SLR06 Software Development

Specification Points

1.2.3a Understand the waterfall lifecycle, agile methodologies, extreme programming, the spiral model and rapid application development
1.2.3b The relative merits and drawbacks of different methodologies and when they might be used
1.2.3c Writing and following algorithms
2.2.2d Different test strategies, including black and white box testing and alpha and beta testing
2.2.2e Test programs that solve problems using suitable test data and end user feedback, justify a test strategy for a givens situation

SLR6 (AS & A) - Software development

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Understand the waterfall lifecycle, agile methodologies, extreme programming, the spiral model and rapid application development
Explain the relative merits and drawbacks of different methodologies and when they might be used

Understand the waterfall lifecycle, agile methodologies, extreme programming, the spiral model and rapid application development
Explain the relative merits and drawbacks of different methodologies and when they might be used

Be able to write algorithms for a given situation in both flow chart and pseudocode form.
Be able to re-write algorithms from flowcharts to pseudocode and vice versa.

Understand the different test strategies, including black and white box testing and alpha and beta testing.
Be able to describe the features, merits and drawbacks of each testing strategy.

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