ACIT4910 User Diversity and ICT Barriers Emneplan

This course covers differences in user requirements due to user heterogeneity, situational variations and the wide range of hardware, software and versions of these. Identification of disabling barriers and how these can be eliminated or reduced through universal design of ICT is a central theme in this course. Furthermore relevant guidelines, regulations and legislation will be covered.

No formal requirements over and above the admission requirements.

No formal requirements over and above the admission requirements.

The student should have the following outcomes upon completing the course:

Knowledge

Upon successful completion of the course, the student will:

• have advanced knowledge of service architectures and how they are applied in the industry
• have advanced knowledge of the platforms used to deploy large-scale  services
• have a deep understanding of the principle of service continuity and the techniques and methods used to make services scalable and robust
• have a deep understanding of the DevOps movement and its history
• have expert insight into release management from an operations perspective

Skills

Upon successful completion of the course, the student:

• can evaluate and discuss a service architecture in relationship to the intended service function with regard to performance, scale and robustness
• can apply load balancing and scaling techniques in order to create robust services
• can define release-management strategies
• can evaluate and discuss a release-management plan in relationship to an agile development project

General competence

Upon successful completion of the course, the student:

• can discuss the state of agile service management in the industry
• can communicate challenges, analysis and conclusions in developer operations with regard to service architectures and release management to specialists as well as the general public

None

The students will work individually to complete a task from the available list provided in the class. The results are documented as a project report. The total amount of text should be between 8,000 and 12,000 words, not including references and appendix with scripts etc.

The exam can be appealed.

New/postponed exam

In case of failed exam or legal absence, the student may apply for a new or postponed exam. New or postponed exams are offered within a reasonable time span following the regular exam. The student is responsible for registering for a new/postponed exam within the time limits set by OsloMet. The Regulations for new or postponed examinations are available in Regulations relating to studies and examinations at OsloMet.

Two internal examiners. External examiner is used periodically.

Associate Professor Norun Christine Sanderson

The course is equivalent to previous courses MAUU4200 and MAUUD4200.

Attempts made in equivalent courses will count towards the limit of 3 exam-attempts per course.