CSC 715 Cram Sheet - last hour

Must-know definitions

Software engineering; maintainability, dependability, efficiency, acceptability.
Generic vs bespoke; functional vs non-functional.
Waterfall, incremental, reuse; RUP phases (Inception, Elaboration, Construction, Transition).
Agile values; XP practices; Scrum roles/artifacts.
Requirements traceability; validation vs defect testing; TDD.

Key contrasts

Plan-driven (docs, sequential) vs agile (iterative, change expected).
User requirements (abstract) vs system requirements (detailed).
Validation ("right product") vs defect testing ("product right").
Alpha (developer site) vs beta (user site) vs acceptance (contractual).
Reengineering (improve maintainability) vs replacement.

Lists to recall

Four attributes of good software.
Four process activities.
Four elicitation techniques.
UML perspectives (external, interaction, structural, behavioral).
4+1 views.
Three maintenance types.
Four legacy options (scrap, leave, reengineer, replace).

Exam pattern

For each answer: define -> give the model/example -> compare where asked -> state the trade-off. Name the keywords (convoy, aging, priority inversion are OS; here: convoy not relevant). Use Sommerville's terms (change avoidance/tolerance, locality of reference).

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