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What are the complexity metrics?

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The complexity metrics are nodes, lines and classes

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What are the segments in e-commerce.

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The segments in e-commerce are Geographic,Psychographic and Behavioral

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Describe Phoenix Project’s 4 types of work.

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The four types of work in the Phoenix project are 
Business projects
IT projects
Changes (affect overall system)
Unplanned work (bad)
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What characteristics do companies with low turnover have?

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Companies with low characteristics consist of
Jelled teams
Sense of pride
Quality

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What generic strategies should an e-commerce company adopt a la Porter?

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Generic strategies that an e-commerce company should adopt according to Porter are
Customer focus
Cost leadership
Differentiation

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What is methodological weight of a project?

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The methodological weight of a project consist of the Number of activities and Tightness of deadlines

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How does one shape e-commerce competition a la Porter?

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According to Porter to shape an e-commerce competition  
Avoid big buyers
Avoid big sellers 
Create barriers
Innovate
Use patents
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Describe diseconomies of scale.

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The diseconomies of scale states that as project scope expands, cost per deliverable increases

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The ISO 9000 series of standards uses some management principles as a basis for assessing business systems for quality assurance. What are they?

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The ISO 9000 management principles for assessing quality assurance are Customer focus and Quality leadership

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Describe Phoenix Project’s Goldratt’s Theory of Constraints.

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Goldratts Theory of Constraints states to Improve bottleneck, only

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What key concern does critical chain scheduling account for that critical path scheduling does not?

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Critical chain scheduling uses Buffers to account for delays

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What is the difference between V and W models?

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V models Tests throughout iterations

W models Review based testing

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Compare backward integration with forward integration a la e-commerce.

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Making more sub-components → more overhead

Selling via own outlets → less overhead

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What is the cardinal rule for meetings a la Drucker?

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Druckers cardinal rule for meetings is Don’t waste people’s time

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What do Attribute Driven Design (ADD) tactics regard?

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The tactics in Attribute Driven Design regard 
Availability
Modifiability
Security
Testability
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Describe test-first development vs TDD a la Meyer?

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Deliver working tests with code

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State Meyer’s critique of Scrum’s principle of self-organization as it applies to Scrum teams.

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Teams should be directed by team lead

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What are the basic requirements for effective human relations a la Drucker?

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According to Drucker, the basic requirements for effective human relations is 
Communication
Teamwork
Self-development
Co-development
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What are the behavioral models.

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The behavioral models are Activity and State-machine

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What are 2-4 of Ury’s five-step program for negotiation?

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Brainstorm for value
Standardize value
Evaluate BATNA

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What are the types of coupling?

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The types of coupling are 
Stamp
Data (good)
Control
Common
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What are the types of Scrum backlogs?

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The types of scrum backlogs are

1) Product backlog → all user stories
2) Sprint backlog → scoped stories

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What is a singleton creational pattern for?

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The singleton creational pattern is used for Centralized access

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Describe the Publish-Subscribe model?

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The publish subscribe model is Event bus connected to message queue

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What are the data models.

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The data models are Class and ERD

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What’s the difference between big-M and little-M?

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The Big-M Produces a system

The Little-M Delivers parts of a system

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Explain requirements analysis.

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Requirements analysis is checking requirements with interaction matrices and checklist for:
Accuracy
Ambiguity
Completeness
Consistency
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What are the SOLID principles?

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The SOLID principles are
Single responsibility
Open-closed APIs
Dependency injection with abstract (static) classes

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What are the KPIs for brand awareness campaigns a la Dodson?

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Dodson states that the KPI’s for brand awareness are
Pay per click (PPC)
Cost per click (CPC)
SERP CTR, views

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How can one avoid spam filters for e-commerce emails?

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Avoid image-heavy bodies
Avoid excessive text formatting
Avoid certain phrases

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What are the KPIs for engagement campaigns a la Dodson?

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Dodson states that the KPI’s for engagement campaigns are Ratings and Time on site

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A la Schneider, name the attributes of a product or service that makes it attractive for online selling.

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According to Scheider the attributes of a product or service that make it attractive for online selling is Variety
Samples and Generous return policy

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What is Amazon law?

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Amazon law states that State taxes must be applied to online stores

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What some pros and cons of Packet Filtering Firewalls?

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Pros
Simple for users
Fast
Cons
No user authentication schemes
No IP spoof protection
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Describe the difference between t-shirt sizing and story points.

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Cost and benefits

Costs

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What are the functional models.

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The functional models are Sequence and Use-case

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Compare TCP with UDP.

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TCP → reliable, ordered; congestion/flow control → transport

UDP → unreliable, unordered; best-effort

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Meyer argues that Agile YAGNI principle conflicts with Agile emphasis on embracing change. Explain the argument.

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Anything not needed is goldplatting. This isn’t flexible a la Agile.

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What are the KPIs for direct response marketing campaigns a la Dodson?

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Dodson states that the KPI’s for direct response marketing are Conversions and Conversion rates

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What is a facade structural pattern for?

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A facade structural pattern is used for Decoupling subsystems via interface

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What are the types of project retrospectives a la Barrett?

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Barret states that the type of project retrospectives are Social and Metric

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How can one manage processes a la Bach?

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Bach states that process can be managed via Experiments

and Past projects

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What are the pros of Direct Display Advertising (DDA)?

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The pros for direct display advertising are Segmentation

and Influence

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What are the GRASP principles and patterns?

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The GRASP principles and patterns are
High cohesion and low coupling
Controller
Creator

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How does one gather functional requirements?

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Functional requirements are gathered through user stories and elicitation.

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What is the difference between validation and verification.

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Validation is Quality control vs quality assurance

Verification is are we Building right? vs right building?

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What makes a good QA?

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Good quality assurance consist of 
Feasible 
Measureable 
Testable 
Traceable
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What is the difference between a leader and a manager?

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The difference between a leader and a manager is a leader sets goals and a manager sets tasks.

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How can one manage time a la Drucker?

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According to Drucker, one manages time by recording it, managing it and consolidating time.

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What are the roles of connectors?

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The roles of connectors are communication and coordination.

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What is the most powerful word in a negotiation a la Charles Voss?

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According to Charles Voss, the most powerful word in negotiation is fair because of emotions.

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What are Sutherland’s definitions of done?

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According to Sutherland, the definition of done is that the project has met the requirements and tested acceptance.

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Yourdon describes five attributes of a death march project. Name two.

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Some attributes of the death march project are Compressing schedule < 50%
Downsizing due to new tool

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What is the difference between front-end and back-end payment processors?

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Front end processors Authorize payments

and back end payment processors Settle payments

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What are the essential elements in a contract.

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The essential elements in a contract are
Offer
Consideration
Acceptance

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What are “commons” and how should they be handled on a homepage a la Krug?

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Commons are a shared resources e.g., customer logos

Timeshare real estate or use different page

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What are the types of e-commerce portals.

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The two types of e-commerce portals are

B2B and B2C.

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Name, explain, and describe the waterfall model.

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The waterfall model is an Incremental, evolutionary development process with six steps.
Requirements 
Analysis 
Design 
Implementation 
Maintenance 
Retirement
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Name, explain, and describe the spiral model.

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The spiral model is an Iterative, evolutionary model focused on risks and prototyping

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Describe an organizational scheme.

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An organizational schema fefines a system in a logical manner

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What are the signs of a jelled team?

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The signs of a jelled team are Quality and Identity

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Name the process levels in the CMM (ranked)?

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The process levels in CMM are ranked as 
Initial 
Repeatable
Defined
Managed
Optimized
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What are the types of navigation Rosenfeld et al. signifies?

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The types of navigation Rosenfeld signifies
Global
Local
Contextual

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What is exact vs ambiguous schemes?

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Exact schemes are Content/link and is mutually exclusive

Ambiguous schemes are Associative learning

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Describe BNF

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BNF stands for Backus–Naur form.

BNF is Meta-linguistic specification and notation

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What activity is the second largest category of systems development work, taking 30% of a large project’s time a la Capers Jones?

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Paperwork takes 30% of a large projects time

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Name and explain the characteristics of a good SRS (software requirements specification).

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A good SRS is Changeable, Consistent and correct.

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Describe OCL.

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OCL stands for object constraint language. It is a formal language to describe constraints on OOP.
OCL Enhances class diagrams to show invariants
OCL Enhances state machines to show guards
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A la Schneider, how does customer-based marketing differ from product-based marketing, in objectives and execution?

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Specific catalogs

Full, static catalog

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Drucker states that every organization needs to build performance in major areas. Name them.

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Druckers states that every organization needs to build performance in Building results ,Building values
and Building people for tomorrow

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What two design patterns are critical to SOA implementation?

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The two design patters that are critical to service oriented architecture are adapter and proxy.

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Name some Thomsett negotiation games?

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Negotiation games are Double dummy split,Reverse double and Gotcha.

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Describe how to generate revenue online with e-commerce a la Schneider.

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To generate revenue online with e-commerce you can use

Ads, Content fees and Service fees

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Name, and briefly describe, the types of proposals that Ury recommends formulating prior to a negotiation.

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Ury recommends formulation proposals that are minimal, acceptable and ideal prior to a negotiation.

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Describe the broker model.

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The broker model is a Distributed system with decoupled components

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What questions can one ask regarding wasted time a la Drucker?

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According to Drucker one can ask the following questions with regards to time.
Am I wasting my time? [delegate]
Am I wasting subordinates time?

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What is a builder creational pattern for?

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The builder creational pattern is used for Sequential creation of complex objects

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Describe the difference between the cloud and the cone a la McConnell.

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According the Mcconell
Cloud -> uncertainty
Cone -> best-case accuracy

79
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Name, explain, and describe the Scrum model.

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The SCRUM model consist of three parts. First a plan, then sprint and finally closure.

80
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What are the kinds of program properties that are counted in basic function point counting?

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The kinds of program properties that are counted in basic function point counting is 
External input
External output
External logic
Internal logic
81
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What is Sime’s concern and solution to the Cone of Uncertainty?

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Simes concern for the cone of uncertainty is that it does not account for bugs. He proposes using test-driven development as a solution.

82
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How does one actively listen a la Ury?

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According the Ury, one must paraphrase to actively listen.

83
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Describe base-rate fallacy.

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Base-rate fallacy is High detection rate and low false alarms are a difficult happy medium

84
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Describe risk management best practices for vulnerabilities.

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The best practices for risk management and vulnerabilities are to 
Identify 
Evaluate 
Judge
Roll-out
85
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What, a la Lewis, is the single most important element of any effective communication?

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According to Lewis the single most important element of any effective communication is Empathy

86
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What is the observer behavioral pattern for?

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The observable behavioral pattern is used to observe changes to a model

87
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What is guided navigation?

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Guided navigation is a Facet-based search

88
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How can a project’s methodological weight increase a la Cockburn?

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Cockburn states that a projects methodological weight increases with more tools and more processes

89
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What is an affordance a la Krug?

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Accoreding to Krug and affordance is visual UI queues

90
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What are the types of intruders?

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Masquerader → hacker
Misfeasor → misuse
Clandestine user → anti-audit

91
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What is the visitor behavioral pattern for?

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The visitor behavioral pattern is used for Polymorphic views

92
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What is Gawande’s remedy for failure?

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Gawandes remedy for failure is checklists

93
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What are the types of intrusion detection approaches?

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Anomalies
Rule-based
Distributed

94
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Describe PKI Encryption.

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Asymmetric key methodology

A private key and a public key

95
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Describe Meyer’s definitions of done.

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Meyers definition of done is that a project meets requirements and acceptance testing

96
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Describe a well-rounded employee a la Drucker?

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A well rounded employee is a myth; strong people have strong weaknesses
2 mediocrities don’t equal 1 strength

97
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How should project properties be converted to estimates of required effort a la McConnell; to trump guestimation?

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Project properties can be converted by 
Revisiting
Counting
Computing
Judging
98
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Describe how to address channel conflict (cannibalization) as it pertains to e-commerce.

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To address channel conflict discover 3rd party issues; if none, do nothing because 1st party sales are negligible

99
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What is the difference between personalization and customization according to Rosenfeld et al.; also name there limitations?

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The difference between personalization and customization Automatic → inaccurate
Manual → work

100
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What situations led to opportunities a la Drucker?

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According to Drucker, the situations that led to opportunities are Technology, Innovation and Demographics

101
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Describe and differentiate the two CMMI representations

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The two CMMI representations are
Continuous integration → processes assign capability levels
Staged integration → company assigned maturity levels

102
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What is the three-point estimation a la McConnell?

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According to McConnel the three point estimation are
Worst-case estimate
Expected estimate
Best-case estimate

103
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Explain the rationale for distinguishing between what Jackson refers to as domain requirements and machine requirements, relative to requirements gathering

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Domain is essential

Machine is accidental (varies / platform-dependent)

104
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What are benefits from improved Search Engine Results Page (SERP) a la Dodson?

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Dodson states that the benefits from improved SERP are

Clicks, Paid Ads and Organic reach.

105
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A la Schneider, being the first to the digital marketplace comes with advantages and disadvantages. Describe them.

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An advantage of being the first to the digital marketplace is no completion and a disadvantage is lack of insight.

106
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What is the difference between an adapter and a proxy?

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Legacy wrapper

Access controller

107
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What are the goals of a software project a la Cockburn?

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According to Cockburn the goals of a software project are Deliverables and maintenance.

108
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What are ways to charge for ads (e.g., leaderboard, skyscraper)?

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CPC
CPM → cost per mile
CPL → cost per lead

109
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Explain requirements elicitation and name techniques

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Joint events
Questionnaires
Observation

110
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How does one deflect attacks a la Ury?

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To deflect attacks ignore and reframe

111
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What is the strategy behavioral pattern for?

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The strategy behavioral pattern is Algorithm hierarchy

112
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Describe Phoenix Project’s Goldratt’s WIP.

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WIP: wasted capital until done

113
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What are the e-commerce software categories?

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Catalog
Shopping cart
Database

114
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What are barriers to entry one may face in e-commerce.

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Some barriers that many face when entering e-commerce is Predictability, Trust and Support

115
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What are Bach’s criticisms of CMM?

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Bach states that CMM Obscures engineering and is

only used for government contracts

116
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Describe OSI Layer.

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Application → send/receive messages [HTTP]
Presentation → encrypt messages 
Session → sync messages 
Transportation → segments [TCP]
Network → datagram packets [IP]
Link → frames; error checking [802.11]
Physical → bits on wire
117
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What are the essential elements in a contract.

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The three essential elements in a contract are offer, consideration and acceptance.

118
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What is exact vs ambiguous schemes?

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Exact schemes are Content/link is mutually exclusive

Ambiguous schemes are Associative learning

119
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What must be known for a decision to be put into practice a la Drucker?

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According to Drucker the following must be known for putting a decision into practice.
Who must know
Who must do
What action
What result
120
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What is a factory creational pattern for?

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The factory creational pattern is used for decoupling creation process from client

121
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Describe disintermediation and reintermediation in e-commerce.

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Disintermediation is replacing brick-and-mortar w/ website

Reintermediation Insert online service into brick-and-mortar

122
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Characterize Meyer’s assessment of user stories as tools for managing requirements.

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Meyers states that user stories and tools are inefficient for managing requirements

123
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Describe Meyer’s difficulties with XP’s implementation of pair programming?

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Meyer states that XP encourages Leechers

TDD assumed as sufficient for specification

124
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Why are teams formed a la DeMarco and Lister?

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Teams are formed for Alignment according to DeMarco and Lister

125
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What is the difference between a taxonomy vs a thesauri?

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A taxonomy is hierarchical and a thesauri is cyclical

126
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What are ways to effect change a la DeMarco and Lister?

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A few ways to effect change are Celebrating old as help and making failure feel ok

127
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What are the essential habits of the mind for executives to become effective a la Drucker?

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According to Drucker the essential habits of the mind for executives to become more effective are
Schedule
Contribute
Strengthen
Prioritize
Decide
128
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What element in production is targeted a la Goldratt?

A

The element in production that is targeted is the Work Center → it dictates output of entire system

129
Q

Describe Phoenix Project’s takt time.

A

Takt time is the time it takes to meet customer demand

130
Q

Describe a Honeypot network system.

A

Fake ERP w/ simulated traffic

131
Q

What is the iterator behavioral pattern for?

A

Traversal

132
Q

Name some contract torts.

A

Some examples of contract torts are Copyright,Trademark

and Defamation

133
Q

Compare synonym rings to authority files.

A

Synonym rings are List of equivalent words

Authority files are synonym ring with a preferred word

134
Q

What, according to McConnell, is lost with a short-term, iteration-driven approach to requirements gathering?

A

McConnel states that long-range predictions are lost with a short-term iteration driven approach.

135
Q

How can one throttle a bottleneck a la Erik of The Phoenix Project?

A 
To throttle a bottleneck 
Identify the constraint
Exploit it
Subordinate it
Evaluate
Find next constraint
136
Q

How does one determine WBS granularity a la Burress?

A

To determine WBS granularity use
Summaries are for requirements
Leaves are for summaries

137
Q

What are the primary and secondary goals of a project a la Cockburn?

A

According to Cockburn, the primary and secondary goals of a project are the Delivery of software and Set up new projects

138
Q

What are the questions that are to be asked of each participant in the daily Scrum meeting?

A

Questions that should be asked at each Scrum meeting are:
What’s been done
What’s due
What’s wrong

139
Q

What Scrum meetings are time-limited?

A

Scrum meetings that are time limited are planning, sprints and retrospective.

140
Q

What is a false challenge project a la DeMarco and Lister?

A

A false challenge project is setting goals to get project finished cheap and quick

141
Q

A la Schneider, describe one way in which electronic support for B2B can improve a business’s profitability.

A

Just in time inventory management

142
Q

What are the e-commerce architecture categories?

A

The three e-commerce architecture categories are
CMS
CRM
ERP

143
Q

Explain the motivations for selecting a development process.

A

Some motivations for selecting a Development process are Change,Cost, Criticality, Deadlines, Quality and Team.

144
Q

What are the types of WBSs?

A

The three types of work breakdown structure are
Process – breaks down a process
Product – breaks down a product
Hybrid – process produces a product

145
Q

Characterize Meyer’s assessment of Agile focus on minimalist software development.

A

Focus on productivity more-so than quality

146
Q

What security policies should e-commerce address?

A

Security policies that e-commerce should address are

Protecting assets and avoiding threats.

147
Q

Describe dual development of an API a la Meyer?

A

Dual development of an API should be closed to change and open to extend.

148
Q

What are the types of QA maintenance?

A 
The types of Quality Assurance maintenance are 
Adapt 
Correct 
Perfect 
Prevent
149
Q

Why should one favor written documentation over spoken documentation a la Meyer?

A

Written documentation is preferred over spoken documentation because of Precision and Recollection

150
Q

What’s a ceremony a la Cockburn?

A

According to Cockburn, a ceremony is a Requirement for controlling artifacts’ tolerances

151
Q

What is the starting point to formulating a methodology a la Beck?

A

Fear of failing is a starting point for formulating a methodology

152
Q

How does one “go to the balcony” a la Ury?

A

One goes to the balcony by pausing and rewinding

153
Q

How can one devise labels a la Rosenfeld et al.?

A

According to Rosenfeld one can devise labels by being
Modular
Consistent

154
Q

What is the purpose of discretionary, non-mandatory dependencies in a project schedule?

A

The purpose of discretionary, non-mandatory dependencies in a project schedule are leading tasks and lagging tasks.

155
Q

What architectural style is related to the Observer pattern?

A

The model view controller is related to the observer pattern

156
Q

Name and explain common requirements risks.

A

Common requirements risk are gold-plating features and overlooking stakeholders.

157
Q

What is the difference between additive and multiplicative complexity, relative to feature-driven development?

A

Isolated features

Depended features

158
Q

What is the difference between system 1 and system 2 thinking a la Weinschenk?

A

System 1 thinking is Effortless browsing → provide error checking
System 2 thinking Questionnaires → use difficult font

159
Q

Describe Phoenix Project’s 3 ways.

A

The three ways in the Phoenix project are
Maximizing flow
Amplifying feedback loops
Continual improvement

160
Q

Describe Software Systems Engineering.

A

Software Systems engineering is a Systematic plan with

Disciplined control and Quantifiable measure

161
Q

What are the types of cohesion?

A 
The types of cohesion are 
Procedural
Temporal
Sequential
Functional
Informational
162
Q

What concern does the first way address? How does it address that concern?

A

This regards to maximizing the overall flow of work from dev to ops in small batches. This is addressed with “systems thinking”.

163
Q

What concern does the second way address? How does it address that concern?

A

This regards avoiding the repetition of mistakes with constant feedback loops. This “embeds knowledge” and supports “quality at the source”.

164
Q

Paige Jones identifies four types of COTS components, based on their relative availability. Name them, in order of increasing availability.

A 
The four types of COTS components are
Foundation
Architectural 
Business
Application
165
Q

What is the average half-life of COTS expertise?

A

The average half life of COTS expertise is 6 months

166
Q

What is the maximum shelf life of COTS?

A

The maximum shelf life of COTS is 2 years

167
Q

What is dependency injection?

A

Dependency injection is a technique whereby one object (or static method) supplies the dependencies of another object. A dependency is an object that can be used (a service)

168
Q

What is the common problem that RTTI and dependency inversion attempt to address?

A

RTTI and dependency inversion define methods that characterize common functionality of related objects

169
Q

What specific maintainability-related concern do the Laws of Demeter attempt to address?

A

The Laws of Demeter addresses the concern of avoiding designs that reach “through” one object to another. It does so by limiting the use of inherited and reeferenced content from and classes.

170
Q

How do the strong and weak laws of Demeter differ?

A

Strong Demeter limits the use of inherited content. Weak Demeter allows inheritance of any superclass attributes

171
Q

What is variation inheritance?

A

Variation inheritance is describing a class in terms of difference with another class. It can be useful for defining a package in terms of an existing version

172
Q

What is the relationship between tiered computing and the client-server architectural style?

A

Tiered computing is a multi-layered client server, where an immediate layer preprocesses clients request and or post process the server response

173
Q

What do the broker and proxy architectural styles have in common and how do they differ?

A

Broker and Proxy are both forms of tiered computing.

  • A broker(host) intercepts an initial request then puts a client in direct contact with a server.
  • In a proxy, the proxy handles ALL communication between the client and server
174
Q

In what ways are the deployment strategies for MVC and MVP the same? How do they differ?

A

Model View Controller and Model View Presenter are both forms of tiered computing. In MVC, the immediate layer(controller) resides on the server and handles all communication between views and models.

On the other hand, a presenter is used instead of a controller which resided on the client side.

175
Q

What does it mean for a request to be idempotent?

A

Simply put, an operation is idempotent if it produces the same result when called over and over. An identical request should return an identical result when done twice, two thousand, or two million times

176
Q

What is RPC?

A

RPC stands for Remote Procedural Call. RPC makes a programs modules easy to deploy in a network by making location of a server completely transparent.

177
Q

What is REST?

A

REST stands for Represental state transfer. REST decouples UI and datasource which allows for cross-platform.

178
Q

What is a key difference between REST and RPC?

A

RPC directs request to procedures / API’s while REST directs request to resources.

179
Q

What is a key difference between REST and RPC?

A

RPC directs request to procedures / API’s while REST directs request to resources.

180
Q

What purpose(s) does an ORM serve in client-server implementation?

A

An object relational mapper is used to interchange data between code or underlying database.

ORC handles two issues:

1) Creation and realization of schema
2) Creating logic for interchanging data between class and database

181
Q

What is meant by the term “marshalling” in context of RPC?

A

Marshalling is the packing of procedure parameters into a message packet.

182
Q

What is PUT?

A

PUT creates a new resource

183
Q

What is POST?

A

POST updates an existing resource

184
Q

What is data-first development?

A

Data-first development affords more control over detail and performance at a cost of additional coding and more expertise. You would want to use data-first when you are expecting a long lifetime of a database.

185
Q

What is code-first development?

A

Code-first offers the opposite set of advantages and disadvantages of data first. You would use code first if the database has a short expected life.

186
Q

Name the six types of cohesion in the Constantine hierarchy

A

Furry Soft Cats Prefer Tender Love Care

Functional 
Sequential 
Communicative 
Procedural 
Tempural 
Logical
Coincidental
187
Q

Coupling in Constantine Hierarchy

A 
Null
Data
Stamp
Control 
External 
Common
Global
188
Q

What is Hybrid Coupling?

A

A subset of data used as control

Example: account numbers 00001 to 99999
​
If 90000 - 90999, send mail to area code of last 3 digit (000 - 999)

189
Q

Define the principles of common use and common closure as they pertain to components?

A

The Common Closure Principle (CCP) states: ”The classes in a component should be closed together against the same kind of changes. A change that affects a component affects all the classes in that component and no other components.”

190
Q

How can content coupling occur?

A

Content coupling can occur if a function in one module can control a function in another such as modifying.

191
Q

What is the principle of single choice?

A

Whenever a software system must support a set of alternatives, one and only one module in the system should know their exhaustive list.

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