| Course Code | COMP9323 |
| Course Title | Software as a Service Project |
| Convenor | Boualem Benatallah |
| Admin | Morty Al-Banna |
| Classes |
Project phase briefings/project mentoring sessions Thursdays 6:00PM
Timetable for all classes |
| Consultations | Contact LiC via e-mail to schedule consultation |
| Units of Credit | 6 |
| Course Website | http://cse.unsw.edu.au/~cs9323/20T2/ |
| Handbook Entry | http://www.handbook.unsw.edu.au/postgraduate/courses/current/COMP9323.html |
This course aims at allowing students to pursue a group-based and practical projects practicing Software as a Service (SaaS), service oriented architectures and agile software engineering methods in an identified area of interests such as learning, development, e-commerce, health, customer support, project management, online communities, online Q&A, entertainment, social and family interactions.
During this term proposed projects will focus on supporting people, communities, businesses and stakeholders during the COVID-19 crisis and beyond. Groups are also encouraged to suggest project proposals in their areas of interests. On the technical front the projects will be an opportunity to learn by doing: learning emerging concepts, techniques and technologies, such as conversation Artificial Intelligence (AI) / conversational bots, crowdsourcing services, data analytics, Internet of Things.
These are assumed to have been acquired in basic computing equivalent (good programming knowledge)
After completing this course, students will:
This course contributes to the development of the following graduate capabilities:
| Graduate Capability | Acquired in |
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Skills involved in scholarly inquiry
|
Project Work |
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Capacity for analytical and
critical thinking
|
Project Work
|
| Ability to engage in independent and reflective learning | Project work/Peer Review |
| Skills to locate, evaluate and use relevant information | Project work/Peer Review |
| Capacity for initiative and creativity | Project Work |
| Appreciation of and respect for, diversity | Group Activities |
| Capacity to contribute to, and work within, the international community | Project Work and activities |
| Skills required for collaborative and multidisciplinary work | Group Work |
| Appreciation of, and a responsiveness to, change | Project Work/Peer Review |
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Respect for ethical
practice and social responsibility
|
Project Work
|
Student groups will be supervised by a mentor throughout the project phases: features elicitation/design/implementation/testing/demonstration. Students will be required to participate in peer reviews for the purpose of learning assessment processes in project-based learning and teaching. Project demonstrations will be exhibited to all members of the class at the end of the session.
The main features of the course are:
In this course, we will follow a product-based framework to the project-based learning approach. Students are expected to engage themselves in project group learning activities, research and self-study of the materials and technologies required for this course.
The Student Code of Conduct ( Information , Policy ) sets out what the University expects from students as members of the UNSW community. As well as the learning, teaching and research environment, the University aims to provide an environment that enables students to achieve their full potential and to provide an experience consistent with the University's values and guiding principles. A condition of enrolment is that students inform themselves of the University's rules and policies affecting them, and conduct themselves accordingly.
In particular, students have the responsibility to observe standards of equity and respect in dealing with every member of the University community. This applies to all activities on UNSW premises and all external activities related to study and research. This includes behaviour in person as well as behaviour on social media, for example Facebook groups set up for the purpose of discussing UNSW courses or course work. Behaviour that is considered in breach of the Student Code Policy as discriminatory, sexually inappropriate, bullying, harassing, invading another's privacy or causing any person to fear for their personal safety is serious misconduct and can lead to severe penalties, including suspension or exclusion from UNSW.
If you have any concerns, you may raise them with your lecturer, or approach the School Ethics Officer , Grievance Officer , or one of the student representatives.
Plagiarism is defined as using the words or ideas of others and presenting them as your own. UNSW and CSE treat plagiarism as academic misconduct, which means that it carries penalties as severe as being excluded from further study at UNSW. There are several on-line sources to help you understand what plagiarism is and how it is dealt with at UNSW:
Make sure that you read and understand these. Ignorance is not accepted as an excuse for plagiarism. In particular, you are also responsible that your assignment files are not accessible by anyone but you by setting the correct permissions in your CSE directory and code repository, if using. Note also that plagiarism includes paying or asking another person to do a piece of work for you and then submitting it as your own work.
UNSW has an ongoing commitment to fostering a culture of learning informed by academic integrity. All UNSW staff and students have a responsibility to adhere to this principle of academic integrity. Plagiarism undermines academic integrity and is not tolerated at UNSW. Plagiarism at UNSW is defined as using the words or ideas of others and passing them off as your own.
If you haven't done so yet, please take the time to read the full text of
The pages below describe the policies and procedures in more detail:
You should also read the following page which describes your rights and responsibilities in the CSE context:
There will be no mid-term or final exam in this course. There will be a large project which consists of the following phases handled online:
| Item | Topics | Due | Marks |
| Project Phase 1 Deliverable | Project scoping and features (requirements) | Week 4 | 25% |
| Project Phase 2 Deliverable |
Software prototype (Version 1) (presentation, data model,
software architecture, and peer review) |
Week 8 | 25% |
| Project Phase 3 Deliverable | Final software prototype (demo, project artifacts, and documentation) | Week 11 | 50% |
Detailed marking schemes for the various deliverables will be provided in due time. Assessment takes in consideration both individual and group contributions. A late penalty of 10% per day applies to late submissions. The penalty applies to the assessed value of the deliverable; individual marks will then be calculated using the peer assessment formula after the penalty has been applied.
It should be noted that this is a project-based course. However, the lecturer will hold project meetings to introduce the main phases of the project. These project meetings include briefs about project phases and deliverables, specific techniques and tools. There will be regular weekly meetings with the project mentors. The course will also have some guest lectures.
the project consist of the following Phases:
| Phase | Description | Weeks |
| Phase 0 | Groups formation | Week 0,1 |
| Phase 1 | Project scoping and features (requirements) | Weeks 2-4 |
| Phase 2 |
Software prototype (Version 1) (presentation, data model,
software architecture, and peer review) |
Weeks 5,7,8 |
| Phase 3 |
Final software prototype (demo, project artifacts, and documentation)
|
Weeks 9,10,11 |
Project meetings and mentoring sessions Time:
During 20T2,students will be able to complete the course online. We will inform students if and when UNSW resumes face-to-face teaching, due relaxing restrictions. While groups may agree with their mentors on mentoring sessions time, we booked the following time for project weekly meetings (i.e, briefs about project phases and deliverables, guest lectures)and mentoring session time. Attendance of the online mentoring sessions is required for all group members:
Thursday: 18h00 – 21h00
This is a project based learning course. During the project phase briefings, relevant references will be recommended to students. Examples references include:
Berkun, Scott. The art of project management. O'Reilly 2005
Fox, Armando, David A. Patterson, and Samuel Joseph. Engineering software as a service: an agile approach using cloud computing . Strawberry Canyon LLC, 2013.
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