Mystery Chair Quiz: The SDLC Edition

Your customer is a gymnast, but your chair looks like a throne for a king. What SDLC phase did you probably skip?

• The "Guess and Hope" phase

• Requirements Analysis

• Testing it by sitting on it yourself

• Deployment to the castle

Oops! The chef's chair collapsed under the weight of their pots and pans. What should you have done before delivering it?

• Check if it looks cool enough for Instagram

• Give it a strength test (Testing phase)

• Ask the chef to sit on it blindfolded

• Make it out of spaghetti

You built a chair for a baby but forgot to include a safety harness. What SDLC phase might help fix this?

• The "Let's Pretend It's Fine" phase

• Maintenance (a.k.a. "Oh no, let's fix it!")

• Deployment (Let the baby deal with it)

• Requirement Analysis

The athlete wanted a lightweight chair, but you built one out of bricks. What could have saved you from this disaster?

• A gym membership

• Asking questions during Requirements Analysis

• Testing it with a crane

• Throwing in a free helmet

Your team made a chair that fits perfectly, looks amazing, and is super comfy. What's the final SDLC phase you'll celebrate with?

• Deployment (and a pat on your back)

• Maintenance (just in case it squeaks later)

• Testing (by taking a nap on it)

• Requirement Analysis (wait, are we still here?)

You built a chair for a toddler, but it's 10 feet tall with no stairs. Which SDLC phase did you forget?

• The "Shrink-Ray Test" phase

• Requirements Analysis

• Design (and a reality check)

• Testing with a giraffe

Your customer says the chair feels like sitting on a bed of nails. What should you have done?

• Apologize and offer a pillow

• Add "comfort testing" in the Testing phase

• Make a chair out of clouds

• Hire a magician to fix it

The king loves the chair you built but wants gold armrests added. What's this phase of SDLC called?

• The "Royal Upgrade" phase

• Maintenance

• Deployment with extra bling

• Requirements Analysis (Again?!)

Your team built an awesome chair, but no one can figure out how to sit on it. What went wrong?

• You skipped the Testing phase (and common sense).

• The chair is secretly an art piece.

• You forgot to add an instruction manual.

• It's actually a throne for upside-down kings.

The athlete's chair collapses the moment they jump onto it. What should you have done differently?

• Add springs to make it bounce back.

• Use the Testing phase to simulate jumps.

• Glue the athlete to the chair for safety.

• Blame gravity.