Revision lecture

Function point analysis

The vocabulary that comes from mainframe computing

• When it talks about input, output and logical files, it is talking about batch files that are run overnight that contain large amounts of data.
• File types
  • sequential
  • index sequential
  • random access
• It is a way of calculating the complexity of different computational processes.
• It is important to know the formulae for COCOMO and be able to insert values into the formulae given in a question
  • the effort in person months
  • development time in months
  • abbreviations such as KDSI
  • The three classes of project
  • Won't be calculations - just verifying if given insertions are correct.

Software processes

• Know the pros and cons of the processes

Software Assurance Definition

• Look at the allstate lecture slides.
  • Security
  • TDD
• Be familiar at least with the names and broad nature of the types of security issues

Software project management

• Be able to complete a network analysis question. Refer to tutorial for more notes
• Look at metrics
• No calculations necessary in test. might be given figures to analyse. If given values are correct - if correct forumula is used.

Requirements engineering

• How a use case differs from a user story
• Use case diagrams, read in direction of the arrow - slide 79 - K extends N