May 2014
Coventry University
Faculty of Engineering & Computing
321COM Rapid Application Development
Instructions to candidates
Time allowed: 2 hours 00 minutes
This is a Closed Book Examination
Answer: All questions
The total number of questions in this paper: 4
Each question is worth 25 marks.
Start each question on a new page and carefully identify your answers with the correct question number. For this examination you will be supplied with the following.
1 Answer Book(s)
You must hand this question paper in at the end of the examination
- XP is an example of an agile methodology.
- Compare and contrast the traditional plan-driven software development and agile XP methodology in terms of: (15 marks)
- fundamental assumptions about the system under development
- management style
- communication
- customer role
- project cycle
- Explain the strengths and weaknesses of the XP development approach. (10 marks)
- Compare and contrast the traditional plan-driven software development and agile XP methodology in terms of: (15 marks)