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Software Development Process

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Sw Development Process

Software Development Processes:

a structured set of activities required to develop a software system

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A set of activities: 0. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
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Feasibility Study Project Planning and Management Risk Analysis Requirements Analysis Design Analysis Software Implementation V&V (Verification & Validation) Maintess
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Now and during the next lessons we will present differents kinds of Software Development Processes through some Case Studies

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Code & Fix
by Alessandro Tomasi Lesson 6

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A Definition
Programming: is the art and/or science of creating a program, a set of instructions for a computer to do some work.

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Programming often consists of five major steps: 1. Recognizing the need for a program to solve a problem (the Requirements) 2. Writing the program in the programming language of choice (Code) 3. Testing the program to make sure it works 4. Planning the program and selecting the tools to solve the problem (Fix) 5. Update the code with new functionalities
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Code and Fix

This is the Code and Fix software development and this is your Software Development Process!!!

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Code & Fix

Requirements Analysis Code Implementation Test it Fix it Maintain it

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Code and Fix

Analysis reduced to the bare minimum Implement the problem in the first phases Programmers immediately begin producing code Unstructured process (e.g. not well defined transition from one phase to the next)

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Some Benefits
simplified analysis quick results simplified testing

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More Benefits
avoids to make prototypes immediately begin producing code

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Some Disadvantages
poor analysis lower quality and less maintainable code extreme difficulty in meeting the customers needs small variations of requirement generally have a great impact on the code

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More Disadvantages
inefficient code unreliable code unmaintanable code

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An Example

We implement an Address Book in C++ with Code and Fix software development

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Case Study: Address Book

1. Requirements:
Store peoples relevant data (e.g. name, surname, address) Retrieve data by: name surname address

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2. Code Implementation:
Use for every element of the address book an array of char Define a struct that contains all these elements Define an array of this struct Save all the data in this array Write search algorithms that operate in the array
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A Solution: Sketch
Define this struct:
struct struttura{ char nome[20]; char indirizzo[20]; };

Implement this variable:

struttura people[100];

Save the data in people.

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3. Test the code

4. Fix it

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Address Book: Great Success!

Quick implementation Everything runs smoothly with no testing at all! ... but is it, really? ... and the last step?
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... but, is it really a success?

Poor analysis yields to longer development time, lower quality and less maintainable code Potential Issues:
Customer satisfaction, Costs overrun, motivation, Code Maintenance, ...
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Team

Ex: Customer Satisfaction

How do we insert new records in the agenda?
Solution: Add an insertion function (does it need to check data?)

Slight delay in software delivery. Slight rise in costs.

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Costs and Team Motivation

Does the agenda support the LDIF format?
Solution: Development of an import function Development of an export function Longer allocation of team: possible problem of motivation New esteem of software development costs: costs overruns
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Maintainability: Agenda v2.0

Consider the problem of managing double addresses (e.g. work and home) Consider the problem of managing long names

Great part of the code will be modified!!!

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Impact
The problem of managing double addresses The proposed code
struct struttura{ char nome[20]; char indirizzo[20]; } struct struttura{ char nome[20]; char indCasa[20]; char indUfficio[20]; }

and we will have to modify all the code for storing, managing, and printing records
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Impact
The problem of managing long names The proposed code
struct struttura{ char nome[20]; char indirizzo[20]; } struct stringa{ char shortN[10]; stringa *next} struct struttura{ stringa nome; stringa indirizzo; }

We will have to modify

and we will have to implement the code for inputting, managing, and printing stringa
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