Software Projects with Agile Techniques

Software Projects with Agile Techniques Assignment 1 Level 5 BSc (Hons) Computer Science BSc (Hons) Software Engineering Assignment Information Assessment Title : Assignment 1 — SPAT Module Title : Software Projects with Agile Techniques Module CRN Code : 34129 Level: 5 Semester: 1 Programme Code(s): Issue date1: 25/11/2014 (week 9) Weighting : 20 % of the total module mark Submission date2: 16/12/2014 16:00 (week 12) Assessor(s) : S. Pletschacher, A. Al-Yasiri Return date3: 27/01/2015 1 Date on which brief was given to students 2 Date by which assessment is to be submitted 3 Date by which feedback will be made available to students (within 15 working days of the submission date). School of Computing, Science & Engineering Assessment Briefing to Students The Student Handbook for your programme contains information about assessment, plagiarism, handing-in procedure, marking of late work, claiming mitigating circumstances and the week numbers. Learning Outcomes of this Assessment The learning outcomes covered by this assignment are: • B1 – design and implement a software application using Java, using appropriate class libraries, etc., documenting to a professional standard; Key Skills to be Assessed This assignment aims at assessing your skills in applying basic concepts of Object Oriented Programming (OOP) in Java to the development of a Graphical User Interface (GUI) application following best programming practices. Task You are required to create a GUI application for managing book records using Java and Swing with Eclipse. The application should have at least the following features: • The capability to manage three types of books (fictional books, history books, textbooks) with common details (e.g. author, publisher, publication date, retail price, etc.) and type specific details (e.g. fictional book – genre [thriller, sci-fi, romance, ...]; history book – period [ancient history, 20th century, ...]; textbook – subject [Computer Science, Biology, Physics, ...])....