CSC 3910 Software Engineering

Spring 2011

Time: 1:30 to 2:20

Meeting Days: MWF

Location: Oxendine 1256

Textbook: Fundamentals of Software Engineering, Author: Carlo Ghezzi, et al, 2003, Pearson

Software Engineering
A Preview

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Outline
Definitions of software engineering
(SE)
Historical origins of SE
SE as part of systems engineering
SE consists of many activities in
addition to programming
SE and other disciplines
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Definitions
The application of engineering to
software
Field of computer science dealing
with software systems

large and complex

built by teams
exist in many versions
last many years
undergo changes
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Definitions
Application of a systematic,
disciplined, quantifiable approach
to the development, operation,
and maintenance of software (IEEE
1990)
Multi-person construction of multiversion software (Parnas 1978)
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Role of SE in system design

SE part of larger projects
Embedded
Software requirements to be balanced
against others
e.g., telephone switching systems
certain requirements can only be met by hw,
sw, and special devices

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History
The field of software engineering was
born in 1968 in response to chronic
failures of large software projects to
meet schedule and budget constraints
Recognition of "the software crisis"

Term became popular after NATO

Conference in Garmisch Partenkirchen
(Germany), 1968
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Role of software engineer

Programming skill not enough
Software engineering involves
"programming-in-the large"
understand requirements and write
specifications
derive models and reason about them

master software
operate at various abstraction levels
member of a team
communication skills
management skills
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The software lifecycle

(a preview)
Requirements analysis
and specification
Design and specification

waterfall model

Code and module

testing
Integration and
system testing
Delivery and
maintenance
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Relationships between
SE and other CS disciplines
Programming languages
Operating systems
Data bases
Artificial intelligence
Theory
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Relationships between
SE and other disciplines
Management science
Systems engineering
Others

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