IN4MATX 43 QUIZ 2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2025
What causes software failures - CORRECT ANSWER - • Lack of user input/involvement
• Incomplete requirements and specifications
• Changing requirements and specifications
• Lack of discipline in development processes
• Lack of methodical usage of metrics
• Lack of resources
Software failure causes relate to requirement issues - CORRECT ANSWER - • Lack of
user input/involvement
• Incomplete requirements and specifications
• Changing requirements and specifications
Software failure causes relate to lack of rigor/formality - CORRECT ANSWER - • Lack
of discipline in development processes
• Lack of methodical usage of metrics
CA payroll system and DWP billing system failure causes are - CORRECT ANSWER - •
The task is incredibly complex:
• Software must conform to the reality of payroll contracts, laws, billing policies.
• Progress is hard to measure.
• Part of the goal is to update systems in place since the 1970s.
Shopa failure causes are - CORRECT ANSWER - • The company is still trying to figure
out what product to build
• No one knows inside the company what they are building
Definition of REQUIREMENT - CORRECT ANSWER - what the software should do
(without saying how it should do it)
2025
What causes software failures - CORRECT ANSWER - • Lack of user input/involvement
• Incomplete requirements and specifications
• Changing requirements and specifications
• Lack of discipline in development processes
• Lack of methodical usage of metrics
• Lack of resources
Software failure causes relate to requirement issues - CORRECT ANSWER - • Lack of
user input/involvement
• Incomplete requirements and specifications
• Changing requirements and specifications
Software failure causes relate to lack of rigor/formality - CORRECT ANSWER - • Lack
of discipline in development processes
• Lack of methodical usage of metrics
CA payroll system and DWP billing system failure causes are - CORRECT ANSWER - •
The task is incredibly complex:
• Software must conform to the reality of payroll contracts, laws, billing policies.
• Progress is hard to measure.
• Part of the goal is to update systems in place since the 1970s.
Shopa failure causes are - CORRECT ANSWER - • The company is still trying to figure
out what product to build
• No one knows inside the company what they are building
Definition of REQUIREMENT - CORRECT ANSWER - what the software should do
(without saying how it should do it)
