Faculty of Information Technology (FoIT)

DETAILS OF THE COURSE

Subject
Pre Requisite Subject

REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING

Programme

Bachelor of Information Technology

Year / Semester

Code
Code

BISE3023
-

Term

201609

Learning Outcome:
Upon completion of this course, students expected to be able to:

Explain the importance of linking requirements to the Business Case

Describe the roles and responsibilities of key stakeholders in the requirements engineering
process
Explain the use of a range of requirements elicitation techniques and the relevance of the
techniques to business situations
Document requirements
Identify problems with requirements and explain how requirements documentation may be
improved
Create a model of the features required from a system
Interpret a model of the data requirements for an information system
Describe the principles of Requirements Management and explain the importance of managing
requirements
Describe the use of tools to support Requirements Engineering
Explain the process and stakeholders involved in Requirements Validation

TOPICS
WEEKS

DETAILS
COURSE INTRODUCTORY

1
(26/09/16
-30/09/16)

2
(03/10/16
-07/10/16)
3

CHAPTER 1: THE ESSENTIAL OF SOFTWARE REQUIREMENT

Tutorial 1

CHAPTER 2: REQUIREMENTS ELICITATION

Phase Test 1

WEEKS

DETAILS
CHAPTER 3: REQUIREMENT ELICITATION ACTIVITIES

(10/10/16
-14/10/16)

Tutorial 2
Assignment

4
(17/10/16
-21/10/16)

Chapter 4: REQUIREMENTS VALIDATION

5
(24/10/16
-28/10/16)

CHAPTER 5: REQUIREMENTS MANAGEMENT

(31/10/16
-04/11/16)
6
(07/11/1611/11/16)
7
(14/11/1628/11/16)
(21/11/1625/11/16)
(28/11/1602/12/16)

Phase Test 2

Tutorial 3
SPECIAL FESTIVAL BREAK (DEEPAVALI)
CHAPTER 6: TRACEABILITY OF REQUIREMENTS
MidTerm Examination
CHAPTER 7: METHODS FOR REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING
Assignment Submission
Study / Revision Week
FINAL EXAM 5/12/16 - 10/12/16 (Mon - Saturday)

MAIN REFERENCES
1. Elizabeth Hull, Ken Jackson (2013). Requirements Engineering, 3rd Edition, Springer.
2. Suzanne Robertson, James Robertson (2013) Mastering the Requirements Process: Getting
Requirements Right (3rd Edition), Addison-Wesley Professional.
ASSESSMENT DETAILS
Tutorials/Phase Tests

MidTerm

10%

20%

Assignmen
t
20%

FINAL EXAM
50%

GRADE, GRADE POINT & SYMBOL REMARKS

Marks Percentage
80 - 100
75-79
70-74
65 69
60 64
55 59
50 54
45- 49
40 44
0 39

Grade
A
AB+
B
BC+
C
CD
F

Point
4.00
3.67
3.33
3.00
2.67
2.33
2.00
1.65
1.00
0.00

Symbol Remarks
Excellent
Good
Pass
Marginal Pass
Provisional Pass
Fail

ACADEMIC REQUISITE & POLICY

1. All assessments are to be submitted before or on the deadline before 5pm.
2. 10% marks deduction will be penalized for late submission.
3. Students that fail to comply 80% attendance requirement will be barred from taking final exams
and will be given F grade for the module concerned.
4. Students are to behave at all times during the course of their studies. Any disastrous caused in
the classroom during the lecture or tutorial, disciplinary actions will be taken.
Lecturer
Faculty
Locker
Email

Ms. Nor Afirdaus bt Zainal Abidin (Fir)

Faculty of Information Technology (FoIT)
69
Alternative Contact No
norafirdaus.zainal@city.edu.my

+6013-3659678