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A student spends most of the project writing documentation and leaves the part on which the rest of the system depends until the end. Explain how this strategy could be improved.
Model answer
What a good answer should say
- The student should identify the critical path early.
- This is the part that everything else depends on for a working system or a complete investigation result.
- Tackling it early can reveal important discoveries while there is still time to respond to them.
- The student should also start prototyping and writing code early, and should be prepared to revisit earlier parts of the project as the development process progresses.
Explanation
Why this works
The recommended strategy is to tackle the critical path early, begin prototyping and coding early, and treat development as iterative. This does not change the required final presentation order.
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