161. Components which provides targeted functionality with well-defined interfaces that enable component to be integrated into software are termed as a. COTS b. TSP c. SPICE d. PSP

Projects 1. Write a brief history of the UML, and prepare a presentation on the subject. 2. Contact the IT staff at your school or at a local business to learn they use object- oriented programming languages. If so, determine what languages and versions are used, how long they have been in use, and why they were selected. 3. Perform a web search for the exact phrase "object-oriented systems analysis". How many hits did you get? Provide three examples. 4. Prepare a report on at least three CASE tools that provide UML support. 5. Investigate business process modeling languages, such as BPEL.

As comparison to proprietary programming languages, do open-source languages provide any benefits or drawbacks? In other words, put yourself in the shoes of a language designer, a programmer, and a corporation that uses the language to imagine how you would handle the software development needs of your business.

What kind of an impact do cohesion and coupling have on the process of creating and maintaining software?