Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Vicerrectoría Académica y de Investigación

Course: Documentation and Techniques of Software Tests
Code: 204027

Activity Guide and Evaluation Rubric - Phase 1 - Initial concepts

1. Activity Description

Type of activity: Individual

Evaluation moment: Initial
Highest score of the activity: 25 points
The activity starts on: Monday, April 12, The activity ends on: Sunday, April 25,
2021 2021
With this activity, you are expected to achieve the following learning
outcomes:

Prepare the required documentation in the life cycle phases of a software development
project in accordance with methodologies and standards.

The activity consists of:

Using the e-Library databases and academic search engines, the student should consult
the main concepts related to software documentation and compile a summary with the
main ideas, regarding the following topics:

- Methodologies for the execution of software projects: Traditional and

agile.
o What are the traditional methodologies? Create a concept map with the
main features.
o What are the agile methodologies? Create a concept map with the main
features.
o Create a comparative chart with the differences between traditional and
agile methodologies.
o What is Scrum? Create a chart with the summary of the main features.

- Phases of the life cycle of software projects.

Research and describe:
o Name of each phase
o Definition or description

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 - Documentation artifacts in software development projects.
Research and describe the main artifacts for the documentation of the phases
of the software life cycle
▪ Analysis: Use cases, User Story, Backlog
▪ Implementation: How to document the code
▪ Testing: Test plan, Test cases.
▪ Deployment: User manual, Technical manual.

For the development of the activity consider that:

In the Initial Information Environment, you must:

▪ Review the start and end dates of the activity

In the Learning Environment, you must:

▪ Read the documentation of the related bibliographic references for unit 1.
▪ Interact with the teacher and classmates to clarify any doubts you can have
about the development of the activity.

In the Evaluation Environment, you must:

▪ Deliver the document with the summary of the topics listed in the previous
section of this guide.
Evidences of individual work:
The individual evidence to be submitted is:
Document containing the summary of the thematic contents proposed for the activity.

2. General Guidelines for the Development of the Evidences to Submit

For Individual evidences, consider the following:

• The student must submit a document in Word format (Doc or Docx) or in PDF
format. The name of the delivered file must have this format: Activity 01 - First
Name and First Last Name. Example: “Phase 01 - John Doe.docx”.

• The document must have a cover that includes at least the following information:
Name of the activity, full name of the student, group, career, date of delivery,
city, name of the tutor.

• Spell check should be applied to avoid quality problems in the document.

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• Validate that the document meets all the requirements described in the guide and
in the evaluation rubric.

Please keep in mind that all individual or collaborative written products must comply
with the spelling rules and presentation conditions defined in this activity guide.
Regarding the use of references, consider that the product of this activity must comply
with APA style.
In any case, make sure you comply with the rules and avoid academic plagiarism. You
can review your written products using the Turnitin tool found in the virtual campus.

Under the Academic Code of Conduct, the actions that infringe the academic order,
among others, are the following: paragraph e) Plagiarism is to present as your own
work all or part of a written report, task or document of invention carried out by
another person. It also implies the use of citations or lack of references, or it includes
citations where there is no match between these and the reference and paragraph f)
To reproduce, or copy for profit, educational resources or results of research products,
which have rights reserved for the University. (Acuerdo 029 - 13 de diciembre de
2013, artículo 99)

The academic penalties students will face are:

a) In case of academic fraud demonstrated in the academic work or evaluation, the
score obtained will be zero (0.0) without any disciplinary measures being derived.
b) In case of proven plagiarism in academic work of any nature, the score obtained
will be zero (0.0), without any disciplinary measures being derived.

3. Evaluation Rubric Template

Type of activity: Individual

Evaluation moment: Initial
The highest score in this activity is 25 points
First evaluation High level: The student delivers the concept maps and the
criterion: comparative chart of the traditional and agile methodologies,
covering the concepts and main characteristics.
Delivers the concept If your work is at this level, you can get between 6 points
maps and the and 10 points
comparative chart

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of traditional and Average level: The student only delivers a concept map or the
agile methodologies comparative chart, and/or does not cover the main concepts and
characteristics.
This criterion If your work is at this level, you can get between 2 points
represents 10 and 5 points
points of the total
of 25 points of Low level: The student does not deliver the requested concept
the activity. maps and comparative chart, and/or does not cover the main
concepts and characteristics.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 1 point
Second evaluation High level: The student investigates and delivers the contents
criterion: related to the project life cycle phases and the documentation
artifacts.
Delivers the If your work is at this level, you can get between 6 points
contents related to and 10 points
the project life cycle
phases and the Average level: The student does not answer all the topics or
documentation gives a partial answer.
artifacts If your work is at this level, you can get between 2 points
and 5 points
This criterion
represents 10 Low level: The student does not answer the requested topics
points of the total or the answers are incorrect.
of 25 points of If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
the activity. points and 1 point
Third evaluation
criterion: High level: The student delivers the document in the evaluation
environment, in the appropriate format and respecting the
Make the delivery of structure for the file name. APA standards applied.
the document If your work is at this level, you can get between 4 points
according to what is and 5 points
specified in the
guide. Average level: The student delivers the document, but it does
not comply with the requested format or name or does not apply
This criterion APA standards.
represents 5 If your work is at this level, you can get between 2 points
points of the total and 3 points
of 5 points of the
activity.

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Low level: The student does not deliver the document, nor
does it comply with the requested format or name, nor does
apply APA standards.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 1 point