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Approaches To System Development

1
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What are the two general approaches to the system development life cycle (SDLC)?

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the predictive and adaptive approach

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The _________ approach uses the waterfall model.

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Predictive

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The adaptive approach uses the _________ model.

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Iterative

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The ___________ approach to the SDLC assumes the project must be more flexible and adapt to changing needs as the project progresses

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Adaptive

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T/F: The requirements and needs of predictive approach to the SDLC are uncertain and/or high technical risk.

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F, adaptive not predictive

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The ________ approach to the SDLC assumes the project can be planned in advance and that the information system can be developed according to the plan.

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predictive

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T/F: The requirements and needs of the adaptive approach to the SDLC are well understood and/or have low technical risk.

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F, predictive not adaptive

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T/F: Most projects fall on a continuum between a predictive and adaptive SDLC.

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True

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The ___________ is an earlier approach based on engineering.

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Traditional Predictive SDLC

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The traditonal predictive SDLC typically has _________ phases.

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sequential

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__________ are related groups of development activites, such as planning, analysis, design, implementation and deployment.

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Phases

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The _________ model is a SDLC that asssumes phases can be completed sequentially with no overlap or iteration.

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Waterfall

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13
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In a (Waterfall/Iterative) model once one phase is completed, you fall over the next phase, no going back.

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Waterfall

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T/F: A modified waterfall with overlapping phases is more flexible, but still assumes predictive planning and sequential phases.

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True

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15
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Walking Skeleton and Incremental Development are both ________ SDLC approaches.

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Adaptive

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In the _______________ adaptive approach, the complete system structure is built first, but with bare-bones functionality.
While the _______________ approach completes portions of the system in small increments and integrated as the project progresses.

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(1) Walking skeleton, (2) Incremental development

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17
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T/F: Walking skeleton adaptive approach is sometimes considered “growing” a system.

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F, incremental development not walking skeleton

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The _______ Adaptive approach requires multiple iterations, and all six core processes go across iterations.

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Generic

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19
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_______________ provide guidelines for every facet of system development.
What to do when why and how.

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Methodologies

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_____________ are also known as the System Development Process.

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Methodologies

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T/F: Methodologies specifies a SDLC with activities and tasks, analysis and design models to create, implementation and testing techniques.

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True.

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22
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A ____________ includes a collection of techniques that are used to complete activites and tasks, including modeling, for ever aspect of the project.

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methodology

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T/F: A model makes it possible to understand a complex concept by focusing only on a relevant part.

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True

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A ________ is an abstraction of an important aspect of the real world.

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Model

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25
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T/F: Each model shows the same aspect of the concept.

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F, differect aspect.

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26
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T/F: In IS, some models are of system components that will be developed, while other models are used to manage the development process.

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True.

27
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___________ is a collection of guidelines that help an analyst complete an activity or task.

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Technique.

[S/N: technique is a collection of guidelines, while methodology is a collection of techniques.]

28
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T/F: Learning techniques is the key to having expertise in a field.

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True.

29
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______________ is a guiding philosophy and set of guidelines for developing information systems in an unknown, rapidly changing environment.

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Agile Development

30
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_________ is a term used for adaptive projects meaning chaotic yet ordered.

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Chaordic

31
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___________ is a philosphy to build only necessary models that are useful and at the right level of detail.

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Agile Modeling (AM)

32
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T/F: There are 12 agile modeling principles, one of which is to develop software as the primary goal.

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True

33
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T/F: The Unified Process (UP) was the early leader in adaptive approaches.

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True

34
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The Unified Process (UP) phases organize iterations into four primary areas of focus during a project, one of which is the ____________ phase, it is getting the project started.

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Inception

35
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The ________ phase of UP focuses on understanding the system requirements.

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Elaboration

36
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The __________ phase of UP focuses on building the system.

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Construction

37
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The _________ phase of UP focuses on preparing for and moving to deploying the new system.

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transitions

38
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T/F: The UP SDLC divides iterations into four phases.

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True, it is Inception, elaboration, construction, and transition.

39
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The ______________ are a set of functionally related development activities.

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Unified process disciplines

40
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________ and ________ are the two types of Unified Process (UP) disciplines.

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Development, Management

41
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T/F: Each discipline in the Unified Process disciplines are all the activites related to achieving one objective in the development project.

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True

42
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The planning and control disciplines is the ________ discipline of UP.

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Management

43
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The ________ disciplines of UP include business modeling, requirements, design, implementation, testing, and deployment.

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Development

44
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T/F: The development disciplines of UP also include configuration and change management, project management, and environment.

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F, The planning and control (management) disciplines not development

45
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T/F: UP disciplines are used in some of the iterations.

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false, the disciplines are used across all iterations.

46
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______________ takes the best practices of software development and extends them “to the extreme.”

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Extreme Programming (XP)

47
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T/F: XP focuses intensely on proven industry practices and combines them in unique ways to get better results.

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True.

48
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Communication, Simplicity, Feedback, and Courge are the _______ core values.

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Extreme Programming (XP)

49
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Planning based on user stories, thorough testing at ever step, pair programming, refactoring, and owning the code collectively are some of the _________ practices.

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Extreme Programming (XP)

50
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SImple designs is one of the XP practices and it follows the ___________ principles.

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Agile Modeling

51
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T/F: Continuous integration in which the software grows continuously, is one of the XP practices.

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True

52
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T/F: On-site customer is an XP practice where you get a sign-off in the end.

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False, you get a sign-off as you go

53
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T/F: Small releases is an XP practice.

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True, in which you turn over to user frequently.

54
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The _______ ring, ______ ring, and the __________ ring are the XP project three level approach (rings).

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Outside, Middle, Inside.

55
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The ______ ring of the three level XP project approach, creates user stories and defines acceptance tests.

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outside

56
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The ______ ring of the three level XP project approach, conducts tests and do overall planning.

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middle

57
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The ______ ring of the three level XP project approach, involves iterations of coding and testing.

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inside

58
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_______ is a combination of principles of rugby and Agile, in which there is intense effort involving the entire team for a defined period of time.

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SCRUM

59
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___________ is a prioritized list of user requirements.

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Product backlog

60
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___________ is the client stakeholder who controls the backlog.

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Product Owner

61
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___________ is the Scrum project manager.

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Scrum master

62
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___________ is a time-controlled mini-project to implement part of the system.

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Scrum sprint

63
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T/F: In scrum practices, the scope of each sprint is frozen but can be reduced if necessary.

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True

64
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T/F: The time period of a Scrum project is kept constant.

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True, it is a Scrum practice.

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