What is the difference between a software process and a software lifecycle process? What is a prototype? What is rework?

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  1. What is the difference between a software process and a software lifecycle process?
  2. What is a prototype?
  3. What is rework?

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  1. Process models can be prescriptive or descriptive. If some organization sets out to use a particular software process in a project, is the process model descriptive or prescriptive?
  2. Which of the waterfall, prototype evolution, spiral, and agile processes are iterative? Which are incremental?

Type

Models

Iterative

 

Incremental

 

 

3. Which of the waterfall, prototype evolution, spiral, and agile processes are lightweight and which are heavyweight

Type

Models

Lightweight

 

Heavyweight

 

 

 

 

4. The waterfall model is present in some sense in all subsequent software process models. Describe the role that the waterfall model plays in the prototype evolution, spiral, and agile models.

Models

The role of waterfall model

The prototype evolution

 

Spiral

 

Agile

 

5. List the advantages and disadvantages of each model in the table below.

Models

Advantages

Disadvantages

Waterfall

 

 

The prototype evolution

 

 

 

Models

Advantages

Disadvantages

Spiral

 

 

Agile

 

 

 

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