Course Outline June 2013 Session

Course Lecturer : NOR ANISAH BINTI MOHD SAAD Class/Section : DIP6C

PROGRAMME AIMS The Diploma in Information Technology (Programming) graduates in Polytechnics, Ministry of Higher Education will have knowledge, technical skills, and attitude to adapt themselves with new technological advancement and challenges in Programming Fields.
COURSE & CODE WEEKS CREDIT(S) PREREQUISITE(S) SYNOPSIS FP621 PROGRAMMING PROJECT 15 4 FP521 PROJECT ANALYSIS AND DESIGN PROGRAMMING PROJECT course will give students the practical experience of carrying out an independent software project from project requirements, implementation, testing to delivery and presentation of the software. Students will go through a software process with deliverables at different stages of the process. The course requires students to learn new technologies and software tools and encourage student to develop their generic skills such as developing teamwork, project management, communication skills, problem solving skills and academic writing skills. This will inculcate independent and life-long learning. COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES Upon completion of this course, students should be able to: 1. apply the continuous knowledge and efficient methods to achieve sufficient quality for the deliverables. (P5, C3, A4) 2. produce a very comprehensive presentation, technical documentation and end product for the project. (P5, A4) 3. communicate effectively within the project group and supervisor(s) to meet stated tasks and milestones. (A2, A4)

Week (Duration) 1 (17.6.13 23.6.13)

Topic No / CLO

CONTACT HOURS/ ASSESSMENT

Reflection

Students Registration 1.0 PROJECT PROPOSAL REVIEW / CLO1 This topic reviews the project plan and project design that has been developed in the Project Analysis and Design course. Students are required to propose a complete project development plan with the distribution of tasks for each of the team members. 2.0 DEVELOPMENT / CLO1, CLO2, CLO3 This topic covers the step of developing the project starting from designing the program coding until documenting the report of the progress development of the project. (01:03)

2 (24.6.13 30.6.13)

3 (1.7.13 7.7.13)

(08:24)

4 (8.7.13 14.7.13)

5 (15.7.13 21.7.13) 1st demonstration Peer Assessment 1

6 (22.7.13 28.7.13)

7 (29.7.13 4.8.13)

Week (Duration) 5.8.13 11.8.13

Topic No / CLO

CONTACT HOURS/ ASSESSMENT SEMESTER BREAK (1 WEEK)

Reflection

8 (12.8.13 18.8.13)

2.0 DEVELOPMENT / CLO1, CLO2, CLO3 This topic covers the step of developing the project starting from designing the program coding until documenting the report of the progress development of the project.

9 (19.8.13 - 25.8.13)

10 (26.8.13 1.9.13) 3.0 TESTING / CLO1, CLO2 11 (2.9.13 8.9.13) This topic covers the testing and troubleshooting phase of the project. Students are required to conduct testing for the project and document the testing results. (02:06) 2nd demonstration Peer Assessment 2

12 (9.9.13 15.9.13)

(02:06) 13 (16.9.13 22.9.13) 4.0 IMPLEMENTATION / CLO1, CLO2, CLO3 This topic covers presentation of milestone and resource plan, test specification and plan, develop system/program and execute the system/program. 3rd demonstration

14 (23.9.13 29.9.13)

Final Project Draft

5.0 DOCUMENTATION / CLO1, CLO2 15 (30.9.13 6.10.13) This topic covers the compilation of the project report in a document format. Students also need to prepare and submit their project portfolio.

(02:06) Presentation Peer Assessment 3

16 (7.10.13 13.10.13) 17 (14.10.13 20.10.13)

Capstone project

REVISION WEEK

(21.10.13 3.11.13)

Final Examination COURSEWORK ASSESSMENT PERCENTAGE

Demonstration Peer Assessment Presentation Capstone project

:3 :3 :1 :1

25% 10% 15% 50%

REFERENCES : Main: Mikael Berndtsson, Jrgen Hansson, B. Olsson, B. Lundell (2008),Thesis Projects, A Guide for Students in Computer Science and Information Systems,Second Edition, Springer (ISBN-13: 978-1-84800-008-7 Others: Jack T. Marchewka(2009). Information Technology Project Management: Providing measurable Organizational Value. Wiley (ISBN : 9780470371930) Kathy S. (2010). Information Technology Project Management. Cengage Learning. (ISBN : 9781111221751 ) Mikael Berndtsson, Jorgen Hansson , B. Olsson , B. Lundell, (2006). Planning and Implementing your Final Year Project - with Success!: A Guide for Students in Computer Science and Information Systems. Springer (ISBN : 978-1852333324) Sally Fincher, Marian Petre, Martyn Clark, (2011). Computer Science Project Work: Principles and Pragmatics. Springer (ISBN: 9781849968652)

Prepared by: (NOR ANISAH BINTI MOHD SAAD/ SAIFUL BAHARIN BIN HAIRUDDIN) Date : 17 June 2013