Please study the 17 vocabulary terms below. Then press the Mark Complete button to continue.
- Agile
- alpha
- beta
- development cycle
- freemium
- help file
- MVP (minimum viable product)
- patch
- perform a meaningful task
- productive
- RC (release candidate)
- rest at ease
- SDLC (software development life cycle)
- trial version
- upgrade
- Waterfall
- you should be wary
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An iterative and incremental software development approach with work divided into sprints of a predetermined length.
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The first book on Agile methodologies is the Manifesto for Agile Software Development written in 2001.
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The first version of a software application that is "feature ready" but still very far from "production ready".
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Alpha versions are rarely released to the public and frequently contain serious bugs.
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A software version which is feature-ready, has passed early testing, and ready for more widespread testing.
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The beta version of the new program was released yesterday, but final release is still months away.
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The process of taking a piece of software from initial concept to final delivery.
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The two most popular methodologies in the software development cycle are Waterfall and Agile.
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Functioning software distributed free of charge with the possibility to buy more features later if desired.
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The freemium model is increasingly seen because people are very reluctant to buy something without testing it first.
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Electronic documentation included with a program.
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The help file often contains useful program shortcuts.
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An early release with only the most important features included.
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MVP releases allow a company to get to market quickly by maintaining focus on the core feature set without wasting time on extra features that add little value to the average user.
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A software update intended primarily to fix bugs or security holes in a software release.
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Software patches and other updates should be available on a software publisher's web site.
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Do something useful as opposed to waste time.
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Without a CPU a computer is unable to perform any meaningful task.
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Able to deliver a high number of something efficiently.
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Office suites such as MS Office or Google Docs are designed to make users more productive at their jobs.
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A piece of software that has passed its testing stages and is close to release.
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Apple refers internally to a release candidate as "the golden master".
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To be free from worry.
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"Rest at ease, my boy," said the salesman, "this new graphics card will have you pwning alien worlds for years to come."
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A formalized approach to creating and maintaining software.
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The SDLC consists of: requirements gathering, design, programming, testing, deployment, and maintenance.
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A piece of software which is available for evaluation by customers free of charge, normally for a limited amount of time.
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Much to the annoyance of potential customers, sometimes a company "cripples" their trial versions by offering less features than the full version.
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To replace an older version of software or hardware with a newer version.
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The man needed to upgrade his office suite so he could export his document files as XML and JSON.
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A top down approach to software development with everything decided up front with milestones and distant deadlines.
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Waterfall is best suited for projects where there is a clear goal and requirements are unlikely to change.
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Be careful because something might be dangerous or disastrous.
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You should be wary of bugs in beta versions and not use them on production servers.