Visual Programming

Rapid Application Development (RAD)

Waterfall (Vs RAD)

Longer Time More Documentation Larger Teams More Internal development (Less outsourcing) Less Flexibility in changing path/scope

Prototyping
What is a prototype? - A model with certain appearances and behaviors to the finished product, while lacking in some of the features

Prototyping
Initial Analysis Define objectives

Specify

Prototyping completed

Evaluate

Construct

Prototyping
What is a prototype ? 1. Throwaway prototyping 2. Evolutionary prototyping

Throwaway Prototyping
Build prototype Evaluate and decide changes Discard (throwaway) prototype Build new (more) improved prototype Continue the above process till a Complete version satisfying all / most of the requirements is built
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Evolutionary Prototyping
Build prototype Evaluate and decide changes Modify the prototype into a new (more) improved prototype Continue the above process till a Complete version satisfying all / most of the requirements is built
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Prototyping (vs. RAD)

Discuss (Which of the two types of prototyping are most similar to RAD?) (Why is the other type not like RAD?)

Incremental Development
The Spiral Model

Incremental Development (Vs RAD)

Four phases :1.

2.

3. 4.

Inception determined scope and purpose of the project Elaboration-requirement capture and determine structure of the system Construction building the software (s/w) Transition - installation

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The Unified Software Development Process

Four phases:1. Inception-determine scope and purpose of project 2. Elaboration-requirement capture and determine structure of the system 3. Construction build s/w 4. Transition - installation

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RAD - Introduction
RAD is a software development process allowing the user to build a usable system within a short period of time

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Reasons to use RAD

Discuss
1.

Good reasons Bad Reasons

2.

(RAD Prerequisites good time mgt. skill, good

cost mgt. skill)

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Main Features of RAD

Timeboxing (the most critical feature) Quality (very critical cannot avoid)

Also important in all other methodologies Iterate (Repeat) until done

Iterative evolutionary prototyping

Hybrid Teams about 6 people

Developers, Fulltime users, others.

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Main Features of RAD

JRP Joint Requirement Planning JAD Joint Application Development

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RAD Constraints
Fitness for Business Purpose Informal Deliverables

Paper prototypes rather than informal deliverables

Less than 6 months

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When RAD works / Fails

RAD works better when :

RAD fails when :

Application Standalone Performance and Reliability - Not critical Project Scope Constrained

Application interoperate with other programs Products Mass market No high-end IS tools Product is Life or Time critical

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