Case 1-1 ​Roark Has Just Joined a Company and in His Role

question 43

Multiple Choice

Case 1-1
​Roark has just joined a company and in his role as a lead analyst, he will be responsible for determining which systems development method the team uses to create a new application for a major medical supplier.
-After Roark has spent a week getting to know the members of the team, including their strengths and weaknesses, and what has worked well (and not so well) for this particular team in the past, one theme keeps recurring: the team has particularly weak communications skills. Which of the following methods is Roark least likely to use, given that he knows about the disadvantages of each method?​

• A) Structured analysis
• B) Agile/adaptive methods
• C) Object-oriented analysis
• D) Rapid application development

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