January 2021

Development and quality plans have five objectives. a. Can you list the objectives? b. Suggest ways in which each objective contributes to the successful and timely completion of the project. Some development elements are included in the requirement document, yet are not compiled by development planners. a. Which elements of the development plan belong to […]

Development process mapping is one of the most important elements of the development plan. a. List the possible phases of the development process. b. List possible inputs and outputs for each of the phases suggested in (1). c. What components of each activity, as associated with each project phase, should be described in the development

Why is it necessary to mention team members by name? Isn’t it sufficient to list the number of team members by their expertise as required for each phase of the project? Boehm and Ross (1989) mentioned 10 major software risk items. a. Can you list the 10 SRIs? b. For each of the SRIs mentioned

It is quite natural to expect participation of the document’s author (the designer) in a review of any type. a. What are the arguments in favor of his or her participation? b. What are the differences in the part played and the status of the author in each of the review methods discussed? The preparations

1. Pressman lists 13 golden guidelines for successful design review (see Frame 8.3). a. Four of the golden rules deal with design review infrastructure. Can you list these golden guidelines and elaborate on the importance of the infrastructure elements and how they affect software quality? b. It is often claimed that the six golden guidelines dealing

1. Not a few software industry professionals maintain that the main goal of software testing is “to prove that the software package is ready”. a. Explain in your own words why this is not a suitable goal for software testing. b. What other goals might replace the goal mentioned above, and what gains in the effectiveness

Section 9.4 mentions the terms path coverage and line coverage. a. Explain in your own words what the terms mean and list the main differences between these coverage metrics. b. Explain why the implementation of path coverage is impractical in most test applications. c. Bengal Tours is a city center travel agency that specializes in

1.“MPT star” is a program for calculating the annual municipal property taxes, based on the neighborhood, the type of property (house, store, apartment, etc.), the size of the property, the discounts to which the owner is entitled (pensioners, low-income large family, single-parent family, etc.). Suggest a framework for stratified sampling test cases from the citizens’

Elaborate on how applying a mixed-source methodology overcomes the disadvantages of a single-source methodology. Elaborate on how applying a mixed-source methodology enhances testing efficiency. Provide a hypothetical example. Software testing experts claim that applying a stratified sample of real-life test cases is more effective for identifying errors and more efficient than regular random sampling. a.

Reviewing the advantages and disadvantages of automated software testing: a. Explain the main advantages and disadvantages of automated tests in your own words. b. Referring to your answer to (1), suggest what project characteristics are most suitable for automated testing. List your assumptions. c. Referring to your answer to (1) suggest what project characteristics are