Study Questions

1. Chapter 2, Software Engineering Methods, focuses on software engineering methods .

   1. Suggest different possible approaches toward this topic.

   2. Among other issues discussed in Chapter 2, the agile approach toward software development was presented. Explain this approach and discuss in what sense it differs from other approaches toward software development.

2. The topic of customer was discussed in Chapter 4, Software as a Product. Suggest different possible approaches toward the customer s role in the software development processes.

3. Select two topics that were discussed in previous chapters of the book. Check whether they can be analyzed from different angles. To what aspects of each topic do these different perspectives refer?

4. Suggest a new topic related to software engineering that has not been discussed yet in the book. Interview several software engineers about it (see Chapter 4 for guidelines how to construct and conduct interviews). Analyze similarities and differences among the practitioners opinions .