Software doesn’t write itself, yet, and despite some people’s attempts. Therefore any process model needs to consider the individuals and teams that will be working on the project. The company must be willing and able to adapt and adopt a process model mindset if they are going to be successful. If they do not, they…
The Unified Process (UP) builds upon the classic processes and tries to incorporate the best parts of agile frameworks at the same time. UML – Unified Modeling Language, contains a robust methodology for modeling an object oriented system. UML is used throughout Part 2 of the book Phases of the Unified Process Similar to the…
Specialize Process Models may take on one more characteristics of the previous models, however they are applied when a specialized software engineering approach is chosen. Component Based Development This model is similar to the spiral model in that it is evolutionary in nature, however some of the step specifics vary. Formal Methods Model Formal methods…
Prescriptive Process Models strive for structure and order in software development. They tend to occur sequentially with defined guidelines, however they may not be the most effective for changing systems. Waterfall The waterfall method, sometimes called the classic life cycle, is one of the best known prescriptive process models. Each step move you forward and…
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…
Understanding the Problem It’s easy to assume you understand the problem/what is needed, but that is a false belief in many cases. To get a better idea, look at answering the following questions: Planning a Solution To Build the solution, you need to Plan the Solution: Building from the Plan Building from the plan is…
