IBCS2 Summer Assignment

Internal Assessment

• The summer assignment is to work on your IB Computer Science Internal Assessment
• You should research the tools/software you'll need to install to work at home
• You can always change your project if you want. Please e-mail Mr. Bui if you are changing your project
• You should have significant progress made on your project by the end of the summer
• Mr. Bui will use your Criterion B's end of summer deadline to evaluate your progress

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Directions

• Due date: You must have all of the below completed by the first day of school.
• The summer assignment is comprised of the following:
  1. Software development assignment (~1.5 hrs)
     • Complete the assignment using your APS Google account and share the document with Mr. Bui
  2. Quiz on software development on the 1st day of school (yeah...that's right)

Software Development Assignment

• Read 1.1 SYSTEMS LIFE CYCLE (pages 2 - 8)
  1. Complete Exercise 1.1 #2 on (page 9)
• Read 1.2 SYSTEMS ANALYSIS (pages 9 - 12)
  1. List the "classic ways" to investigate an existing system
  2. List the advantages and disadvantages of each "classic way"
• Read 1.3 SYSTEM DESIGN (pages 13 - 23)
• Read 1.4 SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPLICATIONS OF COMPUTER SYSTEMS (pages 24 - 29)
• Read 1.5 THE SOFTWARE LIFE CYCLE (pages 29 - 30)
  1. List and describe the major stages of the software life cycle
  2. Why is the software life cycle cyclical?
• Read 1.6 SOFTWARE DESIGN (pages 31 - 34)
  1. What is a prototype?
  2. What is the advantage of prototyping?
• Read 1.7 DOCUMENTATION (pages 36 - 37)
  1. List and describe the 3 different types of documentation
• Review the major points from Mr. Bui's slides: Media:SoftwareDevelopment.ppt

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