Week 1

• Know the key statistics from the Chronic Crisis Quiz.

• Managers attempt to balance tradeoffs among what four key constraining variables?
• Name the five phases in the software lifecycle.
• Be able to give a short description in your own words of what occurs during each phase of the software lifecycle.
• Be able to describe in your own words each artifact produced during each phase of the software lifecycle.
• Be able to give an non-software analogy of the lifecycle model.
• What are the essential characteristics of software that differentiate it from other engineered products?
• What are some common "myths" about software and software development?

  Week 2

• Know the factors in selecting a process model. The waterfall model is appropriate for projects with what characteristics?
• Know the purpose of a project plan and explain the major issues the project plan should address.
• Identify behaviors that are illustrative of effective listening.
• As of Nov 99, how many organizations worldwide had reached maturity level 5?  (Answer: approx 20).
• Be able to solve a critical path problem like Pfleeger Chapter 3 Exercises 2 & 3.
• What's the difference between a deliverable and a work product.  Give an example of each.
• Be able to explain the many roles that an SRS serves in a project.
• Explain the dangers of inadequate analysis.  Give specific examples.
• Pfleeger (Ch 4.2) gives nine "types of requirements."  Dalbey combines these into four categories.  Identify each category and give a brief description of each.  Give an example of a requirement from each category.
• Explain the steps in the analysis process.
• Explain the difference between the project plan and the SRS.
• List the criteria by which to assess the quality of requirements. Give a one or two sentence definition of each criterion.