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CCEA A-Level Software Systems Development

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Flashcards for CCEA GCE Software Systems Development, split into the two externally examined units, AS 1 Introduction to Object Oriented Development and A2 1 Systems Approaches and Database Concepts, then by topic in the specification's order. Follows the specification for first teaching from 2016 (updated September 2019), with code in C#.

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What is inside (29 subdecks)

  • A2 1 Systems Approaches and Database Concepts666 cards
    • 1. Reasons for systems development63 cards
    • 2. Systems methodologies150 cards
      • DSDM24 cards
      • Extreme Programming28 cards
      • Prototyping17 cards
      • Purpose and evolution of methodologies18 cards
      • RAD17 cards
      • Scrum32 cards
      • Waterfall14 cards
    • 3. UML63 cards
    • 4. Managing projects60 cards
    • 5. Testing66 cards
    • 6. Database concepts65 cards
    • 7. Entity relationship models40 cards
    • 8. Normalisation50 cards
    • 9. Structured Query Language (SQL)109 cards
  • AS 1 Introduction to Object Oriented Development543 cards
    • 1. Software44 cards
    • 2. Defining data86 cards
    • 3. Program control structures66 cards
    • 4. Objects97 cards
      • Encapsulation and visibility33 cards
      • Inheritance29 cards
      • Polymorphism, overloading and overriding35 cards
    • 5. Data structures85 cards
    • 6. Exception handling47 cards
    • 7. Managing input and output75 cards
    • 8. Testing an object oriented application43 cards

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  • An Agile methodology, developed from RAD, that fixes time and cost but lets the features vary
    Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM)
  • Entity
    Something about which data is stored, such as a customer or an order
  • What is a software systems development project?
    A planned piece of work to build or change a computer system so that it meets an organisation's needs
  • Sequence
    A control structure in which statements run one after another in the order they are written
  • A standard set of diagrams for describing the design of software, especially object-oriented systems
    UML (Unified Modelling Language)
  • Waterfall model
    A traditional methodology in which each stage is completed and signed off before the next begins
  • What is project management?
    Planning, organising and controlling the people, time, money and other resources needed to finish a project
  • Rapid Application Development (RAD)
    An iterative methodology that builds a system quickly by using prototypes, user feedback and reusable components
  • Why is testing needed throughout the development cycle?
    Errors found early are cheaper to correct than those found after the system is in use
  • Primitive data type
    A basic built-in type that holds a single simple value, such as a whole number or a character

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