421 Review Questions
1.
Does software engineering add documentation that
slows down the project?
2.
Is there one software process that is better than the
others for different software types (engineering
software, application software, etc…)?
3.
What are 3 reasons software projects fail?
4.
Is there ever a reason not to add a new feature to my
product?
421 Review Questions
1.
Why do we use UML in the software process?
2.
What are some changes that will happen in the UML
diagrams as you migrate your models from the
specification to implementation phases?
3.
During the analysis phase, are you thinking about the
final implementation? If not, why not? If so, what
changes are made during analysis because of this?
421 Review Questions
1.
How do use-cases help: developers? End-users? Customers?
Testers?
2.
What does a use-case represent?
3.
What is the difference between a user-goal and a system
interaction?
4.
Explain <<extends>> ?
421 Review Questions
1.
What are some of the umbrella activities in a software
project?
2.
What are the goals of a software process like CMMI, ISO900,
etc… In general how do they help projects achieve those
goals?
3.
What is the problem with the requirement “The system shall
provide an immediate response to a user query”? How should
it be re-written?
421 Review Questions
• What is meant in XP by Test Driven
Development?
• How do XP practices make the need
for a specification disappear?
• When is a project NOT a good
candidate for XP?
Class Diagram Questions
• How do I “read” this arrow:
Class A
Class B
• How about this arrow:
Class A
Class B
Class C
Sequence
Diagrams/Leadership
• How do I model a return value?
• Which arrow is for a synchronous versus
asynchronous message?
• What are the important things you do as
software leader?
Diagrams - ERD, DFD,
State, Activity
• Is a state diagram for a class or the whole
system?
• What goes on the arrow between states? (Or
what does that arrow “mean”?)
• Why use swimlanes?
• What is the difference between an ERD and a
DFD?
• Describe a level 0 DFD.
• Can an activity diagram have parallel
processing? If so, how?
More Review
• Given
http://developers.sun.com/jsenterprise/learni
ng/tutorials/jse8/uml_class_diagram/Complete
d-Class-Diagram.gif
• How many Entry stations can an ATM have?
• Is it clear what to do when you put money
(physically) into a Cashier Station? What about
an ATM?
More Review
• In XP, explain the concept of “Sustainable Pace”? What
specifically does it mean?
• Explain XP’s Test Driven Development?
• What are the steps in the generic process framework?
• What is component based software development?
• What is a non-functional requirement of your web
browser?
• Negotiation is a step in the requirements process… what
happens then?
• On sequence diagram
(http://dev2dev.bea.com/images/articles/ssosaml-3.jpg)
starts the J-security check?
who
More Review
• When do you apply risk management in
the software process?
• What is a software practice?
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What is a metric?
Give me an example
Why do we create them?
What is defect removal efficiency?
Does a metric need to be
actionable? What does that mean?
In Python:
root = Tk()
root.title(“Some title”)
What is the name of the method to
set the title?
root.title heading title window
• What is verification versus
validation?
• What is dynamic testing? Static?
• When should testing begin? What
stage of the software development
lifecycle?
• Testing lecture coming up in CS
dept
• Essays due NEXT WEEK!
Test Coverage Criteria
• What is test coverage criteria and
what are some advantages over
traditional testing methods?
• What is the fault/error/failure
model?
Test Coverage Criteria
• What is test coverage criteria and
what are some advantages over
traditional testing methods?
stopping rule, progress metrics,
better efficiency
• What is the fault/error/failure
model?
• Fault is the actual problem in the code
• Error is the incorrect system state
when running
• Faiure is the external incorrect
behavior
• Guest lecture from Ben Booth on
experiences using Agile XP/SCRUM
development techniques
• What is unit testing and how to
automate some of it using Junit and
test coverage
• Refactoring overview
• Course Evaluations – Volunteers?
Notice
• Remember you have a paper due
this semester!
• I missed your last birthday… so class
10/9 – Cancelled (Midterm is
10/7…. BE THERE)
• What is the difference between
Agile and Prescriptive
development?
• Why is it important to have a
rationale for a requirement?
Notice
• What are some important
characteristics of good requirements?
• Send draft User Stories to your clients
for feedback. Explain decisions you
had to make. cc: Dan Fleck
• Today: Guest speaker Ben Booth from
Near Infinity
http://www.nearinfinity.com/
Questions
• In XP planning game how do you
calculate your velocity for the next
phase?
• Explain test driven development?
• How might pair programming help
and hurt?
• How do you model non-functional
requirementsor constraints in User
Stories?
• The system must have up-time of 99%
over a week period
This Week
• Predecessors in a schedule
• Begin Analysis Phase discussion
• Answer any questions from the
review
• Reminder: Next week is the
midterm!
• Closed book, 1 3x5 handwritten
notecard allowed
This Week
• Finish up Analysis Phase
• Question: What is the purpose of
the analysis phase?
• CRC Cards
• Project Management and Scheduling
This week
• Finish up testing
• JUnit
• Review CRC Cards (example)
• Leadership – what do I do?
Today
• Discuss Project Presentation
• Schedule presentations
• Discuss final project deliverable
• Folder – everything should be in it
• Will grade final version of schedule and
risk list
• Code – Needs to be executable (not a
printout) – email is fine
• Finish up design
• Start Refactoring