APP DEV PRE FINALS

Software Quality

The degree to which a software product meets the gathered requirements.

Software Quality Assurance

A set of activities that define and assess the adequacy of software process.

Reputation

Software developers and their organizations rely on this; software bugs can have immediate impacts on clients or customers.

Limiting Technical Debt

Poor quality software tends to be expensive to develop and maintain, negatively affecting organizations long term.

Software Certification

The development and use of software that may require certification, which involves evidence of quality control and assessment measures.

Legality

Overriding legal obligations that apply to organizations using the software.

Ethical Codes of Practice

Moral obligations to users when a software system is not covered by certification or legislation.

Software Prototyping

Building software application prototypes to display the functionality of the product under development.

Throwaway Prototyping

A fast method of prototyping focused on generating insights about the software design idea.

Evolutionary Prototyping

Prototypes are reused and altered according to test results for new test cycles.

Low-Fidelity Prototyping

Used to check and test the visual appearance and user flows of a software.

Paper-Based Prototyping

A prototyping technique based on hand drawings representing user interfaces.

Wireframing

A visual representation of a product page for arranging user interface pages.

High-Fidelity Prototyping

Created when a solid understanding of the product exists and tested with actual users.

Software Inspection

A formalized peer review process for detecting and correcting defects or bugs in software artifacts.

Software Artifacts

Documented and stored items produced during the software development process.

Fagan Inspection Methodology

Developed by Michael Fagan to identify and remove software product errors and systematic defects.

Moderator

Leads the inspection team and manages logistics.

Author

The creator of the software artifacts under inspection, responsible for addressing questions and fixing defects.

Reader

An experienced peer who is a subject matter expert on the artifacts under inspection.

Tester

Responsible for writing and executing test cases for software modules, focused on testing the product.

Structured Walkthrough

A peer review where the author seeks feedback on the quality of deliverables like documents or code.

Review Leader

One of the roles in a structured walkthrough.

Scribe

One of the roles in a structured walkthrough.

Review Audience

One of the roles in a structured walkthrough.

Code Reviewing/Inspection

Systematically reviewing each other's code to check for faults and ensure quality standards.

Tool-Driven Code Review

Uses automated code analysis techniques for identifying patterns within the source code.

Developer-Driven Code Review

Approach where developers themselves review code to find problems due to challenges in automatic assessment.

Modern Code Review

A lightweight variant of inspections that does not rely on face-to-face meetings.

Pull-Based Development

Enforces modern code review without tools, revolving around a 'pull request' mechanism.