Assignment 1  Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 400–600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundati

Assignment 1  

Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 400–600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.

Using the library and Internet, research information about software development methodologies. Select a development methodology and a development scenario that the methodology would work well for.

• Summarize the scenario you would be dealing with as a software development example.
• Describe the development methodology you selected and why you think it fits well with the scenario.
• Identify the key strengths and weaknesses of the methodology.
• Discuss how you would deal with the potential problems that might arise from the weaknesses in the methodology.

Assignment 2 

Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 400–600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.

Using the library and Internet, research information about software requirements analysis and design. Complete the following:

• Identify at least 3 of the most important considerations to address when gathering requirements for a software development project.
• Describe potential problems that might arise in the requirements-gathering process and steps you would take to reduce the impact of these problems.
• Discuss how a good requirements definition improves the design process in a software development project.

Assignment 3

Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 400–600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.

Using the library and Internet, research information about rapid application development (RAD).

• Discuss the key advantages of applying RAD techniques to a software development project.
• Identify the potential difficulties faced in projects using RAD techniques.
• Select at least 1 of the potential difficulties, and describe the steps you would take to minimize its negative effects on a project.