CS5002NI Software Engineering Islington College

1^st SIT COURSEWORK 1 QUESTION PAPER Year Long 2023/2024 

Module Code: CS5002NI Module Title: Software Engineering Module Leader: Mr. Rubin Thapa (Islington College)

Coursework Type: Groupwork Coursework Weight: This coursework accounts for 20% of your total module  grades. Submission Date: Week 11 (5th January 2024) When Coursework is  Week 06 given out: Submission  Submit the following to Islington College’s  Instructions: MySecondTeacher portal before the due date (before 01:00  PM on the due date): ● Soft copy (Group.pdf file in .pdf format) Warning: London Metropolitan University and Islington College take Plagiarism seriously. Offenders will be dealt with sternly.

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PLAGIARISM 

You are reminded that there exist regulations concerning plagiarism. Extracts from  these regulations are printed overleaf. Please sign below to say that you have  read and understand these extracts: 

Extracts from University Regulations on Cheating, Plagiarism and Collusion Section 2.3: “The following broad types of offence can be identified and  are provided as indicative examples …. 

(i) Cheating: including taking unauthorized material into an examination;  consulting unauthorized material outside the examination hall during the  examination; obtaining an unseen examination paper in advance of the  examination; copying from another examinee; using an unauthorized  calculator during the examination or storing unauthorized material in the  memory of a programmable calculator which is taken into the examination;  copying coursework. 

(ii) Falsifying data in experimental results. 

(iii) Personation, where a substitute takes an examination or test on behalf of the  candidate. Both candidate and substitute may be guilty of an offence under  these Regulations. 

(iv) Bribery or attempted bribery of a person thought to have some influence on  the candidate’s assessment. 

(v) Collusion to present joint work as the work solely of one individual. 

(vi) Plagiarism, where the work or ideas of another are presented as the  candidate’s own. 

(vii) Other conduct calculated to secure an advantage on assessment. (viii) Assisting in any of the above.

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Some notes on what this means for students: 

1. Copying another student’s work is an offence, whether from a copy on paper  or from a computer file, and in whatever form the intellectual property being copied  takes, including text, mathematical notation, and computer programs. 

2. Taking extracts from published sources without attribution is an offence. To  quote ideas, sometimes using extracts, is generally to be encouraged. Quoting  ideas is achieved by stating an author’s argument and attributing it, perhaps by  quoting, immediately in the text, his or her name and year of publication, e.g. “e =  mc²(Einstein 1905)”. A reference section at the end of your work should then list  all such references in alphabetical order of authors’ surnames. (There are  variations on this referencing system which your tutors may prefer you to use.) If  you wish to quote a paragraph or so from published work then indent the quotation  on both left and right margins, using an italic font where practicable, and introduce  the quotation with an attribution.

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1. Introduction  

This assignment contributes 20% to the overall mark for this module and involves  group work. You are expected to form groups of 5 or 4 students. 

2. Objectives 

✔ To demonstrate practical knowledge of ‘Structured Software Engineering’  (Yourdon)  

✔ To work successfully in a small group to a given time scale 3. Specification 

McGregor Institute of Botanical Training is Ireland based training institute located  at Godawari, Lalitpur. It has been almost 7 years since they have been operating  in Nepal. It provides different undergraduate and postgraduate courses  specializing in agriculture along with horticulture specializations and is affiliated to  Dublin City University. Recently, with the sudden surge in the number of people  with interest in the domain of agriculture, they are planning to introduce a range of  short-term certification courses related to horticulture for anyone interested. 

Apart from the certification courses, they are looking forward to selling different  varieties of plants charging a minimal fee and for free in some of the cases. They  want to build a community of individuals with interests in plants and want to create  a platform(forum) where the plant enthusiasts can discuss their ideas, organize  programs to protect rare plants and forests. The forum can also prove to be a  platform where people can post their queries to be answered by the experts. 

3.1Detailed Specification 

The proposed system is to have following functions 

1. Register in the system. 

Any new user should be registered in the system to use the features in the  system. 

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2. Join the program. 

Anyone interested can join the program .i.e graduate or postgraduate or  certificate oriented short courses. Courses are both paid and unpaid.  

3. Purchase plants 

The provision for users to view varieties of plants and purchase if interested.  Plants can be kept in carts and bought in bulk. 

4. Payment  

There should be a provision for the customer to pay and for the plant  purchased and the course they are enrolled in. Data of the payment should  be stored.  

5. Ask for recommendations. 

The provision to ask for recommendations with experts. Users pinpoint their  site location in the map, if possible, soil condition images and experts reply  with the suitable plants/crops that can be planted in that particular location. 

6. Report preparation. 

The facility for the admin to prepare a detailed financial report, employees  report and report related to every user.  

7. Take certification exams. 

Users can take mock tests as per their convenience, check results and also  give certification exams after fulfilling certain prerequisites. 

8. Forum  

Users can engage in conversations about plants, sharing their opinions  through posts. They can also comment on and upvote others’ opinions.  

9. Get Notification 

All the different users in the system should get relevant notification  according to their activity. 

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4. Your Tasks 

Your main tasks are: 

1. Prepare a project charter and SRS (Software Requirement  Specification). (Note: While preparing charter/SRS, you are free to  make logical/sensible assumptions).  

2. Specify and design substantial parts of the system using Structured  approach (Yourdon). 

4.1 Project Charter 

– Problem Statement 

– Business Case 

– Goal Statement 

– Timeline 

– Scope  

– Team Members 

4.2 SRS 

– Functional Requirements 

– Non-Functional Requirements 

– Design and Implementation Constraints 

– External Interfaces Required 

(User Interfaces, Hardware Interfaces, Software Interfaces,  Communication Interfaces) 

– Other Non-Functional requirements. 

4.3 Detailed specification of GROUP task 

As a group you are asked to produce a number of analysis and design  specifications of an overall system.  

4.3.1 Environmental model specification 

● Context Level, (DFD) Data Flow Diagram (level1, level2(for any 3  processes))

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4.3.2 Internal model specification for the system. 

● Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD)  

● Data Dictionary (with definitions of major data flows and definitions  of data stores and entities)  

● Process specifications (Pspecs) for elementary processes. 

4.3.3 Design specification  

● Structure chart (upper level) for the whole system. 

4.3.4 Assignment Diary 

You are asked to produce an Assignment diary to document:  

● All the assumptions you made,  

● All the omissions/inconsistencies you have discovered in the  provided specification.  

● Group member responsibilities, group meetings. 

4.4 Detailed specification of INDIVIDUAL task 

As the individual task you are asked to produce a number of analysis and  design specifications of a particular part of the system.  

Each group member should select ONE of the following ‘functions’ for their  individual task and clearly specify their name and their chosen functions  clearly. 

1. Make Payment. 

2. Purchase Plant. 

3. Report Preparation. 

4. Join the program.  

5. Take Certification Exam 

After selecting a function create the design specifications of the system as  mentioned below: 

Environmental model specification

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● Context Level 

Internal model specification for the system 

● The Level 1 DFD fragments  

● Level 2 DFDs for the particular function  

Design specification  

● Structure chart for the particular function. 

● Module specifications (MSpecs) for corresponding modules  Please note that a template for MSpecs is given below under  Footnotes.  

5. Documentation 

Each group should produce only ONE integrated copy of the report with the  following structure:  

Cover page – Coursework title plus names and 8-digit id numbers of all group  members  

Contents page(s)  

1. Introduction (a brief overview of the report)  

2. Project Charter 

3. SRS 

4. Group tasks  

a. Environmental model specification  

b. Internal model specification  

c. Design specification  

d. Assignment diary  

5. Individual task 

a. Environmental model specification  

b. Internal model specification  

c. Design specification  

6. Summary (a brief summary of the report)  

7. Reference 

Foot-notes:

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1 (Mspec) Component/module specification should have the following format:  

MODULE NAME  

PURPOSE. A brief description of the module’s function  

PSEUDOCODE. Detailed description of the module’s function  INPUT PARAMETERS (if any)  

OUTPUT PARAMETERS (if any)  

GLOBAL VARIABLES (if any)  

LOCAL VARIABLES (if any)  

CALLS. References to other modules/components (including libraries).  CALLED BY. Names of other modules/components using this one.  

2. Presentation’s viva (Oral presentations by each group and each group  member) will decide the date by the 11^th week.  

3. Plagiarism and / or collusion. Any evidence of plagiarism or collusion between  groups and / or with entities outside the university may result in an investigation by  the case work office and, if substantiated, one of a range of serious penalties may  be applied to the student[s] concerned.

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4. Marking Scheme

Group Marks	Marks
Project Charter	6
SRS	10
Context Diagram	6
DFD	10
E-R Diagram	8
Data Dictionary	5
Process Specification	5
Structured Chart	7
Assignment Diary	8

Individual Marks
Context Diagram	5
DFD	7
Structure Chart	6
Module Specification	10
Description	7

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