Unit:

Agile Development
Assignment title:
GeekUp – Valuation Mobile App
Spring 2024 – Winter 2024

Assignment
Important notes
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• You must complete the Statement and Confirmation of Own Work. The form
is available on the NCC Education website. Hover over ‘About Us’ on the
main menu and then navigate to ‘Policies and Procedures’ then scroll to the
‘Student Support’ area.
• Please make a note of the recommended word count. You could lose marks
if you write 10% more or less than this.
• You must submit a paper copy and digital copy (on disk or similarly
acceptable medium). Media containing viruses, or media that cannot be run
directly, will result in a fail grade being awarded for this assessment.
• All electronic media will be checked for plagiarism.
Scenario
GeekUp is a new start-up company looking to disrupt the eBay market with direct trades
between collectors.

The business has been set up to circumvent the growing fees associated with selling on
eBay and to help reduce the sale of counterfeit goods.

The company being a start-up has only TWO (2) members of staff owners: Billy and Sarah
Hampson.

The owners have secured investor funding of £25,000 and want to use part of these funds
to develop the app. At this time the company is looking to be an app only enterprise, but
some funding is being reserved to develop a website if needed.

The company does not employ full time developers at this time, so they have opted to
outsource development to a local software house Disrupt Digital. The project has a
timeframe of SIX (6) months to complete.

The initial requirements have been discovered through early discussions and are as follows:

• The app will be free to download and have no membership cost or additional costs.
• The app will be deployed on the Android platform initially with an iOS version to follow.
• The app will allow THREE (3) searches to be performed before prompting the user
to create an account / log in.
• The app should allow sign-ins using Google accounts to allow easier, faster logins
and to reduce forgotten passwords. This will extend to Facebook and other fast login
options.
• Users can save searches and have a notification sent to the phone. UI to remind
them on a custom basis (daily, weekly, every Friday) or even set to prompt when a
new item is listed.
• The app will use a machine learning algorithm to scan items to help speed up listings
and to help identify fake items.
• The app must be responsive – have little to no lag on devices up to FIVE (5) years
old.
• The app must be easy to use.
• The app where possible should use images and icons over text.
The typical user journey will consist of the user setting up an account either listing an item
for sale or purchasing an item in a similar way to how eBay operates. Users will be given
ONE (1) single account but can opt to be a buyer or seller on the platform.

The app will support all typical payment options (PayPal, Visa etc.).
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Task 1: Introducing DSDM and Agile practices
(1,100 words) – 20 marks
a) Research and justify the use of DSDM over traditional approaches (waterfall) for
Geekup. You must provide at least TWO (2) advantages and/or TWO (2)
disadvantages within your answer. Where possible you must use elements of the
scenario to support your answer.
(10 marks)

b) Illustrate all the main phases of the DSDM lifecycle. Provide a brief description of
each phase. In your answer, you should refer to the scenario.
(10 marks)

Task 2: DSDM Principles

(600 words) – 10 marks

Explain FIVE (5) DSDM principles and provide an example of how they could impact this
project. You must use the scenario in your response.

Task 3: DSDM Products

(600 words) – 10 marks
Identify FIVE (5) DSDM products that should be generated over the duration of this
project. Provide a short description of each product you identify along with listing which
DSDM role could be involved in producing the product or that would be required to
approve the product. You must identify each product as being either an Evolutionary or
Milestone product.

Task 4: Requirements / User Stories

(600 words) – 10 marks
Produce FIVE (5) User Stories from the requirements listed in the scenario above. Explain
the difference between a User Story and an Epic. Research and support your answer with
examples.

Task 5: Modelling (Sequence Diagram, Class Diagram)

- 20 marks
a) Produce a sequence diagram demonstrating your proposed flow of a customer
purchasing an item from the app. You must note any assumptions made in the
diagram.
(10 marks)

b) Produce a Class Diagram of the system being proposed in the scenario. You must
include any assumptions made in the diagram.
(10 marks)

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Task 6: Prototyping
(1,000 words) – 10 marks
Explain the difference between Architectural Spike and Proof of Concept defined as
capability/technique prototype methods. You must provide examples of use within the
context of the scenario.

Task 7: Retrospective
(1,100 words) – 20 marks

a) Explain the term ‘Timeboxing’. Support your answer by illustrating a timebox for this
project. Provide justification for estimates of effort per element. Review the scenario
for key information relevant to answer this question.
(10 marks)

b) Research and suggest why another agile approach might have been preferred for
this project.
(10 marks)

Submission requirements

A word-processed document of 5000 words must be submitted incorporating the full

documentation of all tasks of the assignment above. Diagrams created using alternative
software should be converted into a suitable image file format (e.g., JPEG) and inserted
into the document as images. The document should be submitted both in paper form and
digital form. Digital copies should be on an appropriate medium (CD, DVD, USB flash
drive, etc.).

Candidate checklist

Please use the following checklist to ensure that your work is ready for submission.

Have you read the NCC Education document Academic Misconduct

Policy and ensured that you have acknowledged all the sources that ❑
you have used in your work?
Have you completed the Statement and Confirmation of Own Work
form and attached it to your assignment? You must do this. ❑
Have you ensured that your work has not gone over or under the
recommended word count by more than 10%? ❑
Have you ensured that your work does not contain viruses and can
be run directly? ❑

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