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ANIMATION AND GAME DESIGN
UNIT 1 - PAPER 02
KEY AND MARK SCHEME

(d) THREE messages that may be communicated in sociocultural context

- Those humans must take care of their environment.
- Children must learn how to appreciate things in their
environment.
- Understand the importance of the butterfly to our ecosystem.
- Importance of environmental protection.

Any three appropriate messages 1 mark each

(e) TWO advantages and TWO disadvantages of Waterfall Development
versus Rapid Application Development for use in this project

Advantages Disadvantages
Waterfall  Simple to understand  Once an application is
Development and use. in the testing stage,
 Easy to manage due to it is very difficult to
the rigidity of the go back and change
model – each phase has something that was not
specific deliverables well thought out in the
and a review process. concept stage.
 Phases are processed  No working output is
and completed one at a produced until late
time. Phases do not during the life cycle.
overlap.  High amounts of risk
 Works well for smaller and uncertainty.
projects where  Not a good model for
requirements are very complex projects.
well understood.  Poor model for long and
ongoing projects.
Rapid  Reduced development  Depends on strong team
Application time. and individual
Development  Increases reusability performances for
of components identifying business
 Quick initial reviews requirements.
occur  Only system that can be
 Encourages customer modularized can be built
feedback using RAD
 Integration from very  Requires highly skilled
beginning solves a lot developers/designers.
of integration issues.  High dependency on
modelling skills

Any two advantages 1 mark each
Any two disadvantages 1 mark each
[4 marks]

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