Website reviews should be used as a learning experience for developers, both new and experienced. What is even nicer, is that you can easily review other peoples’ websites without needing to see their source code (unless it is a dynamic driven website) and this allows anyone to do a website review. Some common reasons you…
Before you start building any web page, no matter how simple or complex your project plans to be, it’s good to determine the needs of your website first. The design and needs of your project will often determine how you organize your site and start building it. The first thing to do is determine who…
First, only have one working set of files. It is easy to have copies of files in multiple locations. One copy might be on your personal machine, one copy on a thumb drive, and another on a school lab machine. Saving a backup copy is a good idea, in case something happens, but having multiple…
Regardless of the size of the project, it is important to have a good organizational plan to make it easier to work with the project. As they say, failing to plan is planning to fail. It is important to understand how your files will be organized both logically as well as physically. Additionally, if you…
The existence of a process is no guarantee that the software will be delivered on time, meet the needs of the customer, or be of long-term quality. Process patterns must be coupled with Software Engineering practice (Part 2 of the textbook) There are several methods to assess software: Standard CMMI Assessment Method for Process Improvement…
Every software team will experience some sort of problem as they move through the system. These may be technical issues, issues with working with other departments, etc. A Process Pattern describes a process related problem that is encountered during software engineering work, identifies the environment in which the problem occurs, and suggests one or more…
Each software engineering action (Communication, Planning, Modeling, etc) can be represented by a task set, or series of tasks to do to complete the action. Depending upon the size of the project, and the needs of the project, the number of task could vary. When doing initial communication, a small project with a single stakeholder…
A Process is defined as a collection of work activities, actions, and tasks. We previously talked about this a Process Framework and Umbrella Activities. What we’ve not looked at so far is the process flow. That is how we move from one section to another under the framework. In a Linear Process Flow you move…
