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?
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• 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?