Project Management: Deliverables, Milestones & Scheduling

Posted by on Mar 15, 2025 in Software Engineering | 0 comments

Project Deliverables

Definition: Products that, in a certain state, are exchanged between customers and developers throughout the IT project implementation.

Feasibility Study Deliverables

Brief description of the proposed system and its features.

Analysis Deliverables

  • Requirements capture
  • System Specification

Design Deliverables

A detailed description of the system will contain:

  • Programs, reusable modules, and objects.
  • Files and databases.

Coding Deliverables

Documents the final design of the system and each

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Consensus Building: Achieving Win-Win Outcomes in Requirements Engineering

Posted by on Mar 14, 2025 in Software Engineering | 0 comments

Consensus Building (Win-Win)

Aims at bringing a number of stakeholders to consensus, a typical problem during requirements engineering.

Incremental, Risk-Driven Spiral Process

  • Identification of stakeholders
  • Identification of win conditions
  • Conflict resolution

Asynchronous Groupware Tool

  • Stakeholders post win conditions
  • Facilitator detects conflict
  • Stakeholders discuss alternatives
  • Stakeholders make agreements
  1. Review and expand negotiation topics

    Objective: Refine and customize the outline of negotiation topics.

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UI Design: Key Concepts and Methods

Posted by on Mar 12, 2025 in Software Engineering | 0 comments

Here’s a concise cheat sheet summarizing the key definitions and concepts from your notes:

Direct Manipulation and Invisible Interfaces

Direct Manipulation

– The user interacts directly with the task, reducing the interface’s role as an intermediary.
– Key principle: The user should feel like they are controlling the object, not the interface.
– Reduces the gulf of execution & evaluation, making interactions more intuitive.
– Examples: Dragging files with a mouse vs. typing commands; touchscreen gestures.
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Software Development Life Cycle Models: Waterfall, Incremental, RAD, Prototype

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Software Development Life Cycle Models

Waterfall Model

The Waterfall model means that the requirements of a problem are well understood and stable in the 5 Stages of Generic Software Engineering. Documents are generated in each stage. Revisions are made after each stage; the process only passes to the next stage if the previous stage is completed.

Advantages:

  1. Recommended for products that have a stable definition.
  2. Recommended when working with known methodologies.
  3. Helps to minimize the costs of planning
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Software Engineering: Testing, ISO 12207, Quality & Planning

Posted by on Mar 7, 2025 in Software Engineering | 0 comments

Software Testing Principles

Analyze the set of testing principles adopted in software engineering? Here’s a concise summary of the testing principles in software engineering:

  1. Testing Shows Presence of Defects: Testing reveals defects but cannot prove the software is defect-free.
  2. Exhaustive Testing Is Impossible: It’s impractical to test all possible scenarios; prioritize critical areas.
  3. Early Testing Saves Time and Costs: Detecting defects early in the SDLC reduces effort and cost.
  4. Defect Clustering:
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Software Design and Implementation Phases

Posted by on Mar 5, 2025 in Software Engineering | 0 comments

Software Design and Implementation

Design and Implementation

  • Software design and implementation is the stage in the software engineering process at which an executable software system is developed.
  • Software design and implementation activities are invariably inter-leaved.
    • Software design is a creative activity in which you identify software components and their relationships, based on a customer’s requirements.
    • Implementation is the process of realizing the design as a program.

Build or Buy

  • In a wide range
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