Software development methodology

or case for the solution. Such development practice qualifies XP to be an agile method of software development. Citing Don well (1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2009) Extreme Programming improves a software project in five essential ways; communication, simplicity, feedback, respect, and courage. This can be likening as the software architectural process of an agile software designing. These five essentials are to ensure that all necessary objectives are met in software design using Agile method.…

principles of software engineering in The Mythical Man-Month. Brooks writes about common problems faced by software engineers and how the principles are applied. While elaborating on common problems encountered Brooks goes into specific details about systems that are antiquated due to advances in technology. However it is clear that the principles are still applicable to modern software engineering. The simile of the tar pit is an accurate portrayal of current endeavors attempted by ambitious…

Task 2 (M1) Relook at this criteria – Show examples Discuss the importance of quality of code. There are many reasons why code quality is important to have when you’re creating a program one of these reasons are to make it easier to read and appeal to a wide audience this can be done not only by separating coding and indenting it, but also by adding comments to your coding with descriptive text about what the certain piece is doing, as well as this giving specific names to certain tools used in…

3- IT and Business managers should work together for removing any communication obstacles to have a successful communication going. (Gartenstein, 2012). By having a weekly meetings which will strengthen the communication more . 4- Interpersonal interaction between the IT and business departments should be improved in the meetings, as most of the time the business team feel that they are lost as then don’t understand the technical points, this can be achieved by train the IT team to improve…

Introduction: In layman terms Minitab is a software package. It is a menu and command driven software package for statistical analysis. Interview Questions about Minitab 1. What is Minitab and why use Minitab? Answer: Minitab is a software package for statistical analysis. Minitab is used for both learning about statistics as well as research in statistics. It is very useful and easy once you know the fundamentals. Below are few key points for using Minitab • For the beginners it is very easy…

One of the advantages of perceptual versus instrumental evaluation is the cost and/or availability. The equipment needed for instrumental evaluation is very expensive and may be difficult to obtain depending on the setting where the evaluation is taking place. For perceptual analysis on the other hand the clinician can perform the analysis herself or can have someone else complete the analysis for little to no money. Additionally, with the expensive equipment needed for instrumental analysis the…

Why should technical writers be included in the development lifecycle? Is the company concerned about missed deadlines, buggy code, and unhappy users? This may seem to counter previous experience, but an agile approach to documentation can address all these problems. This can only happen if the whole team is on board. Documentation under a waterfall technique gives the team little reason to care about capturing important information about a feature. It seems in the industry that…

Software: Software is a collection of programs, documents, user manuals and the application itself called software. Software is developed for a specific customer requirement Product: Product is a process of designing and developing a device that produces an item for sale, it can develop for an overall requirement in the market. The software is different from other engineered products. Let us take an engineering/hardware product, once the product is design and went into the production, it’s set…

Edward Yourdon, born in 1944, has made extensive contributions to the software engineering industry throughout his lifetime. After attending Massachusetts Institute of Technology and obtaining a bachelor’s degree in applied mathematics in 1965, Yourdon went on to begin his career in computing (O 'Regan). He began work as a programmer for Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). From the 1960s to 1990s, DEC was a leading vendor of computer systems. Under their direction, Yourdon managed to develop…

Established in 1981by Mr N.R Narayana Murthy and six engineers in Pune, over the years has catalyzed some of the major changes that have led India emergence as a global destination for software service talent. Infosys has emerged into leading multinational corporation that provides business consulting, information technology, software engineering and outsourcing services. Infosys is also…