IFN636 Software Life Cycle Management

Software development is not an isolated technical activity, but instead involves working with multiple stakeholders and infrastructures to develop solutions of general applicability and lasting value. This unit gives you hands-on experience with management techniques and technical tools used for designing, developing, deploying and maintaining substantial IT systems. It provides knowledge and skills of the software life cycle in which applications are developed from conception to release by multi-disciplinary teams of analysts, architects, developers and managers. It exposes you to the critical stages of the software life cycle: requirements and design, development and testing, and Cloud performance and scalability tuning. You will see different techniques and tools supporting different stages, delivered through a modern, agile methodology. At its core, the unit provides you with fundamental programming and critical problem-solving skills in real-world systems contexts.

Unit information

Unit code: IFN636
Faculty: Faculty of Science
School/Discipline: School of Information Systems
Study area: Science
Credit points: 12

Dates and locations

Teaching period	Dates	Locations
Semester 1, 2025	24 February 2025 - 21 June 2025	Gardens Point
Semester 2, 2025	21 July 2025 - 15 November 2025	Gardens Point

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Fees

Commonwealth supported place (CSP) student contribution amount: 2025: $1,164
Domestic fee-paying student fee: 2025: $3,816
International student fee (excluding study abroad students): 2025: $5,352

Guide to fees

Commonwealth supported place (CSP) student contribution amount

For Australian citizens, permanent visa holders and permanent humanitarian visa holders, and New Zealand citizens who study this unit:

as part of a QUT course and are eligible for a Commonwealth supported place (CSP)
as a cross-institutional student who has a Commonwealth supported place at their home university.

Domestic fee-paying student fee

For Australian citizens, permanent visa holders and permanent humanitarian visa holders, and New Zealand citizens, who study this unit:

as part of a QUT course and are not eligible for a Commonwealth supported place (CSP)
as a cross-institutional student who does not have a Commonwealth supported place at their home university
as a single-unit study student.

International student fee

For international students who study this unit:

as part of a QUT course
as a cross-institutional student.

Previous study requirements

Prerequisites: IFN585 or ((IFN552 or IFQ552) and (IFN558 or IFQ558)) or admission to IN17
Assumed knowledge: Students are required to have successfully completed a computer programming unit that teaches the fundamentals of imperative-style programming, e.g., using a language like Python, Java, C#, etc.

Guide to previous study requirements

Prerequisites: To enrol in this unit, you must have completed these prerequisite units (or have credit, advanced standing or exemption for them), or be able to demonstrate that you have equivalent background knowledge.
Anti-requisites: You can’t enrol in this unit if you have completed any of these anti-requisite units.
Co-requisites: To enrol in this unit, you must have already completed these co-requisite units, or you must enrol in them at the same time.
Equivalents: You can’t enrol in this unit if you have completed any of these equivalent units.
Assumed knowledge: We assume that you have a minimum level of knowledge in certain areas before you start this unit.

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