Agile Software Development Flashcards
1
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Rapid software development
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- Often the most important requirement of software
2
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Agile development
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- Program specification, design, and implementation are interleaved
- Delivers system as a series of versions
- Frequent delivery (every 2–4 weeks)
- Minimal documentation
3
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Plan-driven development
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- Separate development stages with outputs at each stage
- Iteration occurs within activities
4
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Agile development
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- Specification, design, implementation, and testing interleaved
- Small to medium-sized product
- Customer involvement
5
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Aim of agile
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- To reduce overhead in software process
- Reduced documentation
- Respond quickly to changing requirements
6
Q
Extreme programming
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- Incremental planning
- Small releases
- Simple design
- Test first
- Refactoring
- Pair programming
- Collective ownership
- Continuous integration
- Sustainable pace
- Customer involvement
7
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User stories
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- To capture requirements
8
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Refactoring
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- Constant code improvement to make change easier
9
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Test-first
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- Write tests before code
- Need test automation
10
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Agile project management
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- Need different approach than plan-driven
11
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Scrum sprint
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- A short (3–4 weeks) planning unit in which work to be done is assessed, features are selected for development, and the software is implemented and delivered to system stakeholders
12
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Agile problems
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- Scaling up
- Scaling out
- Legal approach to contracts
- Cost of maintenance
13
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System issues with agile
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- System size
- System types
- System lifetime
- External regulation
14
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People and teams
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- How good are programmers?
- Team organization
- Supporting technologies
15
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Organizational issues
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- Plan-based culture
- Customer access
