Topic 4

Question 1

a processed used by the software industry to design, dev., and test high quality software

Answer 1

Software Development Life Cycle

Question 2

The most important stage in SDLC
Performed by the senior members of the team

Answer 2

Planning and Requirement Analysis

Question 3

To clearly define and document the product requirements

Answer 3

Defining Requirements

Question 4

reference for product architects to come out with the best architecture for the product to be developed.

Answer 4

Designing the Product Architecture

Question 5

Software Development Cycle (6)

Answer 5

Planning
Defining
Designing
Building
Testing
Deployment

Question 6

The actual dev starts and the product is built

Answer 6

Building or Developing the Product

Question 7

Usually a subset of all the stages as in the modern SDLC models, the testing activities are mostly involved in all the stages of SDLC.

Answer 7

Testing the Product

Question 8

Once the product is tested and ready to be deployed, it is released formally in the appropriate market

Answer 8

Deployment in the Market and Maintenance

Question 9

Depends on the interpretation against a shared background of meaning, agreed goals and an understanding of how satisfactory completion will be judged.

Answer 9

Usability Engineering

Question 10

_ measures the quality of a user’s exp when interacting with a product

Answer 10

Usability

Question 11

Is a technique used to evaluate a product by testing it with representative users

Answer 11

Usability Testing

Question 12

Is a process of designing a product in which the product is tested and evaluated repeatedly at diff. stages of design.

Answer 12

Iterative Design

Question 13

Simulate or animate some features of intended system

Answer 13

Prototype

Question 14

Diff type of prototypes (3)

Answer 14

Throw-Away
Incremental
Evolutionary

Question 15

Techniques for Prototyping (3)

Answer 15

Storyboards
Need to be computer-based
Can be animated

Question 16

Warning about Iterative Design (2)

Answer 16

Design inertia - early bad decisions stay bad
Diagnosing real usability problems in prototypes

Question 17

Information that explains why a computer system is the way it is

Answer 17

Design Rationale

Question 18

Benefits of Design Rationale (6)

Answer 18

-Communication thru-out life cycle
-Reuse of Design knowledge across products

-Enforces design discipline
-Presents arguments for design trade offs
-Organizes potentially large design space
-Capturing Contextual Information