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4.

What are some possible topics for a status assessment review?

1. Design and coding standards

2. Major risks

3. Technical progress

 (a) I and II only  (b) I, II, and III  (c) I and III only  (d) II and III only

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Correct answer is

(d)

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   See section 9.3, page 134 in the textbook.

5.

What determines the amount of milestones to be performed?

1. The amount of technical risk involved

2. The number of stakeholders

3. The type of project

 (a) I and II only  (b) I, II, and III  (c) II and III only  (d) I and III only

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(b)

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   See chapter 9, page 126 in the textbook.    

6.

What is the main goal of the initial operational-capability milestone?

 (a) To assess the readiness of the software to begin the transition to customer-user sites and to authorize the start of acceptance testing  (b) To demonstrate an executable architecture to all stakeholders  (c) To present to all stakeholders a recommendation on how to proceed with development  (d) To assess the completion of the software and its transition to the support organization, if any

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(a)

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   See section 9.1, page 130 in the textbook.    

7.

Status assessments should be performed

 (a) at the end of each phase  (b) at regular intervals  (c) every time a problem is encountered  (d) at the end of each iteration

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(b)

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   See section 9.3, page 133 in the textbook.    

8.

Among the reasons for having checkpoints in the software process are

1. the need to achieve a concurrence of stakeholders' expectations and perspectives

2. the need to establish a consistent artifact baseline

3. the need to identify risk conditions

 (a) II and III only  (b) II only  (c) I, II, and III  (d) I and II only

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(c)

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9.

Of all stakeholders involved in a software project, who would be mostly concerned with the interoperability of existing systems?

 (a) Customers  (b) Users  (c) Maintainers  (d) Developers

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(c)

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   See section 9.1, page 127 in the textbook.    

10.

What is true of the number of major milestones that should be performed?

 (a) There is no need for one for every phase, regardless of the type of project.  (b) There should be one for every phase.  (c) There should be more than one for every phase, regardless of the type of project.  (d) They should be performed whenever a stakeholder makes a request.

Correct answer is

(b)