1. 421 Review Questions
Does software engineering add documentation that slows down the project?
Is there one software process that is better than the others for different software types (engineering software, application software, etc…)?
What are 3 reasons software projects fail?
Is there ever a reason not to add a new feature to my product?

2. 421 Review Questions Why do we use UML in the software process?
What are some changes that will happen in the UML diagrams as you migrate your models from the specification to implementation phases?
During the analysis phase, are you thinking about the final implementation? If not, why not? If so, what changes are made during analysis because of this?

3. 421 Review Questions
How do use-cases help: developers? End-users? Customers? Testers?
What does a use-case represent?
What is the difference between a user-goal and a system interaction?
Explain <<extends>> ?

4. 421 Review Questions
What are some of the umbrella activities in a software project?
What are the goals of a software process like CMMI, ISO900, etc… In general how do they help projects achieve those goals?
What is the problem with the requirement “The system shall provide an immediate response to a user query”? How should it be re-written?
QA, CM, Project Management, etc…

5. 421 Review Questions What is meant in XP by Test Driven Development?
How do XP practices make the need for a specification disappear?
When is a project NOT a good candidate for XP?

6. Class Diagram Questions
How do I “read” this arrow:
How about this arrow:
Class A
Class B
Class A
Class B
Class C

7. Sequence Diagrams/Leadership
How do I model a return value?
Which arrow is for a synchronous versus asynchronous message?
What are the important things you do as software leader?

8. Diagrams - ERD, DFD, State, Activity
Is a state diagram for a class or the whole system?
What goes on the arrow between states? (Or what does that arrow “mean”?)
Why use swimlanes?
What is the difference between an ERD and a DFD?
Describe a level 0 DFD.
Can an activity diagram have parallel processing? If so, how?

9. More Review How many Entry stations can an ATM have?
Given
How many Entry stations can an ATM have?
Is it clear what to do when you put money (physically) into a Cashier Station? What about an ATM?

10. More Review
In XP, explain the concept of “Sustainable Pace”? What specifically does it mean?
Explain XP’s Test Driven Development?
What are the steps in the generic process framework?
What is component based software development?
What is a non-functional requirement of your web browser?
Negotiation is a step in the requirements process… what happens then?
On sequence diagram ( who starts the J-security check?
Communication, planning, modeling, construction, deployment
Non functional - must not crash, must maintain cookies securely, etc… illities!

11. More Review When do you apply risk management in the software process?
What is a software practice?
specific way to do a step in a process model. Process model is spiral, evolutionary, etc… practice is what I do during communication: interviews, draw diagrams and discuss, etc..

12. What is a metric?
Give me an example
Why do we create them?
What is defect removal efficiency?
Does a metric need to be actionable? What does that mean?

13. In Python: root = Tk() root
In Python: root = Tk() root.title(“Some title”) What is the name of the method to set the title? root.title heading title window

14. What is verification versus validation?
What is dynamic testing? Static?
When should testing begin? What stage of the software development lifecycle?
Testing lecture coming up in CS dept
Essays due NEXT WEEK!

15. Test Coverage Criteria
What is test coverage criteria and what are some advantages over traditional testing methods?
What is the fault/error/failure model?

16. Test Coverage Criteria
What is test coverage criteria and what are some advantages over traditional testing methods? stopping rule, progress metrics, better efficiency
What is the fault/error/failure model?
Fault is the actual problem in the code
Error is the incorrect system state when running
Faiure is the external incorrect behavior

17. Today
Guest lecture from Ben Booth on experiences using Agile XP/SCRUM development techniques
What is unit testing and how to automate some of it using Junit and test coverage
Refactoring overview
Course Evaluations – Volunteers?

18. Notice Remember you have a paper due this semester!
I missed your last birthday… so class 10/9 – Cancelled (Midterm is 10/7…. BE THERE)
What is the difference between Agile and Prescriptive development?
Why is it important to have a rationale for a requirement?

19. Notice What are some important characteristics of good requirements?
Send draft User Stories to your clients for feedback. Explain decisions you had to make. cc: Dan Fleck
Today: Guest speaker Ben Booth from Near Infinity

20. Questions
In XP planning game how do you calculate your velocity for the next phase?
Explain test driven development?
How might pair programming help and hurt?
How do you model non-functional requirementsor constraints in User Stories?
The system must have up-time of 99% over a week period

21. This Week Predecessors in a schedule Begin Analysis Phase discussion
Answer any questions from the review
Reminder: Next week is the midterm!
Closed book, 1 3x5 handwritten notecard allowed

22. This Week Finish up Analysis Phase
Question: What is the purpose of the analysis phase?
CRC Cards
Project Management and Scheduling

23. This week Finish up testing Review CRC Cards (example)
JUnit
Review CRC Cards (example)
Leadership – what do I do?

24. Today Discuss Project Presentation Discuss final project deliverable
Schedule presentations
Discuss final project deliverable
Folder – everything should be in it
Will grade final version of schedule and risk list
Code – Needs to be executable (not a printout) – is fine
Finish up design
Start Refactoring