CIS554 Discussions

Discussion 1

"Measure and Control" Please respond to the following:

• Measuring and controlling project deliverables is essential to validating work performed within a project. Evaluate how project status reports are useful for measuring and controlling resource efforts, project schedules, project costs, and project features of a software project deliverable.

• Identify additional attributes of a software project that may be important to measure and control. Describe why they are important and how these attributes might be used to measure and control.

Discussion 2

"Software Defects" Please respond to the following:

• Measuring and analyzing software defects is critical for software and system development. Describe the relationship between defect detection and rolling-wave adjustments. Determine the measures that may be performed to minimize the activities associated with rolling-wave planning. 

• Examine the factors that determine the availability of a system. Compare these factors and describe how they are interrelated. Suggest the tests that may be performed to determine these factors.