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Tutorial letter 101/3/2015

Software Project Management

INF3708

Semester 1 & 2

School of Computing

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

Please activate your myUnisa and myLife email addresses and ensure you have regular access to the myUnisa module site INF3708-2015-S1 (for semester 1) or INF3708-2015-S2 (for semester 2). To be considered for examination in the module, a student must submit AT LEAST ONE Assignment (assignment 01) BEFORE or ON the expected due date within the applicable semester of study.

Note: This is an online module, and therefore your module is available on myUnisa.

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1 INTRODUCTION

Dear Student

Welcome to the module “Software Project Management (INF3708)”. We are pleased to welcome you to this Software Project Management module and hope that you will find it both interesting and rewarding. We shall do our best to make your study of this module successful. You will be well on your way to success if you start studying early in the semester and resolve to do all the assignment(s) properly. In this module we will be studying Software Project Management using the prescribed book, from Chapter 1 to Chapter 9. You will receive NO hardcopy tutorial letters for INF3708 during the semester, apart from this short tutorial letter. All tutorial matter will be only available online and we will communicate essentially via myUnisa with you about teaching, learning and assessment.

Important information about the scheme of work, resources and assignments for this module will be electronically available throughout the semester and the aim is to interact with all students in an ongoing manner. We urge you to visit myUnisa regularly, explore the entire menu options available for the module, read your myLife emails and participate in discussions.

Please read Tutorial Letter 302 (SOCALL0/302/4/2015 – you will receive this in printed format) as it gives you an idea of generally important information when studying at a distance and within a particular College/School.

The assignments and assessment criteria as well as instructions on the preparation and submission of the assignments will be available online. You will also find all the information you need with regard to the prescribed study material and other resources and how to obtain it on myUnisa. Please study this information carefully and make sure that you obtain the prescribed material as soon as possible.

General and administrative information about this module can also be found online.

Right from the start we would like to point out that you must access any new study material as soon as possible, read them immediately and carefully, as they always contain important and, sometimes, urgent information.

Do not hesitate to contact your lecturer (on myUnisa, by email or by telephone) if you are experiencing problems with the content of this tutorial letter or any aspect of the module. We sincerely hope that you find this module, as well as your online learning experience interesting and rewarding and trust that you will complete the module successfully. Because this is a fully online module, you need to use myUnisa to study and complete the learning activities for this course. You need to visit the websites on myUnisa for INF3708 frequently. The website for your module is INF3708-15-S1 (for semester 1) or INF3708-15-S2 (for semester 2). We hope you will find the material covered in this module valuable and interesting, and wish you a most successful semester of study.

1.1 To get started

Because this is a fully online module, you need to go online to see your study materials and read what to do for the module. Go to the website here: https://my.unisa.ac.za and login with your student number and password. You will see INF3708-15-S1 (for semester 1) or INF3708-15-S2 (for semester 2) in the row of modules in the orange blocks across the top of the webpage. Remember to also check in the -more- tab if you cannot find it in the orange blocks. Click on the module you want to open. We wish you success on your journey!

https://my.unisa.ac.za/

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2 MODULE FORMAT: INF3708

2.1 Fully online module

Please note that this module is offered fully online.

All study material for this module will be available on myUnisa. It is thus very important that you register

on myUnisa and access the module site on a regular basis. You must be registered on myUnisa to be

able to access your learning material, submit your assignments, gain access to various learning

resources, “chat” to your lecturer or e-tutor (if applicable) and fellow students about your studies and the

challenges that you might encounter, and to participate in online discussion forums, Wiki and blogs.

Importantly, myUnisa contains the Learning Units tool from which you will only be able to access the

study material for this module if you have registered and have access to myUnisa.

myUnisa and myLife email account

You can quickly access resources and information at the university through the myUnisa learning

management system. myUnisa is Unisa’s online campus that will help you to communicate with your

lecturers, with other students and with the administrative departments of Unisa – all through the

computer and the internet.

To access the myUnisa website, visit the main Unisa website, http://www.unisa.ac.za, and then click on

the “Login to myUnisa” link on the right-hand side of the screen. This should transfer you to the myUnisa

website. A more direct route is via http://my.unisa.ac.za.

For more information on myUnisa please consult the brochure entitled My studies @ Unisa, which you

received with your study material. myUnisa is a web-based system for academic collaboration and study

related interaction. This system has been developed to supplement and enhance academic interaction

and improve communication between Unisa and its students as well as provide opportunity for

engagement among students.

Important note:

1) You must be a registered student for the current academic year to gain access to myUnisa

2) You must have already claimed your myLife email account – Use the Claim myLife link on

the myUnisa site if you haven’t yet accessed your myLife email.

The University of South Africa student email system (myLife), together with Microsoft, recognizes the

need for reliance, cost-effectiveness, and improved productivity, and therefore a compulsory myLife

student email account has been set up as the primary means of communication and will be considered

the official and only communication standard between students and the lecturer.

2.2 Printed materials to support the online module

Because we want you to be successful in this online module, we also provide you with some of the important study materials e.g., assignments in pdf format under “Additional Resources”. This will allow you to print and read the study materials, even if you are not online.

*“You will receive NO hardcopy tutorial letters for INF3708 during the semester, apart from this short

tutorial letter. All tutorial matter will be only available online and we will communicate essentially via

myUnisa with you about teaching, learning and assessment.”

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Please consult with the myStudies @Unisa publication for more information on the activation of your myLife email address as well as obtaining access to the myUnisa module site.

3 LECTURER AND CONTACT DETAILS

3.1 Lecturer

When you contact the Lecturer, please do not forget to always include your student number. This will help the Lecturers to assist you.

The names, telephone numbers and emails of the Lecturers for this module will be made available in the tutorial letter SOCALL0/302/4/2015, which you will receive at the beginning of the semester.

All queries that are not of a purely administrative nature but are about the contents of this module should be directed to us at the module e-mail address (Course Contact) on myUNISA.

3.2 Department

The School of Computing can be contacted as follows:

Telephone number: +27 11 670 9200

E-mail: [email protected]

3.3 University

To contact the University, you should follow the instructions in the myStudies @ Unisa brochure. Remember to have your student number available when you contact the University.

4 ASSESSMENT

4.1 Assessment plan

Here is a break-down of the formal Assignments, as they occur in the semester.

Assessment plan in table format with deadlines for semester 1.

Ass. Nr.

Format Unique Nr.

Due Date Type Normal weight

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Assessment plan in table format with deadlines for semester 2.

Ass. Nr.

Format Unique Nr.

Due Date Type Normal weight





*Because this is an online module, the assignments are not provided at the beginning. Instead, you are given the assignments within the study materials under myUnisa “Learning Units”, as they occur during

https://my.unisa.ac.za/portal/tool/bfeb055f-6522-4b66-8226-71fdfb2c9279/assessmentCriteria.do?act=displayAssignment&selectAssignment=1




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the course. You can see them, when you go online, or read them in the pdf format support materials under “Additional Resources”.

Do not hesitate to contact your lecturer by email if you are experiencing problems with the content of this tutorial letter or any aspect of the module.

We wish you a fascinating and satisfying journey through the learning material and trust that you will complete the module successfully.

Enjoy the journey!

Your INF3708 lecturers

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