Main study-unit material:
IMPORTANT: Please be aware that the material on this and other study-unit download pages might not all be necessary for the specific study-unit you are following or for its particular iteration. You will be guided during class as to what material is pertinent to your particular study-unit iteration. Also note, that due to changing study-unit codes over time, the study-unit code on various items of downloadable material may not always match the actual code of the study-unit your are currently following.
Supplementary material and examples:
You are reminded that inclusion of this supplementary material in the current iteration of this study-unit is subject to lecturer instruction and guidance during classes, and will ONLY apply if the relevant topics are covered in class AND if instructed to do so by the lecturer.
Material from Mr Ivan Bartolo (Agile Development)
Material by Mr Bartolo to accompany any classes delivered by Mr Bartolo [PDF]
Material from Dr Christian Bonnici West (Risk Management)
Part 1 of the material by Dr Bonnici West to accompany any classes delivered by Dr Bonnici West [PDF]
Function Point calculation
Animated slide showing FP calculation using tables to compliment Function Point parts of lecture material [MS-Powerpoint format (.pptx)]
Additonal material re. COCOMO (algorithmic estimation)
COCOMO Atttributes to compliment COCOMO parts of lecture material [PDF]
Risk forecast example
Risk management scenario An example of risk forecast [MS-Word format (.doc)]
Coursework questions
Socrative questions for the 2022/23 cycle of this study-unit [PDF]
Past papers - included as these become available.
(The first occurance of this exam was the Jan/Feb 2019 Examination Session)
January/February 2019 past-paper. [PDF]
January/February 2020 past-paper. [PDF]
January/February 2021 past-paper. This was a Wiseflow exam [PDF]
January/February 2022 past-paper. This was a Wiseflow exam [PDF]
January/February 2023 past-paper. This was a Wiseflow exam [PDF]
Some possible model answers (not necessarily the only possible and acceptable ones)
Possible way to consdier question 5(a) from the 2019 past paper Possible analysis and solution to Q5a 2019 paper [PDF]
Possible way to consdier class exercise on Emergent-to-SW project roles Possible mapping to the class exercise set on Friday 18th November 2022 [PDF]
Possible solution to Q4a from the winter 2022 paper Possible solution to the question on risk management in the Jan/Feb 2022 paper [PDF]
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