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Win-Win Spiral Model

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Boehm and Ross (1989) extended the original spiral model by including considerations related to stakeholders. The win-win spiral model uses the theory W management approach, which requires that for a project to be a success, the system’s key stakeholders must all be winners. The way to achieve this win-win condition is to use the negotiation based approach to define a number of additional steps of the normal spiral development cycle. The additional steps are the following: • Identify next-level stakeholders. • Identify stakeholders’ win conditions. • Reconcile win conditions. • Establish next-level objectives, constraints, and alternatives. • Evaluate product and process alternatives. • Resolve risks. • Define the next-level of product and process, including partitions. • Validate product and process definitions. • Review and commit. The advantages from a win-win spiral model is the collaborative involvement of stakeholders that results in less rework and maintenance, early e...

Characteristics of software

software is a logical rather than a physical system element. Therefore, software has characteristics that are considerably different from those of hardware. Some of the major differences are the following: 1. software is developed or engineered, it is not manufactured. • The concept of raw material is non existent here. It is better visualised as a process,  rather than a product. • The human element is extremely high in software development, compared to manufacturing. • The development productivity is highly uncertain, even with standard products, varying greatly with skill of the developers. • The development tools, techniques, standards, and procedures vary widely across and within an organisation. • Quality problems in software development are very different from those in manufacturing. Whereas the manufacturing quality characteristics can be objectively specified and easily measured, those in the software engineering environment are rather elusive. 2. Software develop...

Software Crisis.

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During the late 1960s and 1970s, there was an outcry over an impending software crisis. The  symptoms of such a crisis surfaced then and are present even today. The symptoms are the following: 1. Software cost has shown a rising trend, outstripping the hardware cost. Boehm (1976, 1981)  indicated that since the fifties, the percentage of total cost of computation attributable  to hardware has dramatically reduced and that attributable to software has correspondingly  increased. Whereas software cost was only a little over 20% in the 1950’s, it was  nearly 60% in the 1970’s, and about 80% in the 1980’s. Today, the computer system that we  buy as ‘hardware’ has generally cost the vendor about three times as much for the software  as it has for the hardware (Pressman 1992). 2. Software maintenance cost has been rising and has surpassed the development cost. Boehm  (1981) has shown that the bulk of the software cost is due to its maintenance rather...

What is Software?

We are living in an information society where most people are engaged in activities connected with either producing or collecting data, or or gangling, processing and storing data, and retrieving and disseminating stored information, or using such information for decision making. Great developments have taken place in  computer    hardware technology, but the key to make this technology useful to humans lies with the software technology. In recent years software industry is exhibiting the highest growth rate throughout the world, India being no exception. Software is the general term for information that's recorded onto some kind of medium. For example, when you go to the video store and rent or buy a tape or DVD, what you're really getting is the software that's stored on that tape or disk. Your VCR or DVD player are hardware devices that are capable of reading the software from a tape or disk and projecti...

How to choose the best Sound Card?

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This is the  computer   part that is in charge of processing audio data and output to the speakers. A good sound card is necessary for a  computer   to play quality music. If you are a heavy multimedia user or gamer, this is one of the  computer   parts where you need to invest in.   Sound cards  can be a great purchase for sound enthusiasts and hardcore gamers. They help eliminate interference and similar problems that degrade sound quality. They can also help create a more realistic 3D audio environment. The potential sound output is also much greater, with a wider and richer frequency range. Sound cards such as the  ASUS Xonar Essence STX ,   ASUS Xonar Essence ST   and  Creative Sound Baslter X-Fi will truly deliver when it comes to overall sound quality. If you are wondering how to get the best possible sound out of your  computer  , or if you want to know what the advantages of sound cards ove...

How to change the CPU case, Monitor and Controls?

The  computer    case is a container where all the  computer    parts are assembled and contained. There are various types of cases for different type of motherboard size it is also known as form factor. How big a case is will depend on your motherboard size and the number of computer hardware you are putting in.   computer    monitor receives information from the graphics card and display them on the screen. There are mainly two types of monitor used for  computer    system, CRT and LCD monitor. CRT monitor used to be the standard for  computer    monitor. However, with the advancement in technology, LCD monitor has gradually replaced its CRT counterpart to become the choice for most  computer   .   The keyboard and the mouse are the only devices that allow you to interact with the  computer   . Not all keyboards and mouse are made the same. Some of them are specially designed fo...

How to choose the best Hard drive?

Find out the various type of hard drive and which type is most suitable for your system . A hard drive is a storage place where you install and store all your programs and data. Generally, the bigger the capacity, the more data you can store. The main difference between the hard drive and  computer    RAM is that computer RAM contains only volatile data, which means all the data is lost when the power is switched off while hard drive can be used to store permanent data.   These solid state drives are the ones to beat in the SSD world at the moment. The last generation SSDs were capable of 280/270MB/s but the new drives are capable of 550-500MB/s, in other words, double the speed of last generation. This equates to sub -10 second Windows load times and also sub-5 second game load times. That's blazingly fast performance with no bottleneck. Expected data speeds of 1Gb/s+ once a RAID array is set up. 

How to choose the best Graphics Card?

A gaming  computer   must have a good graphics card. This guide shows you how to find the best graphics card for your gaming  computer  . As the name implies, it is a card that processes graphical data. Upon receiving instruction from the motherboard and CPU, it will process the graphical data and display them on the monitor. There is a wide range of graphics card in the market, all with different processing capability. Generally, the processing capability is proportional to the quality of the images produced on the monitor. The better the graphics card, the higher quality is the images shown. For gamer, investing in a good graphics card is a must.

How to choose the best RAM?

RAM (Random access memory),  computer   RAM is one of the most crucial components of a  computer  . Without this component the  computer   speed will be crawling like a tortoise.  computer   RAM acts as a facilitation for the motherboard and the processor. Its main function is to provide a temporary space for data to be stored. When a  computer   first starts up The system will load information from the storage drive into the RAM. At any point of time when the system needs information It will just access the RAM to retrieve the data it needs. 

How to choose the best CPU?

If you will choose a best CPU, then your  computer   can run like a Ferrari. CPU is the brain of the  computer  . Its main task is to handle all the heavy arithmetic and logic calculation. This piece of  computer   hardware determines  the speeds of your  computer  . The higher the speed of the CPU, The faster is your gaming  computer  . Game  computer   have high end graphics cards processors and more then enough ram. All the components needed to enhance your gaming experience. When you are considering a gaming  computer   carefully evaluate your needs. So you can get a desktop that will fit your gaming style and budget.

How to choose the best motherboard?

Motherboard is the heart of the  computer   and the one piece of equipment that integrates all the  computer   component together. Choosing a good motherboard is essential to make sure every parts run smoothly. Because it is the most important  computer   hardware of all as it is the part that integrates all the other gaming hardware together. Its main job is facilate the processor, pass instruction and coordinate the various  computer   parts. How good a motherboard is will determine how capable the computer is in performing tasks. So most importantly you have need to choose the best  computer   for build a gaming  computer  .

How to build a gaming Computer?

It is too easy for everyone. Everyone can build a gaming  computer  . If you want to build your gaming  computer , then you do not need to have a  computer   degree or be a gaming computer expert to build one. From here you will get a lot of information to build your gaming  computer  .  Building your own  computer    is   much better and   cheaper   than buying a brand new  computer    off   the shelf. Your  computer    retailer will never want you to learn the skill of building your own  computer   , as that means no more sales for them.  Stop paying high price for your gaming  computer    . Just need to follow these rules, you will be building your own gaming  computer    in no time. For building a gaming  computer    you have need to change some parts and how can you change that. Those  information's ...

Turion X2 Ultra

Turion X2 Ultra is the first processor family from AMD solely for the mobile platform, based on the Athlon 64 architecture with some specific architectural enhancements similar to current Phenom processors aimed at lower power consumption and longer battery life. The Turion Ultra processor was released as part of the Puma mobile platform in June 2008. The Turion X2 Ultra is a dual-core processor to be fabricated on 65 NM technology using 300 mm SOI wafers. It will support DDR2-800 SO-Dim Ms and features a DRAM preference to improve performance and a mobile-enhanced north bridge. Each processor core comes with 1 MiB L2 cache for a total of 2 MiB L2 cache for the entire processor. This is double the L2 cache found on the current Turion 64 X2 processor. Clock rates range from 2.0 GHz to 2.4 GHz, and thermal design power will range from 32 watts to 35 watts. The Turion X2 Ultra processor, unlike earlier Turion, implements three voltage planes: one for the north bridge ...

Create a large files

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You may want to create a large dummy sample files on Windows PC for specific requirement. Dummy files of fixed size can be used to test data transfer over network. You can use huge sample files to over-write sensitive data on the hard drive. These can also be used to fill up USB pen drives and prevent malicious content to transfer or execute. On Windows PC, you can use this command method or third party utility programs to create large dummy files of specific sizes. 1. Command line method to create large files, you can easily create dummy file of specific size which do not contain any data using this command . Fsutil file create new <name of file> <size in bytes> Following is example to create dummy file of 10MB size in ‘temp’ folder of E drive. Fsutil file create new e: temptempfile.txt 10000000 2. FileFiller to create huge files (4GB / 80GB) 1. Download file filler program on your Windows (7, Vista, XP, 2000, NT) computer. It is a free utility program of sm...

Transfer Images Digital camera to your computer

When you are using a digital camera, then you have needed to transfer the image from camera to your computer. For image transfer you need to use a USB cable or Memory card. It is too easy to transfer image from camera to your computer . USB Cable:      The most awkward option for transferring images from a digital camera is to connect the camera to your computer by using a USB cable. The images must then be beamed into the computer from the camera, or the camera may appear as a disk drive in the computer window. Insert your memory card into the computer : The best way of transferring images from your digital camera is to remove its memory card and plug the card into the PC. Upon plugging in the memory card, you’re greeted by an Auto Play dialog box, as shown in the following figure. When you see the Auto Play dialog box, you need to choose a program to use for transferring the images. You most likely see the options shown in the figure, including perhaps any cust...