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Software engineering is a modeling, problem-solving and knowledge acquisition activity. It involves building models of systems, solving problems through an engineering method, and acquiring knowledge through a non-linear process. Software engineering aims to capture context and rationale for decisions through rationale management.

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Software engineering is a modeling, problem-solving and knowledge acquisition activity. It involves building models of systems, solving problems through an engineering method, and acquiring knowledge through a non-linear process. Software engineering aims to capture context and rationale for decisions through rationale management.

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SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

What is software engineering?

 Software engineering is a modeling activity.


software engineers build many different models of the system and of the
application domain
 Software engineering is a problem-solving activity
 Software engineering is a knowledge acquisition activity.
software engineers collect data, organize it into information, and formalize
it into knowledge
 Software engineering is a rationale-driven activity.
Need to capture the context in which decisions were made and the
rationale behind these decisions.
1. Modeling

 One of the basic methods of science is modeling.


 A model is an abstract representation of a system that enables us to answer
questions about the system.
 Models also allow to visualize and understand systems that either no
longer exist or that are only claimed to exist.
2. Problem solving

 Engineering is a problem-solving activity.


 The engineering method includes five steps:
1. formulate the problem
2. analyze the problem
3. search for solutions
4. decide on the appropriate solution
5. specify the solution

 Software engineering is an engineering activity. It requires


experimentation
3. Knowledge acquisition

 Knowledge acquisition is a nonlinear process.


 There are several software processes that deal with this problem by avoiding
the linear dependencies.
1. Risk-based development attempts to anticipate surprises late in a
project by identifying the high-risk components.
2. Issue-based development attempts to remove the linearity altogether.
Rationale management

 Assumptions that developers make about a system change constantly.


 Design and implementation faults discovered during testing and usability
problems discovered during user evaluation trigger changes to the solution
models.
 It is necessary to capture and understand the context in which each design
decision was made. This additional knowledge is called the rationale of the
system
Software engineering concepts
 A Project, whose purpose is to develop a software system.
 It is composed of a number of Activities.
 Each Activity is in turn composed of a number of Tasks
 A Task consumes Resources
 Resources produces a Work Product
 A Work Product can be either a System, a Model, or a Document.
 Resources are either Participants, Time, or Equipment.
Participants and roles

 Developing a software system requires the collaboration of many people.


 The client, the product manager, end users
 We refer to all the persons involved in the project as participants.
Systems and models

 System to refer to the underlying reality


 Model to refer to any abstraction of the reality.
 The project schedule, its budget, and its planned deadlines are models of the
development project.
Work products

 A work product is an artifact that is produced during the development.


Ex:document or a piece of software

 work product for the project’s internal consumption as an internal work


product.
 work product for a client as a deliverable.
Activities, tasks, and resources

 An activity is a set of tasks that is performed toward a specific purpose.


Ex: Delivery, Management
 Activities are also sometimes called phases.
 A task represents an atomic unit of work that can be managed.
 Resources are assets that are used to accomplish work.
Ex: time,equipment, and labor.

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