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Why do we have Software Engineering methodologies? - AnswerProvides structured
approaches to manage the software development process from requirements gathering to
maintenance. Leads to improved project management.
What are the four main aspects ...
Why do we have Software Engineering methodologies? - Answer✔Provides structured
approaches to manage the software development process from requirements gathering to
maintenance. Leads to improved project management.
What are the four main aspects of software engineering? - Answer✔• Specification - what the
system should do and its development constraints
• Development - production of the software system
• Validation - checking that the software is what the customer wants
• Evolution - changing code in response to demands
What SE methodologies exist? - Answer✔Traditional: Waterfall, V-Model
Agile: RAD, Scrum, Kanban, TDD, XP, Spiral, Iterative
What are the 4 core agile values? - Answer✔- Individuals and interactions over processes and
tools
- Working software over comprehensive documentation
- Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
- Responding to change over following a plan
When are problems cheapest and most expensive to fix? - Answer✔Requirements (least
expensive), design, coding, unit test, acceptance test, maintenance (most expensive)
What's the difference between requirements and specifications? - Answer✔
What are the independent factors in project success? - Answer✔1. Cost
2. Quality
3. Speed
4. Risk
What's the difference between functional and non-functional requirements? -
Answer✔Functional - functions the user needs to achieve.
Non-Functional - constraints on what the user needs to do
What are some methods of requirements gathering? - Answer✔1) Surveys - Good for a majority
view, bad for detail
2) Interviews - Must have an unbiased interviewer Try and have honest setting (more likely to be
honest in interview than a focus group)
3) Focus groups - Cover more people at once Discuss differences and opposing opinions
However, can have conflict and can have a 'dominant speaker'
4) Observations - Allows you to see things that people don't say People are not good at realising
what is important for you to know
5) Technology tours - Helps identify what things the new software will work with
6) Ethnography - Learn by doing
What is Scrum? - Answer✔it is about optimising by timed delivery.
1) plan and outline what you will achieve
2) set a series of sprint cycles
3) document the current phase
sprint cycles are a fixed time period to achieve the current plan.
What is Kanban? - Answer✔about the speed of a features delivery. Focuses on what will be built
next (passing jobs on) rather than what we will achieve in a cycle.
Kansan boards keep all features to build in a list.
Why is software maintenance so expensive? - Answer✔1) Team changes - dev teams move onto
the next project
2) Staff skills - maintenance often given to junior staff
3) Program age and structure - older software has changes/been redesigned more
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