Methodologies (Midterms)

Question 1

• A structured set of activities required to develop a software system.

-an abstract representation of a process. It presents a description of a process from some particular perspective.

Answer 1

Software process

Question 2

processes where all of the process
activities are planned in advance and progress is measured against
this plan.

Answer 2

Plan-driven processes

Question 3

planning is incremental and it is easier to change the process to reflect changing customer requirements

Answer 3

Agile processes

Question 4

sequential design used in software
development process, in which progress is seen as flowing
steadily downwards.

it is a Plan-driven model

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Waterfall model

Question 5

• Combines the structure of the waterfall methodology and
  the flexibility of the spiral methodology by enforcing the prioritization of
  activities.
• priorities are evaluated and those activities that are
  considered most valuable are completed first

Answer 5

Water sluice model

Question 6

The requirement specifications from first phase are studied in this phase and system design is prepared

Answer 6

System Design

Question 7

unifies a software team by providing a common view of the
development process and a shared vision of a common goal

Answer 7

Rational unified model

Question 8

• A way to manage a project by breaking it up into several phases.
• Group of software development methodologies based on iterative
  development.

Answer 8

Agile methodology

Question 9

The aim of agile methods

Answer 9

to reduce overheads

Question 10

• Are based on an iterative approach to software development
• Are intended to deliver working software quickly and evolve this quickly to meet changing
  requirements.

Answer 10

Agile methodology

Question 11

A approach to software engineering is based around separate
development stages with the outputs to be produced at each of these stages planned in advance.

Answer 11

Plan-driven development

Question 12

Specification, design, implementation and testing are inter-leaved and the outputs from the development process are decided through a process of negotiation during the software development process.

Answer 12

Agile development

Question 13

An iterative and incremental agile software development methodology for managing product development.

Answer 13

SCRUM MODEL

Question 14

determine the Sprint Goal

Answer 14

Sprint Planning

Question 15

a short (15 minutes long) meeting, which is held every day before
the Team starts working

Answer 15

Daily Scrum

Question 16

team presents what is accomplished during the sprint

Answer 16

Sprint Review

Question 17

a facilitator who arranges daily meetings, tracks the backlog of work to be done, records decisions, measures progress against the backlog and communicates with customers and management outside of the team.

Answer 17

Scrum master

Question 18

• Also referred to as RAD
• incremental software development process model that allows usable
  systems to be built in as little as 60-90 days.
• put less emphasis on planning and more emphasis on process.
• Requires highly skilled developers/designers

Answer 18

Rapid application development model

Question 19

a methodology that combines the features of the prototyping model and the waterfall model

Answer 19

Spiral model

Question 20

a software development methodology which is intended to improve software quality and responsiveness to changing customer requirements.

Answer 20

Extreme programming methodology

Question 21

a software development methodology which is intended to improve software quality and responsiveness to changing customer requirements.

Answer 21

Extreme programming methodology

Question 22

A type of development in which emphasis is placed on developing prototypes early in the development process to permit early feedback and analysis in support of the development
process.

Answer 22

Prototyping model

Question 23

software development where the product is designed, implemented and tested incrementally (a little more is added each time) until the product is finished

Answer 23

Incremental Development/Model

Question 24

The process is repeated until the entire product development is
completed.

Answer 24

Iterative and incremental model