Nivaar worked solution (AI-drafted; not reviewed by a licensed engineer)
National Exams, December 2013 — 04-Soft-A7, Software Process (open book, 3 hours). Notes on the paper: FIVE of the eight questions constitute a complete paper (the first five as answered in the answer book are marked, each of equal value); this solution answers all eight as a full study resource. Most questions call for essay-format answers; Question 4 introduces a hypothetical information search-and-delivery tool (delivering electronic documents from a repository to a user by keyword/preference — e.g. a product catalog or classified-ads listing) that Question 5 and parts of Questions 7 build on.
Reference texts. Sommerville, Software Engineering, 10th ed., Ch. 2 (Software Processes), Ch. 3 (Agile Software Development), Ch. 5 (System Modeling), Ch. 8–9 (Testing), Ch. 22–23 (Project Management, Configuration Management), Ch. 9 (Software Evolution/Maintenance); Pressman, Software Engineering: A Practitioner's Approach, 9th ed., Ch. 2–3 (Process Models, Agile), Ch. 23–24 (Project Management, Risk Management), Ch. 29 (Function-Point sizing), Ch. 22 (SQA), Ch. 24 (Software Configuration Management); SWEBOK v4 (Software Engineering Process, Software Configuration Management, Software Maintenance KAs).
