Exam 18: Methodologies for Supporting Agile Organizations

What breaks a project into tiny phases, each of which must be completed before developers can continue on to the next phase?

Iterative development consists of a series of tiny projects. It has become the foundation of multiple agile methodologies.

Summarize the different software development methodologies.

Loose coupling is the capability of two or more computer systems to share data and resources, even though they are made by different manufacturers.

Rapid application development (RAD) methodology (also called rapid prototyping) emphasizes extensive user involvement in the rapid and evolutionary construction of working prototypes of a system, to accelerate the systems development process.

What is the capability of two or more computer systems to share data and resources, even though they are made by different manufacturers?

Which gate in the RUP methodology is construction?

Waterfall development consists of a series of tiny projects. It has become the foundation of multiple agile methodologies.

The oldest and the best known methodology is the agile methodology, a sequence of phases in which the output of each phase becomes the input for the next.

SOA ensures that MIS systems can adapt quickly, easily, and economically to support rapidly changing business needs.

Prototyping is a modern design approach in which the designers and system users use an iterative approach to building the system.

The rational unified process (RUP) methodology, owned by IBM, provides a framework for breaking down the development of software into four gates.

A web service is an open-standards way of supporting interoperability. Web services are application programming interfaces (API) that can be accessed over a network, such as the Internet, and executed on a remote system hosting the requested services.

Discovery prototyping builds a small-scale representation or working model of the system to ensure that it meets the user and business requirements.

Which gate in the RUP methodology includes building and developing the product?

Loose coupling is the capability of services to be joined together on demand to create composite services, or disassembled just as easily into their functional component.

Which gate in the RUP methodology includes building and developing the project?

What emphasizes extensive user involvement in the rapid and evolutionary construction of working prototypes of a system to accelerate the systems development process?

The scrum methodology uses small teams to produce small pieces of software using a series of sprints, or 30-day intervals, to achieve an appointed goal.

A web service is an open-standards way of supporting interoperability.