Software Development and Management: Characteristics of Software

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What is one of the key characteristics of software compared to hardware?

Hardware is easier to modify than software

How does software's reusability characteristic contribute to cost competitiveness?

Software can be copied infinitely without consuming additional resources, allowing existing code to be reused

Which of the following is a key difference between software and hardware in terms of maintenance costs?

Maintenance costs are required to be higher for software than for hardware

What is the relationship between the manpower invested and the results in software development, according to the text?

The results are not proportional to the manpower invested, and the quality of manpower is important

What is a key difference between software and hardware in terms of defining requirements?

Software requirements require hundreds of times more well-defined requirements than hardware requirements

What is a characteristic of software that makes it more difficult to track development progress compared to hardware?

It is difficult to know the development progress of software than hardware

What is the main purpose of software engineering?

To systematically organize and treat software development as a predictable subject

Which of the following is NOT one of the 4 components of software engineering?

Policies

What is the purpose of establishing project cost estimation in software engineering?

To understand the time, money, and effort required for development

Why is it important to select the software life cycle in a company's project development process?

To systematically control project development based on risks and uncertainties

What is the purpose of defining milestones in software development?

To evaluate the success of intermediate development goals

Why are people considered a crucial component in software engineering?

Because diverse issues in software engineering can't be organized without them

Explore the key characteristics of software including talent, cost competitiveness, and reusability. Learn how well-developed software can lower product costs and be copied infinitely without consuming additional resources.

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