Due: Monday, Octoer 6 in Distribution Center
| Name: | YOUR NAME |
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| Student ID: | YOUR ID NUMBER |
Why do you want to be a professional software engineer? What role(s) in software development fit you best? Why?
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What are your expectations for this class? List 3-5 things that you would like to learn in ICS 121. For each of them, explain:
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Many software engineering techniques are a kind of planning ahead. For example, the requirements capture phase creates a plan of the product from the customer's view. The design phase creates a plan of the implementation from the developer's view.
Give a specific example from your own experience as a software developer that shows that planning ahead is a good idea. Explain what problem you were trying to solve, and how a specific plan helped you solved that problem.
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A. How does the quote "A ship on the beach is a lighthouse to the sea" relate to Brooks and the experiences that led him to write this book?
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B. In your own words, what is the difference between a "Program" and a "Programming Systems Product"?
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C. Briefly explain Brooks's Law?
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D. Surgical teams are never really used in industry. Describe one practical lesson that you learned from it that you think could be used?
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Think of the user needs for a university enrollment system, like StudentAccess (formerly TELE-Vision). Describe the environment for this system. Identify 2-4 classes of stakeholders and some of their particular needs or concerns. Interview one person (other than yourself) who is a likely user and take notes. Write 2-4 brief user stories about people using this system.
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