Teams and Models

Question 1

What is a software process

Answer 1

A series of related activities that lead to a software activity

Question 2

What are the 3 main steps of software development

Answer 2

Concept, implementation and maintenance

Question 3

What is a plan driven process

Answer 3

All the processes are planed in advance and progress is measured to adjust plan

Question 4

What is an agile process

Answer 4

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

Question 5

What are the 3 types of process model

Answer 5

Waterfall, Incremental Development and Unified Process

Question 6

What type of process is a waterfall model normally used for

Answer 6

Plan driven

Question 7

What are the 5 steps of the waterfall model

Answer 7

1. Requirements/ specifications are defined
2. System design, overall architecture
3. Implentation and unit testing, programming and testing
4. Integration and system testing, Dynamic testing
5. Maintenance

Question 8

What are the advantages of the waterfall model

Answer 8

Early and complete requirement capture
Specification stage enables modularisation
Documentation is easier

Question 9

What are the disadvantages off the waterfall model

Answer 9

Features cannot change
Inflexible
Costly to correct
testers get involved late in process

Question 10

What is the double waterfall method used for

Answer 10

To make the waterfall more flexible

Question 11

How would you go about making a good waterfall

Answer 11

Product design comes first
Document allot
Do it twice
Plan control and monitor testing

Question 12

Describe the incremental development model

Answer 12

Comprised of many waterfalls where each of the requirements

Question 13

Describe how the incremental development model can be plan driven or agile

Answer 13

Plan- all increments are defined in advance

Agile- only the early increments are described at start

Question 14

What are the advantages of the Incremental development

Answer 14

Cheaper to change the requirements
Customer feedback can be incorporated
System can be deployed with core functionality and extras can be added later

Question 15

What are the disadvantages of the Incremental development model

Answer 15

Hard for managers to control
Undefined system structure
Hardware requirements may change

Question 16

What is the unified process model

Answer 16

A generic process framework people can customize by adding or removing activities
Use case driven

Question 17

What are the steps of the unified process model

Answer 17

Inception
Definition of objectives
Elaboration
Planning and architecture
Construction
Initial operational capability 
Transition

Question 18

What is a disadvantage of scaling a software process to contain more people

Answer 18

Adding more people causes the communication to be harder and it can become non linear

Question 19

What is modularity

Answer 19

Subdividing of work into modules of related functionality

Question 20

What do modules create

Answer 20

Interfaces

Question 21

What is a subroutine

Answer 21

A small module to perform a specific task

Question 22

What roles comprise a software team

Answer 22

Project manager
Software architecture 
Software developer
Software Tester
Documentation specialist
Technician 
Secretary

Question 23

What are Beblins team principles

Answer 23

Roles to enhance individual and team performance

Question 24

What are the 3 types of roles in Beblins team

Answer 24

Action orientated roles
People orientated roles
Thinking orientated roles

Question 25

What is brooks version of a team

Answer 25

Small teams are better, teams of a bout 10

more people makes the project later