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Software Process Improvement

Unit Code: HIT8156

Duration	Contact Hours	Campus	Prerequisite	Corequisite
1 Semester	2 hours per week	Hawthorn	HIT8159 Software Quality Management HIT8060 or similar intermediate university-level software engineering unit.	Nil

Credit Points: 12.5 Credit Points

Related Course/s:

A unit of study in the Master of Information Technology, Master of Information Technology (Professional Computing) and Master of Technology (Information Technology).

Aims & Objectives:

This unit of study aims to introduce various software process improvement frameworks to students.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this unit, students should be able to
• Explain the importance of software process improvements in delivering quality software.
• Discuss contemporary issues in software process improvement.
• Compare and contrast various software process improvement frameworks such as CMMI and ISO 15504.
• Adopt and adapt various software process improvement frameworks for their own uses.

Teaching Methods:

Lectures and Tutorials combined (24 hrs)

Assessment:

Assignments, Examination.

Content:

• Personal Software Process
• Team Software Process
• Various software process improvement frameworks: CMMI and ISO 15504
• Pros and Cons of Software Process Improvement Frameworks

Reading Materials:

Humphrey, W., Managing the Software Process, Addison-Wesley, 1989.
Jalote, P., CMM in Practice, Addison-Wesley Longman, 2000.
Ahern, DM., Clouse, A. & Turner, R. CMMI Distilled, 2nd edn. Addison-Wesley, 2004.