SMU Information Systems (Y3S1)
Modules taken this semester: 1. IS212 Software Project Management (Compulsory IS Core Module) -- Prof Chris Poskitt 2. IS484 IS Project Experience (FinTech track) -- Prof Dennis Ng & Alan Mergargel 3. IS444 Digital Banking Enterprise Architecture (FinTech track) -- Prof Alan Mergargel 4. IS430 Digital Payments and Innovations (FinTech track) -- Prof Alan Mergargel 5. IS434 Social Analytics and Applications (Business Analytics track) -- Prof Gao Wei Individual Modules (thoughts and review): 1. SPM: A lot of coding is involved. Project heavy. We had to code out a whole web application as per the product manager's request. We also had to follow certain frameworks taught, such as scrum. Documentation was critical, supposedly much more important than the code itself. + Pros: I feel like I've really learned a lot more useful things that are applicable in real-life jobs. Scrum framework, user stories, unit testing, automated testing, white/black box testing,TDD, planning and est