University of Technology Sydney

31490 Industry Study 2

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UTS: Information Technology: Professional Practice and Leadership
Credit points: 6 cp

Subject level:

Undergraduate

Result type: Grade and marks

Requisite(s): 92 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C10143 Bachelor of Information Technology (Co-op)

Description

In this workplace subject, students apply their academic knowledge and skills to a work project. The project is chosen in consultation with the student's industry and academic mentors and is intended to deepen the student's knowledge and showcase their intellectual skills. Most projects involve some element of novelty and require the student to select an appropriate method of investigation, design, development or problem solving. When this is done well the result is rigorous, often innovative, and provides a result that everyone can see is appropriate.

Subject learning objectives (SLOs)

Upon successful completion of this subject students should be able to:

1. Integrate theoretical knowledge of their chosen topic of study within a real-world context (Industry practice)
2. Advance their intellectual skills
3. Choose and apply a suitable method to address the problem
4. Evaluate whether the results and conclusions achieve the intended benefits

Course intended learning outcomes (CILOs)

This subject also contributes specifically to the development of the following Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs):

  • Socially Responsible: FEIT graduates identify, engage, interpret and analyse stakeholder needs and cultural perspectives, establish priorities and goals, and identify constraints, uncertainties and risks (social, ethical, cultural, legislative, environmental, economics etc.) to define the system requirements. (B.1)
  • Design Oriented: FEIT graduates apply problem solving, design and decision-making methodologies to develop components, systems and processes to meet specified requirements. (C.1)
  • Collaborative and Communicative: FEIT graduates work as an effective member or leader of diverse teams, communicating effectively and operating within cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural contexts in the workplace. (E.1)

Content (topics)

The project should be chosen in consultation with the student’s industry and academic mentor. Students should be aware of any commercially sensitive material that they may have access to or discover.

The actual project will be determined by the work/projects available and the information technology environment at a particular site.

Assessment

Assessment task 1: Project proposal

Intent:

Students identify a problem to be investigated, a problem to be solved, something to be designed or something to be developed then develop a proposal for the investigation, design or development. An essential element of the problem is that it must involve some unknown or novel elements.

Objective(s):

This assessment task addresses the following subject learning objectives (SLOs):

1 and 2

This assessment task contributes to the development of the following Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs):

B.1 and C.1

Type: Report
Groupwork: Individual
Weight: 20%
Length:

Between 1000 and 2500 words (about 2 to 5 pages).

Criteria:

The problem and its context are clearly described.

The expected benefits of the project are identified.

The proposed work is feasible.

Assessment task 2: Investigation

Intent:

Students perform their proposed investigation or design or develop their proposed solution to problem.

Objective(s):

This assessment task addresses the following subject learning objectives (SLOs):

1 and 2

This assessment task contributes to the development of the following Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs):

C.1 and E.1

Type: Project
Groupwork: Individual
Weight: 80%
Length:

Approximately fifteen (15) A4 pages (5000-6000 words)

Criteria:

Review of existing knowledge identifies obstacles to progress.

Feasible investigation method is proposed.

The proposed investigation is performed.

Investigation results are analysed and synthesized to form conclusions.

The conclusions are evaluated against the project's intended benefits.

Minimum requirements

In order to pass the subject, a student must achieve an overall mark of 50% or more.

References

Students are expected to use a variety of databases (e.g. ACM Digital Library, IEEE Explorer, Scopus, Web of Science, Wiley, Science Direct) searching and selecting resources (e.g. Journal, conference papers, books and internet documents...) for preparing their report. You can access these databases via UTS Library. You can use the following articles for your industry study report.

Kitchenham, B. 2007. Guidelines for performing Systematic Literature Reviews in Software Engineering. EBSE Technical Report.http://www.elsevier.com/__data/promis_misc/525444systematicreviewsguide.pdf.

Dyba, T. and Dingsøyr, T. 2008. Empirical studies of agile software development: A systematic review. Information and Software Technology 50, pp. 833–859

Qumer, A. and Henderson-Sellers, B. 2008. An evaluation of the degree of agility in six agile methods and its applicability for method engineering. Information and Software Technology, 50:4, pp. 280–295.

Alzoubi, Y.I. and Gill, A.Q. 2014. Agile global software development communication challenges: A systematic review. PACIS 2014.

Myers, H.D. 2015. Qualitative Research in Information Systems. http://www.qual.auckland.ac.nz/.

Gill, A.Q. and Bunker , D. 2013. Towards the development of a cloud-based communication technologies assessment tool: An analysis of practitioners’ perspectives. VINE, 43:1 , pp. 57-77.

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