Quality, by design

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Quality, by design
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Quality some views
Quality is not a thing-in-itself it is a
judgement of the attributes of something Quality
// QA (Quality Assurance) QA is an part of
professional work, it is about quality cycle
plan act review learn plan act
review . explicating that we put a floor
under what we do evidence-based" work work
process, product and impact in terms of work aims
(ISO9000) There should be no quality assurance
system separate from the work itself ACS
accreditation no quality portfolio, very
light quality intro with pointers into the
quality attributes of the work AUQA ?
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QA Professional Context
Contrast between amateur, craft, trade,
profession In terms of Qualifications Proces
s Knowledge Creation Knowledge
Transfer Organization Codes of Ethics Market
activity
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QA - Education
Wiggins, G J. McTighe (2006) Understanding by
Design Merrill p.273
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QA - Software Engineering
Rubber hits the road
Where the rubber hits the road
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QA UC TL
CEQ
Course DCP
CELTS survey
Unit outline
Learning assessment
? Unit design ?
TL Event
Rubber hits the road
Where the rubber hits the road
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ISE Unit Design   Team Unit Development 3 or 4
academics - to provide a sounding board, backup,
a succession path, a quality check (eg. on
subject scope), etc. Unit Design
(complements the unit outline) 1. Time How
students will spend 150 hours (3cp) estimate how
much time you expect the normal student to spend
in order to get a credit grade. Included in your
estimate would be class contact, tutorial
preparation time, assignment creation, study,
self-paced lab time, etc.   2. Scholarship How
your unit is based in either in current research
and/or current professional practice. As our unit
designs develop we should start to explicitly say
what 'warrant' the knowledge being presented has
- it may be based in particular research articles
or projects, Australian Standards, case studies
with external partners (like ABS) or our own
experiences, consultancies, etc. 3. Relevance
What industry contact participation happens in
the unit. 4. Use of ICT What IT is being used,
both for content (eg modeling tool in SAM) and
for teaching (eg. WebCT) 5. Teaching What
pedagogical techniques are being tried or
used. 6. Generic Skills How the design of the
unit satisfies the generic skills specified at
http//teaching.ise.canberra.edu.au/acs/ 7.
QA How the learning outcomes are met and
specifically assessed.
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Information Systems Projects
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options
analysis
design
accept
build
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requirements spec.
design spec.
4 broad Designs evaluation
system
implement
Human Activity System
input/output
feedback
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QA Information Systems
Investment Decision
Benefit Realisation
Governance
Development task (eg. Design)
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QA TL Systems
Investment Decision
Benefit Realisation
Governance
Teaching activity
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QA Influences improvements
Investment Decision
Benefit Realisation
Governance
Teaching activity
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Quality, by design
Quality Audits Australian Computer Society
Accreditation AUQA audit Quality Ideas
from Software Engineering Information
Systems Education Quality // Quality
assurance subjective quality organized QA QA
must be a part of, not an addition to, action
(where the rubber hits the road) The ISE unit
design a QA measure on the design
side potential to demonstrate the actualization
of UC policy, good practice, meeting aims,
etc