Week 1: Process Models / Software & SWE Flashcards by Connor M | Brainscape

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What is Software Engineering?

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What is the definition of Software?

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A combination of instructions to execute, data structures to manipulate information, and documents that describe operation and use of programs

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What is software in terms of how its made? Does it wear out? What does its failure curve look like?

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What are the seven broad categories of software applications?

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What is “System Software”

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What is “Application Software”

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What is “Engineering/Scientific Software”

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What is “Embedded Software”

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What are “Web/Mobile Applications”

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What is “Artificial Intelligence Software”

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How do we make “Good” software?

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What are the Software Engineering layers?

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What is the “quality focus” layer of the software engineering layers?

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What is the “Process” layer of the software engineering layers?

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What is the “methods” layer of the software engineering layers?

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What is the “tools” layer of the software engineering layers?

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What is the process framework: what is a process? Activity? Action? Tasks?

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What is the process framework with regards to framework activities?

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What are the five key activities of the process framework?

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What is the “communication” activity?

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What is the “planning” activity?

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What is the “modelling” activity?

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What is the “construction” activity?

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What is the “deployment” activity?

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What are the “umbrella activities”

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What is process adaptation?

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What is the essence of problem solving for software engineering practice?

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What are the seven principles that focus on software engineering practice as a whole?

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What is the “The reason it all exists” portion of the 7 principles of software engineering practice?

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What is the “KISS” portion of the 7 principles of software engineering practice?

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What is the “Maintain the vision” portion of the 7 principles of software engineering practice?

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What is the “What you produce, others will consume” portion of the 7 principles of software engineering practice?

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What is the “be open to the future” portion of the 7 principles of software engineering practice?

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What is the “plan ahead for reuse” portion of the 7 principles of software engineering practice?

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What is the “Think!” portion of the 7 principles of software engineering practice?

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What is the software process framework

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What is a Linear Process Flow?

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What is an Iterative Process Flow?

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What is an Evolutionary Process Flow?

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What is a Parallel Process Flow

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What is a task set? How do you identify a task set?

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What is process assessment and improvement?

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What are Prescriptive Process Models?

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