1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

project teams experience in the management of time and
resources and the preparation of the full range of project and
software documentation and deliverables.
Content
A selection of topics relating to project management theory
and practice: introduction to software development projects;
project concept and software life cycle; project team
structure, roles and responsibilities; project codbenefit
analysis; project risk management; software documentation
standards; project planning and estimation; project
monitoring and control; quality control; project politics;
Project Team practice - requiring analysis, design and
imp1ementation;with full documentation, of a software
product. This must be conducted
in a 4-6 person teams, and it is expected that the project will
exercise technical skills covered elsewhere in the course.
Recommended Reading
Rakos, J., Software Project Management for Small to Medium Sized
Projects, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 1992.
Humphery, S. Watts, Managing the Software Process, Addison
Wesely, New York, 1990.
ES704
Professional Issues in Software
Engineering
..
10 credit points i%e subject will be run in the flexible
leaning mode. Hawthorn Prerequisite: nil..
Instruction: lecture and distance learning material . .
Assessment: assignments and final examination.
A subject in the Graduate Diploma (Computer Science)
0 b jectives
To introduce and review of the Code of Ethics and Code of
Conduct governing the behaviour of software engineering
professionals; to provide a broad understanding of the
impact of information technology on various human
activities; to explore the importance of knowing one's belief
system and values when reasoning confronting issues at the
work place.
Content
A variety of topics involving social, legal and ethical aspects
of computing in the human context; values (including
religious values) and cultural influences; computing in a
global community; ethical behaviour in the work place; a
personal framework for ethical behaviour.
Recommended Reading
Langford, D., Practical Computer Ethics, McGraw Hill, 1995.
Arnold, R., & Hess, D., The Paradox of Economic Growth and
Inequality, Victorian Association for Peace Studies, Hampton,
Victoria, Australia, 1994.
ES705
Database
10 credit points .3 hours per week.* Hawthorn @.
Prerequisite: nil Instruction: lectures and laboratory/
tutorial sessions. Assessment: assignments, laboratory/
tutoria exercises and final examination
A subject in the Graduate Diploma (Computer Science)
0 bjectives
To provide a solid theoretical foundation to the
fundamentals of database desien " and database svstems
development; to survey existing Database Management
Systems and provide a framework to compare and evaluate
different DBMS products; to provide sufficient practical
exposure to designing and using databases so as to equip
students for basic database tasks in industry and
government.
Content
Database Architecture; Data Models; Conceptual Design;
Entity-Relationship and Semantic Object Modeling;
Relational Theory; Logical and Physical Design; DBMS
Survey and Evaluation; Database Tools for Software
Development; Network DBMS's; Hierarchical DBMS's;
Object Databases.
Recommended Reading
Grauer, R.T. & Barber, M., Exploring Microsoft Access 2.0,
Prentice Hall, 1994.
Kroenke, D.M., Database Processing: Fundamentals, Design,
Implementation, 5th Edition, Macmillian, 1995.
.
ES707 Computer Systems 1
10 credit points 3 hoursper week.. Hawthorn *.
Prerequisite: nil Instruction: lectures and laboratory
sessions Assessment: assignments, laboratory tests and final
examination
A subject in the Graduate Diploma (Computer Science)
Objectives
To introduce the fundamental concepts of computer
systems; to introduce the DOS ,Windows and UNIX
operating systems.
Content
Functions and components of computers; history of
computing; data representation; computer hardware;
operating systems; introduction to UNIXTM operating
system; UNIXTTile management; commands & filters;
shell programming; data communications; computer
software; security, privacy and ethics; emerging
technology; the internet.
Recommended Reading
Capron & Peron, Computers &Information Systems, 4th Edition,
Benjamin/Cummings, 1995.
Sobell, M.G, UNIXSystem V: A Practical Guide, 3rd Edition,
Benjamin/Cummings, 1994.
ES710 Object-Oriented Software Development 3
10 credit points 3 hours per week.. Hawthorn
Prereauisite:ES750 Instruction: lectures and laboraton,
sessions. Assessment: assignments and final examination
A subject in the Graduate Diploma (Computer Science)
Obiectives
Advanced-level proficiency in programming using C+ +;
working knowledge of the standard data structures;
appreciation of software architecture.
Content
Algorithm complexity; stacks and queues; table
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