Unit 3 - Software Development

Describe the waterfall lifecycle, agile methodologies, extreme programming, the spiral model and rapid application development

Describe the relative merits and drawbacks of different methodologies and when they might be used

Understand the term “algorithm”

Learn how to write algorithms using pseudocode

Learn how to interpret algorithms and determine their purpose

Understand the need for and characteristics of a variety of programming paradigms

Describe the features of procedural languages

Describe the features of declarative languages

Describe the features of object-oriented languages

• Develop an understanding of classes, objects, methods, attributes, inheritance, encapsulation and polymorphism

Write and follow simple assembly language programs

Understand and apply immediate, direct, indirect and indexed addressing modes