F20PA - Research Methods & Requirements Engineering

Course leader(s):

• To be announced (Edinburgh, September)
• Michael Adam Lones (Edinburgh, September)
• Konstantinos Liaskos (Edinburgh, September)
• Smitha Kumar (Dubai, September)
• John See Su Yang (Malaysia, September)

Syllabus

1. Requirements analysis of software development project

2. Researching current state of art in this area

3. Explain and justify project work verbally and via formal report

4. Project management

5. Research ethics

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course, students should be able to do the following:

• Demonstrate understanding of research methods or development-based problem solving related to a substantial software development topic
• Formulate requirements specification and conduct background research for a substantial software development topic
• Plan a significant project of research, investigation or development
• Undertake critical review and evaluation of data and supplied literature
• Communicate project work to the audience with a general computer science background.

Further details

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SCQF Level: 10

Credits: 15