EXAMINATION PAPER: ACADEMIC SESSION 2008/2009

Campus Maritime Greenwich

School Computing and Mathematical Sciences

Department Information System and Multimedia

Level Three

TITLE OF PAPER Rapid Development Methods

COURSE CODE COMP1487

Date and Time Wednesday 3rd December (2 hours)

BAHRAIN 15:00 BOTSWANA 15:00

GREECE 15:00 HONG KONG 18:30
KENYA 16:00 LONDON 13:00
MALAYSIA 18:30 MALTA 14:00
MAURITIUS 18:00 SAUDI ARABIA 16:00
SINGAPORE 18:30 SRI LANKA 18:30
SOUTH AFRICA 15:00 SYRIA 14:00
TANZANIA 16:00 TRINIDAD 09:30
UAE 17:00 ZAMBIA 15:00

You MUST answer question 1 which is worth 40 marks.

Answer TWO questions from the remaining THREE questions, questions 2 to 4 which are worth 30
marks each. If you answer all THREE questions from questions 2 to 4, marks will ONLY be
awarded for your TWO best answers.

CALCULATORS AND OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICES ARE NOT PERMITTED

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1. (a) “Active user involvement is imperative” is the first principle of DSDM.

Identify and explain the main benefits derived from this.
[10 marks]

(b) Briefly, discuss the following techniques used within the DSDM framework.

(i) Time boxing [6 marks]

(ii) MoSCoW Prioritisation [6 marks]
(iii) JAD / Facilitated Workshops [6 marks]
(iv) Prototyping
Iterative [6 marks]
Incremental [6 marks]

2. (a) What are the main components that are addressed and considered in
methodologies?
[10 marks]

(b) Describe the benefits that you would expect from using a methodology.

[10 marks]

(c) Discuss those reasons for project failure which may be attributed to
deficiencies in either the customer‟s roles as a stakeholder in the proposed
system or the developer‟s role in working with the customer.
[10 marks]

3. Identify and critically analyse the main phases of the DSDM process, and
compare and contrast them with relevant stages of a traditional „waterfall‟
approach.
[30 marks]

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4. The use of iterative prototyping is considered to be essential to the DSDM

process (Stapleton, 1998).

(a) Describe the four categories of prototype used in the DSDM framework, with
special reference to the following:

(ii) The purpose of the prototype.

[5 marks]
(iii) How the prototype is used.
[5 marks]
(iv) The phase or phases where the prototype could be used.
[10 marks]

(b) Produce a diagrammatic representation of the steps and goals of the Facilitated
Workshop Process.
[10 marks]

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