RD06 - Requirements, Architectures & Specifications

Preparation

Review the expectations for preparation for the Readings and Class Discussions.

Assigned Readings

• Chapter 6: Requirements in Collaborative Software Development by Amy Ko.
• Chapter 7: Architecture in Collaborative Software Development by Amy Ko.
• Chapter 8: Specifications in Collaborative Software Development by Amy Ko.

Discussion Questions

1. What are requirements, architecture, specifications? What are the differences between them? How do they relate to each other?
2. What makes a set of requirements good? What does it mean for requirements to be legal, ethical and just? How might those create tension with other goals?
3. Why is architecture important? Which architectures you have seen/used? Which architectures seem to be used in your projects?
4. What are refactoring, information hiding, encapsulation, static/dynamic typing, cowboy coding, formal specifications?
5. Prepare at least one question of your own related to the readings that you would like to raise for class discussion. This may be a question:
   • seeking factual clarification of something in the readings.
   • that you would like to hear your classmates thoughts and opinions on.

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