Area: |
Department of Computing |
Credits: |
25.0 |
Contact Hours: |
3.0 |
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| ** 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. ** |
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Lecture: |
1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Practical: |
1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Prerequisite(s): |
8934 (v.7) Software Engineering 252 or any previous version
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Syllabus: |
Quality, safety and reliability from the standpoint of ethics and professional responsibility. Evolving and assessing a mature Quality Management System (ISO 9000:2000, CMM, CMM-I). Processes for verification and validation of software-based systems. Processes for managing safety and reliability. Strategies for improving reliability using fault tolerance in software based systems. Software reuse and the impact on cost and quality. The use of Graphical Modelling Languages and Formal Specification Techniques (Z, DFD, UML) to overcome difficulties communicating synchronization and timing issues in real-time systems and facilitating formal reasoning. |
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| ** 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. ** |
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Field of Education: |
31300 Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Technology (Narrow Grouping) |
HECS Band (if applicable): |
2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information: |
Not Categorised |
Result Type: |
Grade/Mark |
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Availability |
| Year |
Location |
Period |
Internal |
Area External |
Central External |
| 2004 |
Bentley Campus |
Semester 1 |
Y |
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Area
External |
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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