[Year 12 SofDev] SD Exam - Question C1c and AQ2

[Selina Dennis]

I have to disagree with WikiPedia. While I can see the concept of
"implementation" could contain all of the development, testing and
deployment, and hence mean "implementation of the entire design", in most
software development projects/life cycles, the implementation process occurs
after testing - hence, is synonymous with deployment. However, I do concede
the point that the question was slightly ambiguous, and some students could
have read coding as 'implementation'.

If you go by the SoftDev study design, the SDLC is ADDTDIE. Hence, students
would need to separate implementation from development and place it in a
position that relates to 'deployment'. As "coding" isn't part of the
acronym, students would be incorrect in selecting C as the "best" answer.
That's not to say it's not a valid answer, but it's not the best according
to the glossary they are (unfortunately) meant to know by rote.

Regards,

Selina Dennis
Strathmore Secondary College

-----Original Message-----
From: sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au]
On Behalf Of Kevin Feely
Sent: Friday, 16 November 2007 1:32 PM
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Subject: Re: [Year 12 SofDev] SD Exam - Question C1c and AQ2

Hi Selina,

Implementation (or coding) </wiki/Implementation> 
    Reducing a design to code may be the most obvious part of the
    software engineering job, but it is not necessarily the largest
    portion. 

taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_development_process
regards
kev

Selina Dennis wrote:
> Implementing is releasing completed code for use - ie: deployment. Coding
is
> development.
>
> Selina Dennis
> Strathmore Secondary College
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au
[mailto:sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au]
> On Behalf Of Kevin Feely
> Sent: Friday, 16 November 2007 9:38 AM
> To: Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Year 12 SofDev] SD Exam - Question C1c and AQ2
>
> Hi mark
> Yep, happy with that, but during the year have let my kids "define" the 
> system so they  decide what is inside and outside, but generally i have 
> set rules that what belongs inside must be "processors" - they have a 
> role to play in taking input and doing something with it. A secretary 
> "files" reports or the workshop manager "calculates" hours worked etc. 
> Rodneys Real Estate - a question on DFD's in a reference book is a 
> classic where you can get quite a few different results - but all 
> justifiably correct.
>
> Also i have a query on AQ2 program development life cycle - i assume B 
> is correct, while D and A can quickly be eliminated - no operating or 
> solving in key cycle terms. BUT i also regard coding and implementing  
> as interchangeable terms ( a view backed up with a quick google) so then 
> C also fits.
> It would be hard to argue it is WRONG I think
>
> kev
>
>
> Mark Kelly wrote:
>   
>> I have been independently informed by a reliable source that:
>>
>> 'They provide data to the 'system' rather then process the data so 
>> they would be considered entities rather the part of the system.'
>>
>> Well, bounce on my ballpoint and call me Renaldo.  I've never heard of 
>> that condition before.  DFDs seem to be an ever-deepening well of 
>> intrigue!
>>
>> I wonder how many students will get that one right. Bother! I must 
>> have missed a memo somewhere...
>>
>> Thanks, <Mystery advisor>
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>>     
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