11–12Software Engineering 11–12 Syllabus (2022)
Content
Year 12
Define and analyse the requirements of a problem
Including:- demonstrating need(s) or opportunities
- assessing scheduling and financial feasibility
- generating requirements including functionality and performance
- defining data structures and data types
- defining boundaries
Explore tools used to develop ideas and generate solutions
Including:- brainstorming, mind-mapping and storyboards
- data dictionaries, including selecting appropriate data types
- algorithm design
- code generation
- testing and debugging
- installation
- maintenance
Investigate types of software implementation methods
Including:- direct
- phased
- parallel
- pilot
Research and use the Waterfall software development approach
Including:- logical progression of steps used throughout the life cycle
- stages of ‘falling water’
- advantages and disadvantages
- scale and types of developments
Research and use the Agile software development approach
Including:- rate of developing a final solution
- method tailoring
- iteration workflow
- scale and types of developments
Research the WAgile software development approach
Including:- understanding it is a hybrid model
- analysis of the ‘when’ and ‘how’ intervention is applied during the development life cycle
- scale and types of developments
Apply project management to plan and conduct the development and implementation of a project and software engineering solution
Including:- scheduling and tracking using a software tool, including Gantt charts
- using collaboration tools
Explore social and ethical issues associated with project work, including working individually, collaboratively and responding to stakeholders
Explore communication issues associated with project work
Including:- involving and empowering the client
- enabling feedback
- negotiating
Investigate how software engineering solutions are quality assured
Including:- defining criteria on which quality will be judged
- ensuring requirements are met using a continual checking process
- addressing compliance and legislative requirements
Demonstrate the use of modelling tools
Explain the contribution of back-end engineering to the success and ease of software development
Including:- technology used
- error handling
- interfacing with front end
- security engineering
Design, construct and implement a solution to a software problem using appropriate development approach(es)
Present a software engineering solution using presentation software
Develop, construct and document Loading
Allocate resources to support the development of a software engineering solution
Demonstrate the use of programmed Loading backup
Implement version control when developing a software engineering solution
Explore strategies to respond to difficulties when developing a software engineering solution
Including:- looking for a solution online
- collaboration with peers
- outsourcing
Propose an additional innovative solution using a Loading and Loading design
Apply methodologies to test and Loading code
Use a language-dependent code optimisation technique
Analyse and respond to feedback
Evaluate the effectiveness of a software engineering solution
Including:- developing a report to synthesise feedback
- developing a test plan
- testing data used/generated based on path and boundary testing
- comparing actual output with expected output