deeks, Addison Wesley. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | |||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Joseph Bonello Ernest A. Cachia (Co-ord.) Mark Micallef |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2023/4. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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