6. System Development Methodology

Question 1

What is agile

Answer 1

An approach of project management that is utilized in software development. It allows the programmer to start writing a program without spending much time on pre-planning documentation.

Question 2

Agile development project

Answer 2

In an Agile development project, a larger development team is broken up into smaller teams of five to nine developers and a leader, and the project deliverable are broken up into smaller pieces that can each be attained in just a few weeks.

Question 3

Prototyping

Answer 3

Is the process of creating systems through controlled trial and error

Question 4

Risk of prototyping

Answer 4

Focuses too much on what customer wants, and may miss control . Finish system may present a potential risk because of poor controls.

Question 5

Rapid application development (RAD)

Answer 5

Relies on the usage of a prototype that can be updated continually to meet changing user or business requirements

Question 6

Object Oriented System development (OOSD)

Answer 6

A programming technique and not a software development methodology. Object here refers to small piece of program that can be used individually or in combination with other objects.

Question 7

Benefit of object oriented

Answer 7

the ability to reuse objects.

Question 8

encapsulation

Answer 8

A technique uses by object oriented in which one object interacts with another object.

Question 9

Component based development

Answer 9

It’s an outgrowth of object-oriented development. reflects the software architecture of an application.

Question 10

Reverse Engineering:

Answer 10

Reverse engineering is the process of studying and analyzing an application and the information is used to develop a similar system.

It’s often refers to process of major changes in a system.

Question 11

Risk associated to agile development

Answer 11

lack of documentation

Question 12

Why agile approach reviews are done?

Answer 12

To identify lessons learned for future use in the project.

Question 13

Waterfall approach

Answer 13

It’s suitable when requirements are well defined and understood.
It’s not suitable when requirement are frequently changing.

Question 14

Prototyping advantages

Answer 14

Provide significant cost and time savings

Question 15

When is Top-down testing methods most effective?

Answer 15

During the initial approach of prototyping

Question 16

Major advantage of a component-based development approach

Answer 16

The support of multiple development environments