This is a Level 3 Information Systems (IS) course that concludes the students’ study of IS through the application, integration and synthesis of students’ knowledge from previous IS courses. Specifically, INFS3605 is the ‘capstone’ IS course that is centrally organised around practical, experiential, group software projects. Throughout the course, students will apply programming knowledge and teamwork skills learnt in previous courses in an applied and integrated fashion. The course begins with student groups brainstorming and developing their software project ideas and then gathering requirements. Following this, student groups engage in an iterative development process in designing and refining their software application. Specifically, students will use the agile scrum framework in developing their software project, working in two-week sprints/iterations. This hands-on project course takes a blended approach to learning, mixing online content provided through the school’s e-learning platform (Moodle) with weekly flipped workshop sessions. Throughout the course, students will perform various roles (including scrum master and product owner) and ceremonies (including sprint planning, stand-up sessions, sprint reviews, sprint retrospectives and backlog refinement), as well as utilise a number of a tools (such as kanban boards, burndown charts and planning poker).
Overall, this capstone project course requires students to apply, integrate and build upon existing knowledge and skills learnt in previous IS courses. In particular, the course requires students to perform as agile scrum teams and develop complex software applications in an iterative and incremental manner.
