Reference no: EM132263900
Assignment: Scenario: Café de Carol
Instructions: Tasks related to the scenario which accompanies this brief. Answer all tasks.
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This assignment is worth 40% of the total marks available for this module, and consists of four tasks:
Task 1: Properties of information
Task 2: Usability
Task 3. Development Methodologies
Task 4: Professionalism
Task 1: Properties of Information
In this module, you have studied the general characteristics of good information. Critically analyse three general characteristics of good information that would be important to Café de Carol information system and show why they are important to this business. You are expected to make use of references to support your discussion. (Guide length: about 600 words)
Task 2: Usability
Critically analyse how the principles and techniques of object-oriented development (OOD) can contribute to the usability of software systems. Your answer should be justified and make reference to Café de Carol information system. You are expected to make use of references to support your discussion. (Guide length: about 800 words)
Task 3: Development Methodologies
In recent years, iterative development has been an increasingly important strategy for system developers, and has become the basis of many of today's development methods, including USDP/RUP and ‘agile' methods such as DSDM, Scrum and eXtreme Programming (XP). Your answer should be justified and making reference to Café de Carol information system programming question. (Guide length about 800 words)
A. Explain what is meant by ‘iterative development', illustrating your answer by showing how it is applied in a development method of your choice.
B. Critically analyse the usefulness and importance of iterative development, making reference to your chosen development method, and to others if you wish. It is acceptable to focus your discussion on the use of iterative development in the chosen method, or to provide a more general treatment of the question.
Task 4: Professionalism
Systems developers should act in a professional manner. Discuss what constitutes appropriate professional behaviour when investigating and analysing systems requirements and how the techniques learned in this module can contribute. Your suggestions should be justified and making reference to Café de Carol information system and to an appropriate professional code. (Guide length about 600 words)
Note: You may use the Code of Conduct of the BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT or an equivalent code from your home country. If you choose a code from your home country, we do need to be able to read it, so please provide a reference with a web link to a version in English.
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