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Individual: SDLC Table

Instructions:

Resources:

• Section 3.4, “Principles of Software Engineering,” in Ch. 3, “Engineering of Software,” of Essentials of Software Engineering
• The module “The Software Lifecycle” of the Pluralsight course “Software Process Management” by Gregory Knight
• “SDLC Table” document (BSA385r6_SDLC_Table_Week_1.docx)

The company you work for is a programming services contractor that consults with businesses in the United States requiring assistance in creating software in compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Your company advertises a proven track record in providing secure code that meets regulatory and compliance recommendations that include the protection of all Personally Identifiable Information (PII).

Your client is a small hospital and surgery center that requires a program that will calculate the bill for a patient’s hospital stay, including charges for the surgery, daily hospital fees, and pharmacy. The hospital only performs five types of surgeries, limits the patient stay to three days, and has a limited pharmacy offering of ten prescription drugs.

The hospital employees who will use the program should be able to enter the patient information, including name, hospital ID number, diagnosis, surgery type, length of stay, and prescriptions. The program will then produce a final billing statement. The client would like the program completed in six months.

Using the file provided and referencing the scenario above, complete the 2- to 3-page System Development Life Cycle Table. The table is designed to help you see how to apply the SDLC to an actual program.

Three pages

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Learning Team: Software Engineering Process Plan

Instructions:

Resource:

• “User Stories” document

The Learning Team Assignments will use the same scenario that is

used in the Individual Assignment in Week One.

This week the team will evaluate the User Stories that have been

gathered from the client. The Director of Software Engineering and the

Product Manager for your company visited the client and collected User

Stories as depicted in the User Stories document provided. The

Director wants you to look at the User Stories and identify the top five

critical requirements that the team will have to be concerned with for the

Functional Requirements Document (FRD) based on the stories.

In addition, you have been assigned an intern who will shadow you

during the development of this program. The intern has never heard of

a User Story and needs you to explain how you will use them.

Part 1:

Based on the stories, create a 1-page list using Microsoft® Word of the

top five critical requirements that the team will need to be concerned

with for the Functional Requirements Document. Include a justification

of why you think each requirement is critical.

Part 2:

Create a 1-page document using Microsoft® Word that explains the

following to the intern:

• How requirements for a software project are gathered

• What user stories are, why they are needed, and how they are used

The team will submit one completed assignment for the team. This

assignment will help you complete the Week Three Individual

Assignment.

Submit your assignment to the Assignment Files tab.

SupportingMaterial:User Stories

Individual: Requirements Document

Instructions:

Resource:

• “User Stories” document

Continue your work using the scenario presented in Week One.

The Director of Software Engineering and the Product Manager for the

company visited the client and collected the User Stories as depicted in

the User Stories document provided. In addition the Chief Financial

Officer of the Hospital gave the Director a complete breakdown of the

charges for surgeries, hospital stays, and prescription drugs.

Part 1:

The Director has asked you to read through the stories and help with

the Functional Requirements Document (FRD) which is a formal

statement of the program’s functional requirements. The FRD serves

the same purpose as a contract. Your company agrees to provide the

capabilities specified. The client agrees to find the product satisfactory if

it provides the capabilities specified in the FRD. The Director has asked

you to identify any specific user interface, compliance, security, data,

and data access requirements identified in the stories.

The Director also wants to know which of the requirements you identify are functional or

non-functional. The Director has determined that you will use an Agile

approach to the development of the program.

Create a 1- to 2-page list using Microsoft® Word of the current

requirements the FRD will need. First, list all the requirements that are

functional, then list the non-functional requirements. The FRD will be

refined as the development proceeds, so this list is a starting point.

Part 2:

Your intern is struggling to understand the differences betweenData

Flow Diagrams (DFDs) and Entity-Relationship Diagrams (ERDs).

To help your intern understand the difference, create a 1-page

comparison table using Microsoft® Word showing the similarities and

differences between a Data Flow Diagram (DFD) and an Entity-

Relationship Diagram (ERD). The table should depict at least three

points of comparison, as well as a justification of why you would use

one approach over the other.

Cite all sources using APA guidelines.

Submit your assignment to the Assignment Files tab.

Supporting Material: User Stories

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Learning Team: Software Engineering Management Tools

Instructions:

Resource:

• Figure 6-8, “An example of a data flow diagram depicting a customer

order system,” in Section 6.3, “Requirements Analysis,” in Ch. 6,

“Requirements Engineering,” of Essentials of Software Engineering

Recall that the hospital only performs five types of surgeries, limits the

patient stay to three days, and has a limited pharmacy offering of ten

prescription drugs. And, the hospital employee using the program

should be able to enter the patient information, including name, hospital

ID number, diagnosis, surgery type, length of stay, and prescriptions.

Using Figure 6-8, “An example of a data flow diagram depicting a

customer order system,” construct a 1-page data flow diagram for the

Hospital’s billing program using Microsoft® Word.

The team will submit one completed assignment for the team. This

assignment will help you complete this week’s Individual Assignment.

Cite all sources using APA guidelines.

Submit your assignment to the Assignment Files tab.

SupportingMaterial:Ch. 6, Essentials of Software Engineering

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Individual: Implementation Phase

Instructions:

Resource:

• The module “Getting the Most From Your Sprints” of the Pluralsight

course “Scrum Master Fundamentals – Foundations” with Jeremy

Jarrell

Continue your work using the scenario presented in Week One.

The Director of Software Engineering for the company has determined

that you will use an Agile approach for development of the program,

including the implementation phase of the program. The Director has

asked you to present to the rest of the team, including your intern, the

implementation phase for the program development.

Create a PowerPoint® presentation containing 14 to 16 slides, including

an introduction and conclusion slide and detailed speaker notes, that

includes the following:

• A brief explanation of the Agile model and how an implementation

phase works within the model

• An example of a software management tool that can be used as you

implement the design

• A description of at least three user stories that will be critical to the

design process

• At least three technical design specifications for the program

• A brief description of what a Scrum Master does in the

implementation phase

• A simple illustration of a sprint used in the implementation phase

Note: Other applications like Adobe® Spark® or Microsoft® Sway® or

Mix® can be used instead of PowerPoint®.

Cite all sources using APA guidelines.

Submit your assignment to the Assignment Files tab.

SupportingMaterial:Pluralsight: Getting the Most From Your Sprints

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Learning Team: Software Quality Assurance

Instructions:

Resources:

• Ch. 2, “Software Quality Attributes,” of Software Testing: Concepts

and Operations.

Continue your work using the scenario presented in Week One.

The Director of Software Engineering needs your help assuring the

team in using the appropriate quality assurance processes. The

Director wants you to send out an email to the team titled “Software

Quality Assurance: Processes and tools to ensure quality results.”

Write a 1- to 2-page email using Microsoft® Word that addresses the

following:

• Explain how the development process can benefit from software

quality assurance and why it is important to follow quality assurance

processes.

• Provide an example of what happens when quality assurance

policies are not followed.

• Briefly explain the following attributes:

• Functional attributes

• Operational attributes

• Usability attributes

• Business attributes

• Structural attributes

• Explain two quality assurance tools.

The team will submit one completed assignment for the team. This

assignment will help you complete this week’s Individual Assignment.

Submit your assignment to the Assignment Files tab.

SupportingMaterial:Ch. 2, Software Testing

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Individual: Quality Assurance and Versioning Plan

Instructions:

Resources:

• Ch. 2, “Software Quality Attributes,” of Software Testing: Concepts

and Operations

• “Quality Attributes Table” document

Continue your work using the scenario presented in Week One.

Iterative testing is an essential element of Agile. This requires tracking

the changes made and making sure all members of the team have the

correct version of the program.

Quality Assurance (QA) in Systems Development is a set of processes

that ensure the delivered systems meet the pre-defined expectations.

Note that QA is not testing. Software Configuration Management

consists of a set of tasks that track and control changes to the

environment. Configuration management incudes software source

version control.

The Director of Software Engineering has noted that some members of

the team are not following the company’s Quality Assurance and

Version Plan and has asked you to present to the team in order to help

them and your intern understand the importance of the plan.

Part 1:

Create a PowerPoint® presentation containing 10 to 12 slides, including

an introduction and conclusion slide and detailed speaker notes, that

includes the following:

• A brief description of Quality Assurance (QA) in Systems

Development and why it is important

• An illustration of the testing process in the Agile model

• A brief explanation of automated testing

• A logical description of the processes ensuring that the functionality,

security, and performance of the application are met

• An explanation of what versioning is and why versioning of the

program is necessary

Note: Other applications like Adobe® Spark® or Microsoft® Sway® or

Mix® can be used instead of PowerPoint®.

Part 2:

Using the Quality Attributes Table document provided, complete the 1-

page table of quality attributes.

Cite all sources using APA guidelines.

Submit your assignment to the Assignment Files tab.

SupportingMaterial:Ch. 2, Software TestingQuality Attributes Table

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Learning Team: Software Engineering Testing

Instructions:

Continue your work using the scenario presented in Week One.

The Director of Software Engineering wants you to provide some

insights into test automation. The company is trying to include as much

software testing automation as possible.

Write a 1-page email to the Director using Microsoft® Word that would

help the company asses their choices. The email should include the

following:

• A listofthree pros and three cons of test automation

• A comparison oftwo test automation tools, identifying a minimum of

two pros and two cons for each tool

• An explanation of how test automation tools are used in relation to

the SDLC stages

The team will submit one completed assignment for the team. This

assignment will help you complete the Individual Assignment.

Submit your assignment to the Assignment Files tab.

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