CSCI410
Software Requirements, Specifications and Formal Methods
Autumn Session 2024
Subject Description
This subject demonstrates how software development can be viewed as a kind of engineering - an activity of building useful things to serve recognisable purposes. The subject introduces students to the understanding of software requirements, techniques of requirement elicitation and analysis, and formal methods for software specification. The role of formal methods in the software development process is explained and investigated. The subject uses the Z notation as an example of a formal specification technique. Case studies are used as a basis for a study of the application of requirement processes and formal specification techniques. Topics will include: Introduction to the procedure of software requirement engineering, formal approaches to design and specification, review of mathematical foundation for formal methods, use of assertions and proof, analysis and verification of specification and design, disciplined approaches to design change, Z notation and other Morden methods for formal specification.
Subject Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this subject, students will be able to:
1. Describe state of the art techniques of software requirements elicitation and analysis.
2. Explain how software system requirements are translated to appropriate software specifications expressed in a range of different formalisms.
3. Analyse a representative software engineering problem and develop an appropriate formal specification using Z notation.
4. Identify circumstances requiring formal software engineering techniques.
5. Verify the correctness of a formal specification.
Assessment Summary
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Assessment Name
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Assessment Weight
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Mapping to Learning Outcome
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Task Due
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1
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Assignment
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10%
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SLO1, SLO4
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31 Mar 2024 (Sunday in Session Week 5) Final submission time: 11:30pm
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2
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Project
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30%
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SLO2, SLO3, SLO4, SLO5
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26 May 2024 (Sunday in Session Week 12) Final submission time: 11:30pm
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3
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Final Exam
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60%
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SLO1, SLO2, SLO3, SLO4, SLO5
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The final exam will be held during the UOW exam period. Students will receive a SOLSmail advising full details of the delivery format, time, and date of the final exam as they become available in the SOLS Exam Timetable.
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Detailed assessment information is available in Section B of the subject outline.
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Additional Information About This Subject
Not applicable.
ELEARNING, READINGS, REFERENCES AND MATERIALS
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There is no particular textbook in this subject.
Readings will be made available through the Moodle page for this subject
Students are encouraged to use the UOW Library catalogue and databases to locate additional resources including
the e-readings list:https://ereadingsprd.uow.edu.au/
[1] Phillip A. Laplante, Requirements Engineering for Software and Systems, Third Edition, Taylor & Francis Group, CRC Press, London New York, 2017
[2] J. M. Spivey, The Z Notation: A Reference Manual, Second Edition, Programming Research Group, University of Oxford
This is not an exhaustive list. Students are encouraged to use the UOW Library catalogue and databases to locate additional resources.
Van Lamsweerde, A., 2011. Requirements engineering. Wiley.
Mastering the Requirements Process, S. Roberson and J. Robertson, Addison-Wesley (1999).
Requirement Engineering: A good practice guide, Ian Sommerville & Peter Sawyer, Wiley (1998) CPT Tools: A tool for editiing, simulating, and analyzing Colored Petri Nets. https://cpntools.org/
Minimum Performance Requirements
To be eligible for a Pass in this subject a student must achieve a mark of at least 40% in the final exam (24/60). Students who fail to achieve this minimum mark & would have otherwise passed may be given a TF (Technical Fail) for this subject.
Students who do not meet the minimum performance requirements, as specified for each assessment, will receive a TF (Technical Fail) grade for this subject, which will appear on your Academic Transcript.
Requirements Related to Student Contributions
Not applicable.
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Detailed Assessment Information
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Assignment
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Assessment Type |
Assignment
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Weighting |
10%
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Subject Learning Outcomes Assessed |
SLO1, SLO4
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Individual or Group Assessment |
Individual
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Assessment Due |
31 Mar 2024 (Sunday in Session Week 5) Final submission time: 11:30pm
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Assessment Description and Criteria |
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Length / Duration |
Week 2 ~ Week 5
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Method of Submission |
Online via Moodle
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Return of Assessed Work |
THE ASSIGNMENT MARK AND FEEDBACK WILL BE RETURNED TO STUDENTS WITHIN 2 WEEKS AFTER THE SUBMISSION VIA THE MOODLE SITE.
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