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CS-703 (C) RGPV B.Tech

Agile Software Development (ASD)

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Syllabus, notes and important questions for CS-703 (C)

Syllabus units

Topics as the official RGPV syllabus lists them.

Unit 1 Fundamentals of Agile Process 4 topics
  • Introduction and background
  • Agile Manifesto and Principles
  • Stakeholders and Challenges
  • Overview of Agile Development Models: Scrum, Extreme Programming, Feature Driven Development, Crystal, Kanban, Lean Software Development
Unit 1 notes
Unit 2 Agile Projects 4 topics
  • Planning for Agile Teams: Scrum Teams, XP Teams, General Agile Teams, Team Distribution
  • Agile Project Lifecycles: Typical Agile Project Lifecycles, Phase Activities, Product Vision
  • Release Planning: Creating the Product Backlog, User Stories, Prioritizing and Estimating, Creating the Release Plan
  • Monitoring and Adapting: Managing Risks and Issues, Retrospectives
Unit 2 notes
Unit 3 Introduction to Scrum 12 topics
  • Agile Scrum Framework
  • Scrum Artifacts
  • Scrum Meetings, Activities and Roles
  • Scrum Team Simulation
  • Scrum Planning Principles
  • Product and Release Planning
  • Sprinting: Planning, Execution, Review and Retrospective
  • User story definition and Characteristics
  • Acceptance tests and Verifying stories
  • Burn down chart
  • Daily scrum
  • Scrum Case Study
Unit 3 notes
Unit 4 Introduction to Extreme Programming (XP) 6 topics
  • XP Lifecycle
  • The XP Team
  • XP Concepts: Refactoring, Technical Debt, Timeboxing, Stories, Velocity
  • Adopting XP: Pre-requisites, Challenges
  • Applying XP: Pair Programming, Collaborating, Release, Planning, Development
  • XP Case Study
Unit 4 notes
Unit 5 Agile Software Design and Development 11 topics
  • Agile design practices
  • Role of design Principles
  • Need and significance of Refactoring
  • Refactoring Techniques
  • Continuous Integration
  • Automated build tools
  • Version control
  • Agility and Quality Assurance: Agile Interaction Design
  • Agile approach to Quality Assurance
  • Test Driven Development
  • Pair programming: Issues and Challenges
Unit 5 notes
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Exam insights

Counted from 7 past CS-703 (C) papers.

Marks asked per paper, by unit

  • Unit 1 Fundamentals of Agile Process 7 marks
  • Unit 2 Agile Projects 91 marks
  • Unit 3 Introduction to Scrum 0 marks
  • Unit 4 Introduction to Extreme Programming (XP) 21 marks
  • Unit 5 Agile Software Design and Development 7 marks

Average marks of the questions from each unit in one paper. You answer only some of them, so the total is more than the paper’s maximum.

Asked again and again

  1. Define the Agile Manifesto and its four values.

    Asked 2 times: 2025, 2024

  2. Explain the Scrum events and their purpose within a sprint.

    Asked 2 times: 2025, 2024

  3. Describe the process of creating and prioritizing a product backlog.

    Asked 2 times: 2025, 2024

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