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This document discusses software process models and activities. It explains that a software process is a set of structured activities used to develop software, including specification, design, implementation, validation, and evolution. Process models provide abstract representations of processes. Process descriptions typically discuss activities, products, roles, and pre- and post-conditions. Plan-driven processes plan all activities in advance, while agile processes use incremental planning and are more flexible to change. Most practical processes incorporate elements of both plan-driven and agile approaches.

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This document discusses software process models and activities. It explains that a software process is a set of structured activities used to develop software, including specification, design, implementation, validation, and evolution. Process models provide abstract representations of processes. Process descriptions typically discuss activities, products, roles, and pre- and post-conditions. Plan-driven processes plan all activities in advance, while agile processes use incremental planning and are more flexible to change. Most practical processes incorporate elements of both plan-driven and agile approaches.

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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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