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U18CSI4204-Software Engineering: Faculty Lead: Mr.R.Kirubakaran AP/CSE

1) Software engineering is defined as the application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation and maintenance of software. 2) Software engineering is a modeling activity, problem solving activity, knowledge acquisition activity, and rationale-driven activity. 3) Software engineering can be considered a layered technology because most software continues to be custom built by combining existing components, although the industry is moving towards more component-based construction.

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U18CSI4204-Software Engineering: Faculty Lead: Mr.R.Kirubakaran AP/CSE

1) Software engineering is defined as the application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation and maintenance of software. 2) Software engineering is a modeling activity, problem solving activity, knowledge acquisition activity, and rationale-driven activity. 3) Software engineering can be considered a layered technology because most software continues to be custom built by combining existing components, although the industry is moving towards more component-based construction.

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U18CSI4204-Software

Engineering

Faculty Lead:
Mr.R.Kirubakaran AP/CSE

Department of Computer Science &


Engineering
Software Engineering
Software?
• “Computer software, or simply software, is a collection of data or
computer instructions that tell the computer how to work”..- Wiki

• “written programs or procedures or rules and associated


documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system”

• “the programs and other operating information used by a


computer”

• “Software is a general term for the various kinds of programs used


to operate computers and related devices”

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• Software is more than just a program code.

• A program is an executable code, which serves some


computational purpose.

• Software is a collection of executable programming


code, associated libraries and documentations.

• Software, when made for a specific requirement is


called software product.
ENGINEERING?

• Engineering is the application


of scientific and practical knowledge to invent,
design, build, maintain, improve process, etc

• Simply, systematic way of doing things


Software Engineering??

IEEE defines software engineering as:

• The application of a systematic, disciplined,


quantifiable approach to the development,
operation and maintenance of software
Software

Software is composed of

• Programs or instructions

• Data structures

• Documents
The Nature of Software
• Dual role of Software
A Product

-Information transformer
-It acts as information transformer because it produces, manages, acquires, modifies,
displays, or transmits information.

A Vehicle for delivering a product


• It provides system functionality (e.g., payroll system)

• It controls other software (e.g., an operating system)


Characteristics of software
• Software is developed or engineered; it is not manufactured in
the classical sense.

• Software does not wear out However it degraded due to


change.

• Software is custom built rather than assembling existing


components.

-Although the industry is moving towards component-based


construction, most software continues to be custom built
Fig: FAILURE CURVE FOR SOFTWARE
• Software Engineering is a
• Modeling activity
• Problem Solving activity
• Knowledge acquisition activity
• Rationale – driven activity
Student corner

• Software engineering can be called as layered


technology?? Why???

• Software engineering failures

• Software application domains

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