ITM 305-Chapter 10 Test Questions
Waterfall Model - Answer A series of steps in which a software system trickles down from
analysis to design to implementation. SDLC that assumes phases can be completed sequentially
with no overlap or iteration
Once one phase is completed, you fall over the waterfall to the next phase, no going back
incremental development - Answer Completes portions of the system in small increments and
integrated as the project progresses
walking skeleton - Answer The complete system structure is built first, but with bare-bones
functionality
Methodologies - Answer A collection of techniques that are used to complete activities and
tasks (inc. modeling) for every aspect of the project
Model - Answer an abstraction of an important aspect of the real world.
Tools - Answer Software applications that assists developers in creating models or other
components required for a project
Technique - Answer A collection of guidelines that help an analyst complete an activity or task
Agile Development - Answer A guiding philosophy and set of guidelines for developing
information systems in an unknown, rapidly changing environment
Chaordic - Answer A term for adaptive projects - chaotic yet ordered
Unified Process (UP) - Answer The UP was the early leader in adaptive approaches. UP and
UML (Unified Modeling Language) were developed together
Inception phase - Answer getting the project started
Elaboration - Answer understanding the system requirements
construction - Answer building the system
Waterfall Model - Answer A series of steps in which a software system trickles down from
analysis to design to implementation. SDLC that assumes phases can be completed sequentially
with no overlap or iteration
Once one phase is completed, you fall over the waterfall to the next phase, no going back
incremental development - Answer Completes portions of the system in small increments and
integrated as the project progresses
walking skeleton - Answer The complete system structure is built first, but with bare-bones
functionality
Methodologies - Answer A collection of techniques that are used to complete activities and
tasks (inc. modeling) for every aspect of the project
Model - Answer an abstraction of an important aspect of the real world.
Tools - Answer Software applications that assists developers in creating models or other
components required for a project
Technique - Answer A collection of guidelines that help an analyst complete an activity or task
Agile Development - Answer A guiding philosophy and set of guidelines for developing
information systems in an unknown, rapidly changing environment
Chaordic - Answer A term for adaptive projects - chaotic yet ordered
Unified Process (UP) - Answer The UP was the early leader in adaptive approaches. UP and
UML (Unified Modeling Language) were developed together
Inception phase - Answer getting the project started
Elaboration - Answer understanding the system requirements
construction - Answer building the system
