Iterative and incremental development

Name Instructor Course Date Personal Reflection/ Project Response Essay Recently, I attended a software engineering development course. Indeed, the course was valuable to imparting the desired software engineering skills for aspiring software engineers. Today, software systems continue to evolve in terms of features and supportive tools. Difficulties in managing software development can be attributed to the challenges inherent to planning activities as software features evolve over time.…

Development/Use or Incorporation of Theory: The underlying philosophical paradigm used in Kuznets’ (2001) “Star Trek’s Culture of Consumption” journal article is interpretivist research. He does not predefine variables (Myers, 2013) to explain the Star Trek…

Software Development Lifecycle Model The Waterfall method of software development, otherwise known as the “traditional method” is one of the oldest processes that software development teams utilize in software solution implementation. The waterfall methodology is based on five phases that must be followed consecutively to reach the final goal. The five phases of the waterfall method include analysis, design, implementation, testing and maintenance. Each stage of the waterfall software…

use of testing framework has become a growing requirement in software development. This framework is a kind of software which can automate the pre-generated test cases. So, for developing test automation software an incremental and timeframe iterative approach known as Agile Software Development Methodology can be used. It provides software developers a working test framework early with respect to traditional software development methods e.g. waterfall model. In this paper, an approach of…

The modern economic world is undergoing a paradigm shift from an industrial age that valued tangible objects and commodities, to an increasingly intellectually driven marketplace. Accordingly, human capital—the cognitive development of abilities to think creatively, generate ideas and innovate, are becoming the most valuable assets in this economy (Michanek & Breiler, 2013). The Japanese Research Institution, Nomura, describes this economic transition as pivoting from the industrial age, through…

S, 2014). Agile processes enables the team to provide pieces of functional software the client can immediately use. Customer satisfaction occurs which in turn increases their return on investment. Haunts. S, (2014) adds that agile software development “focuses on people and their interactions rather than the processes and tools used”. Emphasis is placed on collaboration between the client and the developers as aiding in the requirements definition process reduces unknowns and increases…

Insight from the literature shows that the born global firms’ behaviour contradicts the Uppsala model’s gradual process notion because such firms are able to accelerate their internationalisation by leap frogging several stages of the incremental process. The Born Global firms are different from the traditional MNCs which are a domestic focus for many years before internationalising but the born global firms are early adopters of internationalisation. The Born Global firms from inception…

Deferring the realization of value until the final delivery of the solution imposes risk that customer expectations may not match the outcome and that the result may not be workable. In addition, opportunities are lost to add momentum to the development of the final product through customer feedback and reinforcement. Catalyst divides big, high-risk service contracts and engagements into smaller, more manageable pieces in order to more frequentl y and consistently deliver measurable, added…

Theoretical Background: Complexity, Social Capital, Appreciative Inquiry and Intentional Change theory Within this qualitative research design, three theories have been applied to help clarify the responses and decision-making approaches of the Board Members following the 2008 financial crisis. These 4 theories are Complexity, Social Capital, Appreciative Inquiry and Intentional Change theory. Because these theories offer support for organizational change, individual stakeholder improvements…

The initiatives were intended to produce a more competitive and successful institution, but they were inadequately integrated into the overall strategy. After building their balanced scorecard, Metro Bank’s managers dropped many of those programs—such as a marketing effort directed at individuals with very high net worth—and consolidated others into initiatives that were better aligned with the company’s strategic objectives. For example, the managers replaced a program aimed at en- page 10…