Exam 3: Methodology

The iterative undertaking of software development does not fit into a sequential plan of actions.

The ________ defines the boundaries and goal of the project.

The goal of a project need not to be verifiable.

An activity thread is a set of road maps that all end at one point.

Describe the difference between methodology and method.

Scope-creep happens when additional features overstep the original scope.

The assembly line was ________ that took shape in the military to cope with the exigencies of funding and the battlefield.

The divide and conquer strategy leads to identifying ________ for a project.

Elaborate on the following: "Modeling is a super-methodology."

Differentiate technology from methodology and from method. Can you come up with an example that differentiates these concepts in a specific context, perhaps software development?

Describe the pros and cons of using methodology.

________ is the primary source behind the emergence of methodology.

Briefly describe the activities involved in XP.

Software development activities ? requirements gathering, analysis, logical design, physical design, architectural design, coding, testing, and deployment ________.

A better-known example of agile methods, and one of the earliest ones, is Extreme Programming (XP).

The completion date of a project is predetermined and never changes.

Compare and contrast prototyping to incremental approach.

To solve a problem, first you need to define the problem.

The spiral model combines the waterfall model with prototyping and iteration.

Characteristics for a good manager are all of the following except ________.