Survey of Students Opinion - CA305 Project & Process Management

These are the results of the student survey of teaching on CA305 to CAIS3 and CAE3 in Semester 1 of 2003/4.A total of 20 questions were asked. All responses were anonymous.

The results of this survey are presented in the following sections:

Combined CAIS3 (day) & CAE3 (evening) survey results

Questions  <50%  51-75% 76-90% 91-100%
The % of lectures that I have attended  is in the  range:   0 0 29 25
 

 Strongly 
Agree 

  Agree 

 Mixed
 Feelings 

 Disagree 
Strongly 

  Disagree 
The lecturer is well organised 28 8 0 0 0
It is clear how topics in the course relate to one another  13 20 3 0 0
The pace of lectures is ideal 7 26 3 0 0
The subject matter is presented clearly 17 18 1 0 0
The course covers the right amount of material per module/year  7 21 8 0 0
The pace of the course is satisfactory 5 29 2 0 0
The lecturer handles questions well 24 12 0 0 0
The lecturer is accessible for questions 24 11 1 0 0
The lecturer is always approachable 18 17 1 0 0
The library's is well stocked with books relevant to this course 0 16 19 1 0
The recommended textbooks are very useful 1 21 14 0 0
The assignment load is appropriate to the course 3 24 9 0 0
I have learned a lot from taking this course 11 20 5 0 0
  Yes No
I used the  e-books for this module 4 32

CAIS3 (day) survey results

Questions  <50%  51-75% 76-90% 91-100%
The % of lectures that I have attended  is in the  range:   0 2 5 12
 

 Strongly 
Agree 

  Agree 

 Mixed
 Feelings 

 Disagree 
Strongly 

  Disagree 
The lecturer is well organised 17 3 0 0 0
It is clear how topics in the course relate to one another  10 9 1 0 0
The pace of lectures is ideal 5 15 0 0 0
The subject matter is presented clearly 9 10 1 0 0
The course covers the right amount of material per module/year  4 13 3 0 0
The pace of the course is satisfactory 4 15 1 0 0
The lecturer handles questions well 12 8 0 0 0
The lecturer is accessible for questions 12 7 1 0 0
The lecturer is always approachable 9 10 1 0 0
The library's is well stocked with books relevant to this course 0 8 11 1 0
The recommended textbooks are very useful 1 10 9 0 0
The assignment load is appropriate to the course 1 15 4 0 0
I have learned a lot from taking this course 7 11 2 0 0
  Yes No
I used the  e-books for this module 2 18
Open Question Comments
I found the  e-books useful for this module
  • Excellent for project
The three most interesting parts of this course are: 
  • Standards
  • Risk management
  • Software quality
  • Planning
  • All of it
  • Team management
  • The way the course relates to business
  • CMM
  • SPI
  • Budgeting
  • Real world examples (Rory's stories) help relate & keep interested
  • Industry examples
  • Lecturer always organised
The three least interesting parts of this course are:
  • Process management
  • Estimation
  • Nothing (which is rare for a module)
  • Cocomo
The things I would like to see changing about this course are:
  • 2 Hours too much
  • 30% for project
  • More case studies
  • Smaller project
The most important improvements to this course should be:
  • More real world examples
  • More on staff management
  • Conduct survey after exam when students have read notes

CAE3 (evening) survey results

Questions  <50%  51-75% 76-90% 91-100%
The % of lectures that I have attended  is in the  range:   0 0 4 12
 

 Strongly 
Agree 

  Agree 

 Mixed
 Feelings 

 Disagree 
Strongly 

  Disagree 
The lecturer is well organised 11 5 0 0 0
It is clear how topics in the course relate to one another  3 11 2 0 0
The pace of lectures is ideal 2 11 3 0 0
The subject matter is presented clearly 8 8 0 0 0
The course covers the right amount of material per module/year  3 8 5 0 0
The pace of the course is satisfactory 1 14 1 0 0
The lecturer handles questions well 12 4 0 0 0
The lecturer is accessible for questions 12 4 0 0 0
The lecturer is always approachable 9 7 0 0 0
The library's is well stocked with books relevant to this course 0 8 8 0 0
The recommended textbooks are very useful 0 11 5 0 0
The assignment load is appropriate to the course 2 9 5 0 0
I have learned a lot from taking this course 4 9 3 0 0
  Yes No
I used the  e-books for this module 2 14
Open Question Comments
I found the  e-books useful for this module
  • Useful for other modules
  • Too restrictive on available texts
The three most interesting parts of this course are: 
  • SPI
  • Planning
  • Process
  • Cost esitmation
  • Requirement analysis
  • Teams
  • Risk management
  • Real word examples discussed in lectures
The three least interesting parts of this course are:
  • Cost esitmation
  • Function points
  • Risk analysis
  • Cocomo
  • Budgeting
The things I would like to see changing about this course are:
  • Clearer goals of assignment
  • More notes
  • Less material to read
The most important improvements to this course should be:
  • Less theory and more examples
  • Less examples (stories), as evening student work in software companies
  • Group project difficult for evening students

 

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