Assignment 4,

Comp 3104 Fall, 2007. 

Due date and time: Nov. 26th at 12:05 PM

Part 1 (10 marks)

Q1 (5 marks)� What are basic facilities that must be provided by an object request broker?

Q2 (5 marks)� Explain why the use of distributed objects with an object request broker simplifies the implementation of scalable client-server architecture.

Part 2 (40 marks)

Read the following two papers, and write a one page summary for each of them. �In your writing, use font size equal to 12, single spacing and between 300-400 words for each article.

• Ambler Scott, "Lessons in Agility from Internet-Based Development", IEEE Software, Volume 19, March 2002.

• Lehman, M.M.; Perry, D.E.; Ramil, J.F.; On evidence supporting the FEAST hypothesis and the laws of software evolution.  Software Metrics Symposium, 1998. Metrics 1998. Proceedings. Fifth International, 20-21 Nov. 1998 Page(s):84 � 88