Question 1

Discuss how poor management decisions can impact software quality?

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-Estimation decisions - irrational delivery date estimates cause teams to take short-cuts that can lead to reduced product quality
-Scheduling decisions - failing to pay attention to task dependencies when creating the project schedule may force the project team to test modules without their subcomponents and quality may suffer
-Risk-oriented decisions - reacting to each crisis as it arises rather than building in mechanisms to monitor risks and having established contingency plans may result in products having reduced quality

Question 2

List the four design models required for a complete specification of a software design and the role of each.

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Data design - high level model depicting user's view of the data or information.

Question 3

Describe the types of dependencies that can exist in an architectural design.

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Sharing dependencies - represent the dependence relationships among consumers whose use the same source or producers who have the same consumers.
Flow dependencies - represent dependence relationships between producers and consumers of resources
Constrained dependencies - represent constraints on the relative flow of control among a set of activities

Question 4

Describe statistical quality assurance?

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Question 5

How is software scope defined?

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Question 6

Describe all activities that must occur in order to produce a Risk Mitigation,Monitoring,and Management Plan.

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Question 7

What are the steps used to complete the component-level design for a software development project?

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Question 8

List the characteristics that should be considered when considering potential classes for inclusion in an analysis model

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Question 9

Describe three partitioning strategies that can be used when performing class level testing for OO systems.

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Question 10

List the types of models that might be used in requirements modeling and explain the role of each type of model

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Question 11

Describe what is accomplished during the component qualification,adaptation,and composition activities of component-based development.

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Question 12

Explain what is wrong with the notion that computer software does not need to evolve over time.

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Question 13

Describe the relationships among software engineering process,methods,and tools.

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Question 14

Under what circumstances should requirements modeling be utilized for Web or mobile apps?

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Question 15

Describe the differences between software construction and software deployment.

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Question 16

Describe three control structure testing strategies.

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Question 17

What are the key differences between validation testing goals and acceptance testing goals?

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Quiz 2: Software Development and Engineering: Processes, Methods, and Tools