CMP73010 Managing Software Development Assignment

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CMP73010
Managing Software Development
Assignment 1
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CMP73010 – Managing Software Development
School of Business and Tourism
Session 3, 2019
Assignment 1
This assignment is due on 6th January, 2020 at 11:00 pm. The assignment has a component that must be
completed on-line but a majority is a written task. Suggestions for the report structure are given in each
section of the requirement. The report itself should be provided using the assignment report template, and
submitted through the Turnitin link in your MySCU site. The maximum word count for the report is 1500
words (excluding headings, references, tables and appendices). This assignment is worth 20% of your
overall mark.
Please note that the assignment is due some weeks after the required materials are covered in the on-line
sessions. Please do not leave the assignment to the last minute as you can start work on much of the
assignment well before the due date. If you do require an extension for submission you must request this
before the due date. Unless an extension is agreed, a late penalty will be applied. Each day late submission
will apply a 5% penalty with a maximum of 4 days late. Submissions after four days will not be awarded
any credit. Please note that a timestamp of 11:01 on the due date is considered one day late.
This assignment covers the testing, configuration management and software tendering processes with each
of these a separate Part of the assignment. Hints and clarifications may be published by your unit assessor
in the unit forums.
Important: You must submit your own solution with reasoning, however, we are perfectly happy for you
to chat and discuss with previous students of this unit and your current classmates. The last bit is
particularly important. What we are looking for is the thought process behind your designs and solutions
as well as the actual solutions. Reports which do not give satisfactory reasons for their designs and
solutions will be penalised.
Part 1 – Testing (8 marks)
There are two components to this part of the assignment. You are required to produce an acceptance test
description and a detailed black-box test description. These two test types are related but you should
consider them separately.
The Acceptance test (4 marks)
A university requires a system for student submissions of assignments. The system must accept
submissions in a variety of formats, track student submission time and dates, provide for a word-count
calculation and sends the submitter a receipt of submission when a file (or files) have been submitted. The
system also provides a possibility of saving submissions temporarily as draft. The system requirements
include:
1. Check for the correct file formats
2. Track student submission time and dates
3. Calculate word-count that may notify the sender if it does not meet word limits
4. Send a receipt of submission
5. Allow draft submission of the assignment
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Outline an acceptance test for the above system as described. In the study guide, this is steps 1, 2 and 3 of
the acceptance test criteria. Most of step 1 is in the above system description but you can refine and expand
if you wish.
Remember that acceptance tests can be designed without access to the actual product. Detailed testing of the
product is for the next part of this assignment (detailed black-box testing). You can enhance the
requirements above if you wish or clarify them based on your own knowledge. If you do adjust the
requirements your plan will be assessed against your new specification. You should be able to describe your
acceptance test in 300-500 words (1-2 pages).
The detailed black-box test plan (4 marks)
A detailed black-box test plan does assume you a very familiar with the product you are testing. The aim
here is to use your knowledge of testing to black-box test an existing piece of software in detail.
The product to develop the detailed black-box test plan is
Microsoft Word 2016 Print dialog as shown on the left. This
version of word is available to all students so you can see its
operation if you need to.
The various drop-down lists will vary between users of the
software. When you specify tests, you can assume that the setup
for the test can be achieved. For example, you may say “add five
printers and select the last one” and assume that this can be
achieved.
Produce a detailed black-box test plan for this dialog box. You do
not have to produce a detailed black-box test for any dialog box or
new screen that any of the controls launch. However, you may have
to refer to the selectable options for testing each of the widgets on
this dialog as you test the interaction between widgets.
Note that you can, if you wish, apply your test plan to the product, e.g. you can test individual input fields
and interaction between fields. This is a commercial product, so you would expect the product to pass the
test (if you do find a bug then we will notify the software developers). For this assignment we are looking
at the test plan, not the actual test results.
For the detailed test plan you will be assessed based on how your test plan applies to the indicated part of
the total product. The total Word 2016 product is extensive system so do not attempt to do a detailed
test on more than this dialog.
Note that testing is a creative process, especially when trying to break the software. You will come up with test
ideas that other people will not think of (including your marker). In addition, it will not be possible to
exhaustively test the software. Marks will mainly be awarded on the completeness of your strategy for
testing for each widget. Creative testing ideas may be rewarded but there are basic testing strategies that
you must describe as well.
Part 2 – Configuration management (7 marks)
Code/file version management (3 marks)
There is a GitHub public project named:
TeachBen/CMP73010-assignment1-2019
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You are required to sign up to GitHub and then:
1. Fork this project into your public space
2. Modify the Word document called CMP73010.docx (it contains instructions)
3. Request a pull of the project
Note that at various times the project manager will pull changes into the mainline. This will be reflected in
your GitHub view of the project.
Important: In your assignment submission for the rest of the assignment you must state your
GitHub account name! (So that the marker can confirm your project activity). Remember that your name
will be public so please do not disclose any personal information. Do not place your student-ID in the
GitHub document or elsewhere in the project.
Build Management (4 marks)
Briefly describe the Microsoft nightly build system for managing changes to Microsoft operating systems and
other software (1 mark).
Then, give your description of:
1. Advantages of this system for Microsoft and other systems (1 mark),
2. Disadvantages of this system for Microsoft and other systems (1 mark), and
3. How does Microsoft arrive at a release that is distributed to the public (1 mark).
Note that the Microsoft nightly build has evolved over time so carefully reference the facts that you have
gathered and indicate the dates to which your descriptions refer.
You should be able to answer this section in 300-500 words (1-2 pages).
Part C – Request for Proposal (RFP) (5 marks)
Provide a detailed RFP for the following system.
Absolute Technology (AT) is a business that sells a variety of technology products (e.g. PCs, laptops,
phones, routers), provides device repairs and mobile device accessories. They want an integrated system to
support their 6 branch shops as the opportunity arises. They envisage the system will evolve over time and
plan to expand to many more locations. Their initial requirements are:
1. Provide a customer relations database with information about products and services purchased,
devices left with them for repair (customer details, customer purchase history, problem report,
work details, etc.)
2. A marketing system that allows for digital marketing using e-mail, social media, and any other
modern marketing techniques. This will use details in the customer relations database but allow
other prospective customers details to be entered in the existing Absolute Technology website
(not part of this RFP).
3. A stock management system that includes products for sale, parts for use in repairs, automatic
ordering from wholesalers. The system must be able to be used for individual locations to find
products and parts at other Absolute Technology locations when necessary.
4. Provide reports for management, who may be at any location, of the status of all the above so they
can order stock, recruit staff and make other management decisions.
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Your RFP should use one or more guidelines that you will reference. You may be tempted to go overboard
here so try to restrict your RFP to a reasonable size (up to 1000 words maximum), less if possible. Remember
that the less restrictions the better in an RFP so that the responders can come up with new ideas that you
have not imagined so far. This also means your RFP will not contain much technical information about the
requested system but will contain information about your existing systems (the web site, unless you add to
the specification).
Your RFP should allow for a bespoke software development; but it should also clearly be able to consider
existing applications, solutions built from components, SaaS solution, other solutions and any combination
of these.
As you will learn, your RFP must contain:
1. The system description
2. Explanation of how you would evaluate proposals received
3. Explanation of how you would answer questions
4. Any other facts that would ensure proposals are useful to you and worth a supplier’s effort to
respond to the RFP
Note there are many things missing from the above specification that you should add to your RFP. A lot of
your RFP will be details that you will need to make up, e.g. who to contact and how. You can use your own
information or make up names and other data along the Absolute Technology theme.
Mark deductions (after):
Demerit areas Marks
Not using the report template (CMP73010_Assignment_1_Report_Template.docx) -3%
Not writing Report Title, Student Name, Student Number, etc. at the first page -1%
Not writing the Executive Summary -1%
Not writing the Introduction and Conclusion sections -1%
Exceeding the maximum word-limit (+/- 10%) – 2%
Late submission penalty 5% per day
Further Notes:
• Report Template: Students must use the report template, available at the Assessment page, to
submit this Assignment. Information regarding mark distribution, word-limit, etc. in the template
file is for the whole assignment.
• Word-limit: The maximum word-limit will be strictly applied. The marker can deduct marks for
writing over this word-limit. So, make sure your report is completed within the given word-limit.
There is no maximum word-limit applicable for Title, Executive Summary and appendices.
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• Start early and submit on-time: Avoid any pitfalls that may arise due to late start. Thus, start your
assignment as soon as possible to submit on-time. For late submissions, the standard assessment
submission policy will be applied (see the unit profile).
• Appendix: You may add appendices to document any additional material you wish to include such
as tables, diagrams, figures, or other supplementary material. Appendices do not contribute to the
word count of the document.
• Reference: You should add a reference section and include any references, including publications
(literature, books, etc.), which you want to refer to support your report.
• Late Submission: This assignment will be due on Monday, 26th August, at 11:00 pm. A penalty of
5% of the available mark will be deducted from the actual mark for each day of late submission up
to five days.
• Consultation: You will have the opportunity to show your assignment draft to your tutors/unit
assessor for feedback. Several assignment consultation slots will be organised; follow the
announcements from the unit assessor.
• Contact: Please contact the unit assessor/lecturer/tutors if you have any issues or confusions.

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