Module 9 : Software Project Management

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Module 8 (Software Evolution)

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Hectic.

February is about to come to it's end. And yes. March are creeping in. Hectic March i should say. On Monday, the lecture will start on Module 8 which is about Software Evolution. I have started to revise about the module and in brief i would say that the module is about software maintenance and software re-engineering.

Regarding about the post's title, "Hectic" is a suitable word for the upcoming week. Starting Monday the 28th of February till Friday the 4th, I have the "perfect" combination of tests,quizzes, presentations and assignments' submission. I can feel the butterflies in the stomach just to think of it.

Here is the list of things that i have to endure during that week (as far as i can remember).

Monday (28/2) - Software Engineering's Quiz, Database's Assignment 1 Submission

Tuesday (1/3) - IT Communication Oral Presentation, Operating System's Quiz

Wednesday (2/3) - Islamic Studies 2 Presentation and Mid-Term Test (probably)

Thursday (3/3) - Software Engineering's Assignment 2 Submission (SRS)

Friday (4/3) - Human Computer Interaction's Test 2, Database's Project Presentation

It's going to be a long and hard week to endure. (no futsal. T.T) However, I'm going to get through it in style. Like a BOSS i should say. Head held high and crash the obstacles with grace. The reward will be the sweetest. Jyeah!

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"Expect problems and eat them for breakfast"
Alfred A. Montapert

Modul 7(Software Quality Management)

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Modul 6 (Verification & Validation)

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Module 6

Today, in class, we have entered Module 6 which is Verification & Validation topic. In the end of the lecture, Madam Badariah asked the class to define the term of "Errors", "Defects" & "Faults" . By defining the terms, we should see the difference between them and able to differentiate wisely.

Error : Software - error resulting from bad code in some program involved in producing the erroneous result

Computer - the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer

Syntax - an error of language resulting from code that does not conform to the syntax of the programming language

Runtime/Semantic - an error in logic or arithmetic that must be detected at run time

Defects : IEEE - a product anomaly

Pressman, 203 - synonymous with fault, both imply a quality problem discovered after the software has been released to end-users (or to another activity in the software process)

Faults : ACM Digital Library - a structural imperfection in a software system that may lead to the system's eventually failing

PC Mag - when the program directs the computer to go outside of its restricted memory boundary (software).

- failure in one of the circuits. (hardware)

Source : (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/software+error)

(http://www.softwaredevelopment.ca/bugs.shtml)

(http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1141248)

(http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia_term/0,2542,t=fault&i=43029,00.asp)

"Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence! "

Edsger Dijkstra

Assignment 3 - Task 5

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Mind Map for Module 5

"The new information technology—Internet and e-mail—have practically eliminated the physical costs of communications."
-Peter Drucker

Assignment 2 : Task 2

Knowledge Base Sdn Bhd (K-Base) has their personalized software engineering disciplines. The methods used by K-Base in development of software/system are Life-Cycle Development Framework, Agile Development Methodology and Software Configuration Management.

Life-Cycle Development Framework as you can see is somehow similar to what we have learned in class; there are Planning, Requirement Analysis, Design & Development, Implementation and Testing & Integration stages. The only dissimilarities of the Life-Cycle used by K-Base compared from what we learned in class are they implement another three stages namely Evaluation, Release and Support stages.

Offshore Delivery Model

Strengths

• Excellent results : Clients can get high quality work from the quality of Offshore resources
• Reduce costs : The Offshore dedicated project team, works within predefined processes.
• The project goals are well defined.
• No extra expense : Clients doesn't have to worry about the infrastructure needed to complete their task.

Weaknesses

• Low management maturity : Management maturity among offshore development centers is often low.
• Customers may not sure what they want.
• Skills Availability : Lacks of skills and education.
  

Onsite Delivery Model

Strengths

• Face-to-face dealings with the clients : Continuous interaction with the client is possible which enables the service provider to have a clear understanding of what the client is expecting from them and also of the end results desired by the client.
• No chance of communication gap.
• On Hand Information: The service provider can obtain first hand information by understanding the scenario existing at the client’s place.
• Reduce time to market.
  

Hybrid Delivery Model

Strengths

• Direct dealings with the clients : Direct interaction with the client is possible through the onsite center. So no possibility of communication gap. Also the service provider gets a better picture of the client’s needs.
• Access to the most excellent resources : Client can have access to the best technology, skilled manpower and equipment possible made available to them by the offshore development center.
  
• Great cost benefits : Cost savings resulting from majority of the work being outsourced to the offshore development center where the resources are comparatively cheaper.
• 24/7 productivity and availability.

Assignment 3 - Task 4

Mind map for Module 4 can be obtained by clicking on the following link:

Mind Map for Module 4

“Software is like entropy. It is difficult to grasp, weighs nothing, and obeys the second law of thermodynamics; i.e. it always increases.”
-Norman R. Augustine

Assignment 3 (Task 3) Part 2

This is the Part 2 of the chapter.

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"There is only one success--to be able to spend your life in your own way."
-Christopher Morley-

Assignment 3 (Task 3)

I was assigned to build a mind map on Chapter 3. This is the Part 1.

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"A loving heart is the truest wisdom."
-Charles Dickens-

Assignment 3 (Task 2)

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Assignment 2 - Task 1

Below is the link to the file that contains the analysis table for Incremental, Prototyping, Spiral and Extreme Programming (XP) software process models:

Software Process Models

"One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man. "
Elbert Hubbard

Assesment 3(Task 1)

This is the mind mapping for module 1(Introduction of SE)

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