303008 (v.3) Software Engineering Tools and Metrics 352

Area:

Department of Computing

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

3.0

** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **

Lecture:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Practical:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

302388 (v.1) Statistics for Engineers and Scientists 101 or any previous version
AND
    307535 (v.1) Engineering Mathematics 110 or any previous version
    OR
    307536 (v.1) Engineering Mathematics 120 or any previous version
AND
    307540 (v.1) Engineering Computing 100 or any previous version
    OR
    1920 (v.7) Software Technology 151 or any previous version

Syllabus:

Profiling, benchmarking and performance tuning. Static and dynamic metrics. Implementation of a metrics program. Design metrics, including the use of function points. Software effort and cost estimation modelling. Metrics for documentation and maintenance support.

** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **

Field of Education:

020305 Systems Analysis and Design

Funding Cluster:

06 - Computing, Built Environment, Health

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2006	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y
2006	Sri Lanka Inst Info Tech	Semester 2	Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External