Mid Term Examination Swen 5430

SWEN 5430 Midterm Exam March 6 Due by March 9th before 10:00PM

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Name______1. State ten software related metrics activities that can be used to measure the software product, process or resources. 2. List, in increasing order of sophistication, the five most important measurement scale types. 3. From the interviewing lecture what kinds of information should be sought in the interview? 4. List the five steps in interview preparation. 5. What is a probing question? What is the purpose of using a probing question in interviews? 6. What kinds of information is the software engineer analyst seeking through the use of questionnaires? 7. What were the seven guidelines for choosing language for the questionnaire? 8. To build my Decision Metrics Matrix, what nine- (9) steps were taken? 9. State the 5 key steps in the Software Engineering Institute's (SEI) Software Capability Maturity Model. Briefly state the contents in the five steps. 10. Explain briefly the idea behind the GQM paradigm and give the 10 steps in the process. Is it always the right approach for suggesting what to measure? Suppose you are managing a software development project for which Reliability is a major concern. A continual stream of anomalies is discovered in the software during the testing phase, and you suspect that the software will not be of sufficient quality by the shipping deadline. Construct GQM tree that helps you to make an informal decision about when to ship the software. All problems are 10 points. You are to do this test on your own with no help from anyone! GOOD LUCK HAVE A SAFE SPRING BREAK