...7 Bibliography 8 Statement of research problem The purpose of this study is to find out if the adoption of Extreme programming in a learning environment has improved student productivity. It is a software development process used by small teams who have rapidly changing requirements. With regard to students, all students that are studying software development modules are also faced with this problem where by the requirements are continuously changing as they get deeper within their project. This paper is to show if extreme programming is actually helping students become more productive regardless of the ever changing requirements. Context or background to the research problem In this day and age the most widely used form of agile development in software development is extreme programming which was proposed by Kent Beck in 1996. Many parameters contribute to the success of XP. Researchers concluded that using XP in an educational domain has many benefits, where they have seen that less skilled students were able to show more progress than they would have if a traditional methodology were used.(Assassa, Mathkour, & Al Dossari). XP offers a number of practices, values and principles which are advised to be adopted in order to run a software development project(Assassa et al., 2006). These values include communication, simplicity, feedback and courage. Extreme programming has four stages which are planning,...
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... Instead, what struck me was the son's reason for doing so. When asked by the author, son stated that he does respect his parents and wanted to do things for them but the connect between him and his parents was missing somewhere. He said that his childhood was all about studies and nothing else. There were no childhood memories from vacations, holidays or even festivals, he could only think of studies from his childhood. In fact, all that he could remember about his parents from his childhood was that he was always forced by them to keep studying and be an engineer. Basically, he was robbed of his childhood because of this extreme push from his parents. Don't we see this extreme push everywhere n ow? The young generation of today keeps pushing itself to extremes to earn what in turn is an unavoidable need arising out of their push for extreme desires - high end electronic gadgets like smartphones, laptops, tabs, TVs, high end bikes...
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...The morgue was cold, and Stella could hear something dripping in the corner. She hated coming here, and yet this was her third trip this week. Her friends kept dying, and she had to identify their unpleasant remains. When Lily had been killed in a car accident, Stella had been devastated but wasn’t suspicious of anything. Accidents happen all the time, and Lily was never the best driver. But then Monique’s hair straightener fell in her tub and electrocuted her, and Stella began to wonder. Now she was a wreck of conflicting emotions as she waited for the morgue attendant to reveal the corpse laid under a thin sheet before them. Panic and anxiety overwhelmed her senses, but there was also hate for whoever had done this and self-loathing for her own inability to stop it. She was confused and scared, but also determined. To do what? She did not yet know. But when she did, she was determined to see it through. The morgue attendant removed the sheet, and she could see what remained of the body. It was Lily’s lover (and sometime-boyfriend), Danny. Stella sobbed upon seeing his pale, lifeless flesh exposed on the metal table. “What happened?” She managed to ask between choking gasps. “He drank himself to death.” The attendant escorted her out after taking down Danny’s information. The police couldn’t help her. They wouldn’t even humor her when she told them she believed herself to be in danger. All they would say was that it’s easy to see patterns when you’re grieving. As if...
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... Edexcel GCE Geography Advanced Subsidiary Unit 2: Geographical Investigations Monday 19 January 2009 – Afternoon Time: 1 hour You must have: Resource Booklet. Paper Reference 6GE02/01 Total Marks Instructions black ink or • Usein the boxesball-point pen. page with your name, at the top of this • Fill number and candidate number. centre in Section A and • Answer answer ONE questionspaces provided ONE question in Section B. the questions in • Answermay be more spacethe you need. – there than Information for • The total markeachthis paper is 70.shown in brackets question are • The marks forguide as to how much time to spend on each question. – use this as a • The quality of your written communication will be assessed in ALL your responses – you should take particular care with your spelling, punctuation and grammar, as well as the clarity of expression. Advice carefully • Read each questiontime. before you start to answer it. Keep eye on the • Spendanapproximately 30 minutes on Section A and 30 minutes on Section B. • Check your answers if you have time at the end. • Turn over M34720A ©2009 Edexcel Limited. *M34720A0128* 1/1/1/1/1 SECTION A Answer ONE question in this section Candidates should use the resources provided, their own ideas, and relevant fieldwork and research which they have carried out. EXTREME WEATHER If you choose to answer Question 1, put a cross in the box 1 Study Figure 1. (a) Describe the differences in the characteristics and tracks of the two storms...
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...sub-stages can be best used to describe a software development scenario is still an evolving domain. This, coupled with the reality that computer science and its allied areas like information systems and information technology domains are moving forward rapidly with regards to available technologies, making it extremely difficult task for practitioners to maintain pace with the available information technologies and their application in various domains. It is to address these scenarios and probabilities that this research paper examines various software development methodologies or process models and their impact on the overall software development life cycle. 1. Introduction: Software Development Methodologies have always been the main focus during the software development life cycle of any project. Over the past 40 years, there have been significant paradigm shifts in software development, such as structured programming, object oriented programming and now Extreme programming and Aspect Oriented Programming. Each evolutionary shift introduced new ways to thinking and viewing problems as well as introducing strengths and weaknesses in software development. In the initial days of software development the idea of software development would not have been as documented or structured as it is...
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...in Agile 7 Key features of Agile Tester 8 Limitation of Traditional QA in Agile Environment 9 Software Testing – An Agile Methodology 10 Change Mindset 10 Change Focus 10 Elimination of Bottleneck 10 Latency Reduction 11 Less Documentation 11 Test Driven Approach 12 Value working software over comprehensive documentation 13 Importance of team than processes 13 Challenges in Agile Testing 14 Speed and Volume change 14 Inconsistent/ Inadequate Unit Testing 14 Decision fatigue 15 Testing in the nth iteration 15 Testing within same iteration as coding 16 Poor changing and Missing Test Oracles 16 Various Process Agile Testing 17 Exploratory Testing 17 Scrum Testing 17 Lean and Kanban Testing 18 Extreme Programming 19 Agile Testing in Large Scale Project 21 References 22 Traditional Software Development Process Traditional software methodologies are based on a sequential series of steps that has to be defined and documented in detail; this process does not support changes of requirements also the complete system has to be known at start. Traditional methodologies employ a requirement-design-build format and are considered to be the traditional way to develop software. These processes are well-defined processes and which continuously improves at each stage. Requirements are clearly specified at the beginning of the project and very less change in requirements is expected. Environment is predictable and proper planning tools can...
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...ESPN X Games: Commercialized Extreme Sports for the Masses SMGT 798 Allison Renard A Paper Presented to the faculty of Lasell College in Partial Fulfillment of the requirement of the Degree Master of Science in Management. ABSTRACT For years, extreme sports had little to nothing in common with each other except for high risk, and an appeal to women and men from the ages of 12 to 34. Entertainment Sports Programming Network (ESPN), realizing this age group was a prime viewing audience, brought together several extreme sports and created yet another commercialized sporting spectacle. Since 1995, this television network has produced the Summer X Games. After these summer productions proved to be successful television and live spectator events, ESPN expanded into the winter extreme sports. The Winter X Games have been produced since 1997. This paper, which commences with the rise of extreme sports, is an historical and sociological analysis of the creation and growth of the ESPN X Games. While these commercialized adventure and extreme sporting events have had some obvious growing pains, both the Summer and Winter X Games have grown into events, which annually attract thousands of spectators and viewers while offering fame and a few dollars to their participants. INTRODUCTION One need only take a quick glance at the daily news to discover that society in general is still in a state of constant change (Leonard, 1993). In the United States, this is especially true...
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...CIS 517 ASSIGNMENT 2 WATERFALL AND AGILE To purchase this visit here: http://www.activitymode.com/product/cis-517-assignment-2-waterfall-and-agile/ Contact us at: SUPPORT@ACTIVITYMODE.COM CIS 517 ASSIGNMENT 2 WATERFALL AND AGILE Research agile methodologies including SCRUM and extreme programming (XP). Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you: Explain waterfall methodologies and identify their relationship to the PMBOK® process groups. Explain agile methodologies and identify their relationship to the PMBOK® process groups. Analyze the need for waterfall and agile methodologies. Explain the advantages of extreme programming (XP) and analyze the advantages of its application in high-budget short-time projects. Explain the factors to consider when selecting a project management methodology (Waterfall vs Agile). Use at least two (2) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources. Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page...
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...Riordan corporate headquarters are located in San Jose. Dr. Riordan has obtained several patents relative to processing polymers into plastic. Dr. Riordan started his company in 1991, so his system is a little outdated. Riordans Human Resource Information System was installed in 1992. This system is old and outdated and relies too much on paper forms, which is messy and can be unorganized. To keep Riordan up to date the current system needs to be analyzed. The goals is to create an information system that Riordan can use. A project plan will need to be put in place to update the system. With the use of the System Development Life Cycle I can analyze the existing system in five phases. Scope The scope of this project will include all information used in their current system. The problem with their current system is relying on paper and none of Riordans data is currently located in a central location, making it difficult to access. By developing a system in which everything is located in one central location can improve productivity in the work place. Another issue is when manager want to change something they have to fill out paper forms to do so. Incorporating a system that will let managers do paperwork electronically will save time and money. Feasibility This project is doable from a technical and economical point of view. Most of the information needed to proceed with the project is available already. What we would have to do is analyze and interview. When analyzing...
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...Sentence Race Level: Any Level A good game for large classes and for reviewing vocabulary lessons. 1. Prepare a list of review vocabulary words. 2. Write each word on two small pieces of paper. That means writing the word twice, once on each paper. 3. Organize the pieces like bundles, 2 bundles, 2 sets of identical words. 4. Divide the class into 2 teams. get them to make creative team names. 5. Distribute each list of words to both teams. every student on each team should have a paper. Both teams have the same words. 6. When you call a word, 2 students should stand up, one from each team. The students must then run to the blackboard and race to write a sentence using their word. The winner is the one with a correct and clearly written sentence. ------------------------------------------------- This is always a hit with kids. For more advanced students, use tougher words. Bang Bang - A Vocabulary Game Level: Easy Divide the group into two teams. Explain that they are cowboys and they are involved in a duel. One student from each team comes to the front. Get them to pretend to draw their pistols. Say "how do you say..." and a word in their mother tongue. The first child to give the answer and then "bang bang", pretending to shoot his opponent is the winner. He remains standing and the other one sits down. I give 1 point for the right answer and 5 extra points if they manage to "kill" 4 opponents in a row. ------------------------------------------------- ...
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...influential on the paperless office: storage and optical character recognition (OCR). OCR has improved vastly over the last decade, approaching the point where it is a viable business technology. Storage technology is obviously crucial to the paperless office – after all, every document has to be stored somewhere whether in a file cabinet or a CD-ROM. Here, too, Moore’s law is at work, doubling the amount of storage in the same physical space roughly every two years. A key stumbling block for the truly paperless office has yet to be fully overcome: technology is not infallible. Even the most well-designed computer system will occasionally experience service outages. Paper, on the other hand, is concrete. Paper does not require electricity and is easily shared or copied. There is also a psychological advantage to paper, in that it is a physical object that can’t just “disappear into cyberspace”. Electronic documents, on the other hand, exist only as 1s and 0s in a computer system – a computer system that could fail for many reasons. If the electronic documentation is unavailable even for short periods of time, a business can sustain substantial financial losses. Because businesses are most likely to digitize their most...
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...qualitative deliverables, several pioneering efforts have been suggested. This paper examines two such methodologies that promote agility: eXtreme Programming and SCRUM. The process, the values and principles of the XP and SCRUM are described in detail. Crucial feature differences between XP and SCRUM and the advantages and disadvantages of both methodologies are also discussed. Keywords— XP, SCRUM, Agile INTRODUCTION The software development industry has been evolved to become the most important industries of time. This industry employs many practitioners world wide to create the most essential products that is been used to extend our lifestyles. From controlling the production of food we eat to providing safety and control of the vehicles, software has become the embodiment of the world's most valuable intellectual property.[15] In last few years, the trend to more agile has been the most significant event we have seen since the application of traditional software development process. The agile software methods and development is practices based approach which is empowered with values, principles and practices which make the I. software development process more easy and faster in time. This paper will take you through two agile methods, eXtreme Programming and SCRUM. Both the methods profess to improve the existing software development methods in different ways. First, the practices and the lifecycle of eXtreme Programming are discussed. Secondly, SCRUM methodology is described in...
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... Team Programming Environments Information Technology for Teams Course Team Programming Environments Programming teams are achieving advances in deployment of more modular software products through the use of adaptive techniques in software development. Companies implementing large scale enterprise planning and control systems, product data management tools and complex back office systems for global service and support are finding these techniques to be more cost effective, adaptable and lean improving user requests for changing software functionality, processes and improved deployment strategies (Applegate, Austin, & McFarlan, 2002). This paper will compare and contrast three team oriented programming environments including Rational, Unified Modeling and Extreme Programming and will describe the impact of these programming environments on group software development. Literature Review of Software Trends The traditional methods of systems planning and investment decision making in the last century have given pause to leaders who witnessed costs in design, implementation and deployment of software skyrocket, created armies of support teams to operate and manage the software products and forced many firms into bankruptcy. Companies who have successfully implemented enterprise systems are now seeking more adaptive infrastructure deployments, software end-user functional value, and more adaptable learning approaches from the traditional waterfall...
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...[pic][pic]2012 Embassy of Brazil- Islamabad SECOM PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY IN PAKISTAN General information on the Pulp and Paper Industry in Pakistan. Research and Compilation by the Commercial Section of the Embassy of Brazil in Pakistan. [pic]Pulp and Paper Industry in Pakistan Table of Contents 1. Pakistan’s Economy 2 2. Industry overview 2 2.1 Current Status of Pulp and Paper Industry in Pakistan 3 2.2 Types of papers produced 4 2.3 Method of Producing Paper 4 2.4 Raw Material Availability 5 3. Current status of Trade and Potential of Pak- Brazil Trade Cooperation in this sector 7 3.1 Potential of Export to Pakistan 8 4. Future Outlook 10 5. Companies and Useful Links 11 1[pic] SECOM-Islamabad, Pakistan [pic]Pulp and Paper Industry in Pakistan 1. Pakistan’s Economy Pakistan economy is positioned at 27th largest economy with 488 (1) billion USD in term of Purchasing Power Parity. Pakistan has a semi-industrialized economy, which mainly encompasses textiles, chemicals, food processing, agriculture and other industries. Growth poles of Pakistan's economy are situated along the Indus River, diversified economies of Karachi and...
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...Syed-Abdullah University of Sheffield, Regent court, Portobello Street, +44 114 222 1870 s.abdullah@dcs.shef.ac.uk Mike Holcombe University of Sheffield, Regent court, Portobello Street, Sheffield, S1 4DP, UK +44 114 222 1802 m.holcombe@dcs.shef.ac.uk Marian Gheorghe University of Sheffield, Regent court, Portobello Street, Sheffield, S1 4DP, UK +44 114 222 1802 marian@ dcs.shef.ac.uk Abstract This paper presents an early empirical study on Extreme Programming practices employing a qualitative action research method. The study was conducted on university students doing real commercial development projects to gain an insight into the problems faced by the new developers in adopting these agile practices. The aim of the study was to investigate the effects of the XP practices on the quality of software developed. What emerged from the analysis was the positive relationship between number of XP practices employed and the quality of software delivered as perceived by the clients. Keywords Agile methodology, action research, contentanalysis, empirical study, Extreme Programming, positivist approach, qualitative, XP teams and traditional methods teams but for the purpose of this study, focus was only made on the XP project teams. METHODOLOGY Respondents The Software Hut class consists of the 2nd year undergraduate students from Computer Science and Engineering degrees, and 3rd year students from Math and Computer degree. The computer science students were required...
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