Prior to beginning work on this interactive assignment, read Chapter 3: Agile Software Development and Chapter 4: Requirements Engineering in the course text. It is also recommended that you begin reviewing Chapter 3 exercises 3.2 and 3.3 and Chapter 4 exercises 4.2 and 4.4, as these will be your homework assignment due later in the week.

In this week’s interactive assignment, you will add to your concept map that you started in Week 1 and further illustrate and make connections among the concepts of software development and requirements engineering. This week’s section of the concept map is focused on software development and requirements engineering. In your concept map, illustrate different software development methods, and explain the processes used for real-life software development and software requirements engineering. Be sure to label each component, and describe the function of each.

In addition to your concept map, you will write a paper in which you will

• Summarize the Scrum sprint cycle in the context of agile project management.
• Explain agile development techniques, including the Extreme Programming (XP) process and user stories.
  • Specify practical concerns with agile methods.
  • Describe the fundamental requirements in scaling agile methods to integrate with plan-driven methods.
• Describe the concepts of user and systems requirements.
  • Describe how they need to be documented differently.
  • Explain the differences between functional and non-functional requirements.
• List the main activities for requirements elicitation, analysis, and validation.
  • Discuss the relationship among these activities.

Your paper must be a minimum of 600 words.

Attach your presentation concept map and paper in your initial post. In addition, provide a brief summary of the alignment between your concept map and elements within your paper. If you choose to utilize a web-based presentation software, include the URL of your presentation in your post.