Chapter 2 – Software Processes
Lecture 1
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Topics covered
Software process models
Process activities
Coping with change
The Rational Unified Process
An example of a modern software process.
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The software process
A structured set of activities required to develop a
software system.
Many different software processes but all involve:
Specification – defining what the system should do;
Design and implementation – defining the organization of the
system and implementing the system;
Validation – checking that it does what the customer wants;
Evolution – changing the system in response to changing
customer needs.
A software process model is an abstract representation
of a process. It presents a description of a process from
some particular perspective.
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Software process descriptions
When we describe and discuss processes, we usually
talk about the activities in these processes such as
specifying a data model, designing a user interface, etc.
and the ordering of these activities.
Process descriptions may also include:
Products, which are the outcomes of a process activity;
Roles, which reflect the responsibilities of the people involved in
the process;
Pre- and post-conditions, which are statements that are true
before and after a process activity has been enacted or a
product produced.
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Plan-driven and agile processes
Plan-driven processes are processes where all of the
process activities are planned in advance and progress
is measured against this plan.
In agile processes, planning is incremental and it is
easier to change the process to reflect changing
customer requirements.
In practice, most practical processes include elements of
both plan-driven and agile approaches.
There are no right or wrong software processes.
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