Software Engineering with Objects and Components 2

Design Practical

This page describes the assessed practical exercise for the Software Engineering with Objects and Components 2 module given in January-March 2002. The practical counts for 30% of your final mark for the module. Its primary aim is to give you experience in working within a team to deadlines to produce an outline specification for a large system from an independently produced requirements document.


You are provided with a real industrial report describing the requirements for track monitoring and control operation in a national railway company. Imagine that the rail company now wishes to build an "information management" system to record appropriate operational information and make it available to the right people at the right times. The task of producing the system is sent out to competitive tender, and teams from different companies have to work to a deadline to produce a proposed plan of work.

Schedule of Work

The timing of work is as shown below. The principal deadlines are 20th February (for team reports) and 6th March (for individual assessment reports).

Content of Team Report

The report produced by each team (and delivered to me on 20th February) should contain the following information, formatted into the sections shown by the headings below: The report must be no longer than 15 pages (including diagrams) using 11 point text on A4 paper.

Assessment

Your total practical mark is calculated from the following components: