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5 The system engineering process usually begins with the ______ view. (1)
6 The system specification describes the ______. (2)
7 The relationships shown in a data model must be classified to show their ______
and ______. (2)
8 The importance of software design can be summarised in a single word, namely
______. (1)
9 Software engineering is a layered technology. Give a graphical representation of
the software engineering layers and a brief description of the function of each
layer. (8)
10 You are asked to develop word-processing software. You decide to follow the
incremental model.
10.1 Give a short overview of the incremental model approach. (2)
10.2 How could the incremental model approach be used to develop the proposed
word-processing software? (2)
11 You are the project manager of a dynamic cellphone company with two million
cellphone users. Your company is considering the redevelopment of the billing
software. Write a report to management in which you explain why you would not
consider evolutionary process models for this project. (6)
12 Scrum emphasises the use of a set of ‘software process patterns’ that have
proven effective for projects with tight time limits, changing requirements and
business criticality. Each of these process patterns defines a set of development
activities. Being a developer at a small software development company, you prefer
the use of Scrum as development methodology. Give an overview of the
development activities, and describe how you would use them in developing an
inventory system for a medium-scaled company. (8)
13 Consider the following scene between three software team members: Jamie Lazar,
Vinod Raman and Ed Robbins.
Ed: What have you heard about the SafeHome project?
Vinod: The kick-off meeting is scheduled for next week.
Jamie: I’ve already done a little bit of investigation, but it didn’t go well.