LECTURE NOTES ON

SUBJECT: SOFTWARE ENGINEERING SUBJECT

CODE: BCS-601
Unit-1
B.TECH
BRANCH:CSE-3rd Year

SEMESTER- 6th

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 Unit-1
Introduction of Software Engineering

1.1 Process and Project

A process is a sequence of steps performed for a given purpose. As mentioned earlier, while
developing (industrial strength) software, the purpose is to develop software to satisfy the needs of
some users or clients.
A software project is one instance of this problem, and the development process is what is used to
achieve this purpose.
Program
Program is set of sequential logical instructions.
Software
Software is a set of items or objects that form a “configuration” that includes
• Programs
• Documents
• Data...
Software consists of
(1) Instructions (computer programs) that when executed provided desired function
and performance,
(2) Data structures that enable the programs to adequately manipulate information, and
(3) Documents that describe the operation and use of the programs.
But these are only the concrete part of software that may be seen, there exists also invisible part
which is more important:
 Software is the dynamic behavior of programs on real computers and auxiliary equipment.
 “… a software product is a model of the real world, and the real world is constantly
changing.”
 Software is a digital form of knowledge. (“Software Engineering,” 6ed. Sommerville,
Addison-Wesley, 2000)
 Computer programs and associated documentation such as requirements, design
models and user manuals.
 Software products may be developed for a particular customer or may be developed for
a general market.

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Software products may be
 Generic - developed to be sold to a range of different customers e.g. PC software
such as Excel or Word.
 Bespoke (custom) - developed for a single customer according to their specification.
New software can be created by developing new programs, configuring generic software
systems or reusing existing software.
Chronological evolution of software
1. 1950-1965 –Early Years
General Purpose
Hardware Batch
Orientation
Limited Distribution
Custom Software
2. 1968-1973- Second Era
Multi User
Real Time
Data Base
Product
Software
Concept of sw Maintenance
3. 1974-1986-Third Era
Distributed Systems
Embedded Systems
Low cost HW
Consumer Impact
4. 1987-2000-Fourth Era
Powerful Desktop
Object Orient
Technology Expert
Systems
Artificial Neural Network
Parallel Computing
Network Computers

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1.2 Software Component

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  Lowest Level- It mirrors the instruction set of the h/w. makes efficient use of memory
and optimize programmed execution speed.
 Machine language- 1 Level
 Assembly language-2 Level
 Mid Level - 3 Level. Machine independents used to create procedural description of the
program. More efficient then machine language C, C++
 Highest fourth level:-These are non procedural moves the developer further from the
h/w. it use geographical icons.

1.3 Software Characteristics

1) Software does not wear out.

2) Software is not manufactured, but it is developed through the life cycle concept.
3) Reusability of components
4) Software is flexible and can be amended to meet new requirements
5) Cost of its change at if not carried out initially is very high at later stage .

Difference in Program and Software

Program Software

1. Usually small in size 1.Large

2. Author himself is sole user 2.Large number of users

3. Single developer 3.Team of developers

4. Lacks proper user interface 4.Well-designed interface

5. Lacks proper documentation 5.Well documented & user-

manual prepared

6. Ad hoc development. 6.Systematic development

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 1.4 Software Crisis
Software fails because it
 crash frequently
 expensive
 difficult to alter, debug, enhance
 often delivered late
 use resources non-optimally
 Software professionals lack engineering training
 Programmers have skills for programming but without the engineering mindset
about a process discipline
Standish Group Report OG States:

1. About US$250 billions spent per year in the US on application development

2. Out of this, about US$140 billions wasted due to the projects getting abandoned
or reworked; this in turn because of not following best practices and standards
3. 10% of client/server apps are abandoned or restarted from scratch
4. 20% of apps are significantly altered to avoid disaster
5. 40% of apps are delivered significantly late
6. 30% are only successful
1.5 Software Engineering Process
Concept of the Software Engineering has evolved in 1986 by BOHEM to reduce the effect of
his software crisis because software engineering defined as scientific and systematic approach
to develop , operate and maintain software project to meet a given specific object it beautifully
envisages the concept of life cycle of any software project through following five phase:-
 Requirement analysis
 Design
 Coding
 Testing
 Maintenance

Software Engineering
Software engineering is concerned with the theories, methods and tools for developing, managing
and evolving software products.
 “The systematic application of tools and techniques in the development of computer-based
applications.” (Sue Conger in The New Software Engineering)
 “Software Engineering is about designing and developing high-quality software.” (Shari Lawrence
Pfleeger in Software Engineering -- The Production of Quality Software)
 A systematic approach to the analysis, design, implementation and maintenance of
software. (The Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing) The systematic application of

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 tools and techniques in the development of computer-based applications. (Sue Conger in
The New Software Engineering) Software Engineering is about designing and developing
high-quality software. (Shari Lawrence Pfleeger in Software Engineering -- The
Production of Quality Software)
 The technological and managerial discipline concerned with systematic production and
maintenance of software products that are developed and modified on time and within cost
constraints (R. Fairley)
 A discipline that deals with the building of software systems which are so large that they
are built by a team or teams of engineers (Ghezzi, Jazayeri, Mandrioli)
Difference between software engineering and software programming
Software Engineering Software Programming
1. Single developer 1.Teams of developers with
multiple roles
2. “Toy” applications 2.Complex systems
3. Short lifespan 3.Indefinite lifespan
4. Single or few stakeholders
Architect = Developer = Manager = 4.Numerous stakeholders Architect ≠
Tester = Customer = User Developer ≠ Manager
≠ Tester ≠ Customer ≠ User
5.One-of-a-kind systems 5.System families

Difference between software engineering and computer science

• Computer science is concerned with theory and fundamentals; software engineering is
concerned with the practicalities of developing and delivering useful software.
• Computer science theories are still insufficient to act as a complete underpinning
for software engineering (unlike e.g. physics and electrical engineering).

Difference between software engineering and system engineering

• System engineering is concerned with all aspects of computer-based systems development
including hardware, software and process engineering. Software engineering is part of this
process concerned with developing the software infrastructure, control, applications and
databases in the system.
System engineers are involved in system specification, architectural design, integration and
deployment
• Software engineering is based on computer science, information science and discrete
mathematics whereas traditional engineering is based on mathematics, science and
empirical knowledge.
• Traditional engineers construct real artifacts and software engineers construct non- real
(abstract) artifacts.
• In traditional engineering, two main concerns for a product are cost of production and
reliability measured by time to failure whereas in software engineering two main concerns
are cost of development and reliability measured by the no. of errors per thousand lines of
source code.

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 Difference between software engineering and traditional software engineering
• Software engineers often apply new and untested elements in software projects while
traditional software engineers generally try to apply known and tested principles and limit
the use of untested innovations to only those necessary to create a product that meets its
requirements.
• Software engineers emphasize projects that will live for years or decades whereas some
traditional engineers solve long-ranged problems that ensure for centuries.
• Software engineering is about 50 years old whereas traditional engineering as a whole is
thousands of years old.
• Software engineering is often busy with researching the unknown (eg. To drive an
algorithm) right in the middle of a project whereas traditional engineering normally
separates these activities. A project is supposed to apply research results in known or new
clever ways to build the desired result.
• Software engineering has first recently started to codify and teach best practice in the form
of design pattern whereas in traditional, some engineering discipline have thousands of
years of best practice experience handed over from generation to generation via a field’s
literature , standards, rules and regulations.

1.6 Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)Models

Software-development life-cycle is used to facilitate the development of a large software
product in a systematic, well-defined, and cost-effective way.An information system goes
through a series of phases from conception to implementation. This process is called the
Software-Development Life-Cycle.
Various reasons for using a life-cycle model include:

– Helps to understand the entire process

– Enforces a structured approach to development
– Enables planning of resources in advance
– Enables subsequent controls of them
– Aids management to track progress of the system
Activities undertaken during feasibility study: - The main aim of feasibility study is to determine
whether it would be financially and technically feasible to develop the product. Activities
undertaken during requirements analysis and specification: - The aim of the requirements
analysis and specification phase is to understand the exact requirements of the customer and to
document them properly. This phase consists of two distinct activities, namely Requirements
gathering and analysis, this phase ends with the preparation of Software requirement
Specification (SRS)
Activities undertaken during design: - The goal of the design phase is to transform the
requirements specified in the SRS document into a structure that is suitable for implementation in
some programming language . Design specification Document is outcome of this phase.
Activities undertaken during coding and unit testing:-The purpose of the coding and unit
testing phase (sometimes called the implementation phase) of software development is to translate
the software design into source code. Each component of the design is implemented as a program
module. The end-product of this phase is a set of program modules that have been individually
tested. Code Listings are generated after this phase,.

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 Activities undertaken during integration and system testing: - Integration of different modules
is undertaken once they have been coded and unit tested During each integration step, the partially
integrated system is tested and a set of previously planned modules are added to it. Finally, when
all the modules have been successfully integrated and tested, system testing is carried out. The
goal of system testing is to ensure that the developed system conforms to its requirements laid out
in the SRS document.Test Rports are generatd after this phase.
Activities undertaken during maintenance: - Maintenance of a typical software product requires
much more than the effort necessary to develop the product itself. Many studies carried out in the
past confirm this and indicate that the relative effort of development of a typical software product
to its maintenance effort is roughly in the 40:60 ratio. This phase continues till the software is in
use.

Different software life cycle models

Many life cycle models have been proposed so far. Each of them has some advantages as well as
some disadvantages. A few important and commonly used life cycle models are as follows:

1. Classical Waterfall Model

2. Iterative Waterfall Model
3. Prototyping Model
4. Evolutionary Model
5. Spiral Model

1.6.1 Classical Waterfall Model

The classical waterfall model is intuitively the most obvious way to develop software. Though the
classical waterfall model is elegant and intuitively obvious, it is not a practical model in the sense t
hat it cannot be used in actual software development projects. Thus, this model can be considered
to be a theoretical way of developing software. But all other life cycle models are essentially
derived from the classical waterfall model. So, in order to be able to appreciate other life cycle
models it is necessary to learn the classical waterfall model.
Classical waterfall model divides the life cycle into the following phases as shown in fig:

1. Feasibility Study
2. Requirements Analysis and Specification
3. Design
4. Coding and Unit Testing
5. Integration and System Testing
6. Maintenance

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 1.6.2 Iterative Waterfall Model
• Waterfall model assumes in its design that no error will occur during the design phase
• Iterative waterfall model introduces feedback paths to the previous phases for each
process phase
• It is still preferred to detect the errors in the same phase they occur
• Conduct reviews after each milestone

Iterative Waterfall Model

Advantages of Waterfall Model
• It is a linear model.
• It is a segmental model.
• It is systematic and sequential.
• It is a simple one.
• It has proper documentation

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Disadvantages of Waterfall Model
• It is difficult to define all requirements at the beginning of the project.
• Model is not suitable for accommodating any change
• It does not scale up well to large projects
• Inflexible partitioning of the project into distinct stages makes it difficult to respond to
changing customer requirements.
• Therefore, this model is only appropriate when the requirements are well- understood and
changes will be fairly limited during the design process.
• Few business systems have stable requirements.
• The waterfall model is mostly used for large systems engineering projects where a system
is developed at several sites.

1.6.3 Prototype model

The Prototyping Model is a systems development method (SDM) in which a prototype is built,
tested, and then reworked as necessary until an acceptable prototype is finally achieved from
which the complete system or product can now be developed prototyping paradigm begins with
requirements gathering.
 Developer and customer meet and define the overall objectives for the software, identify
whatever requirements are known, and outline areas where further definition is mandatory.
 A "quick design" then occurs. The quick design focuses on a representation of those
aspects of the software that will be visible to the customer/user (e.g., input approaches and
output formats).
There are several steps in the Prototyping Model as shown in the diagram:-

1. The new system requirements are defined in as much detail as possible. This usually
involves interviewing a number of users representing all the departments or aspects of the
existing system.
2. A preliminary design is created for the new system.

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 3. A first prototype of the new system is constructed from the preliminary design. This is
usually a scaled-down system, and represents an approximation of the characteristics of
the final product.
4. The users thoroughly evaluate the first prototype, noting its strengths and weaknesses,
what needs to be added, and what should to be removed. The developer collects and
analyzes the remarks from the users.
5. The first prototype is modified, based on the comments supplied by the users, and a
second prototype of the new system is constructed.
6. The second prototype is evaluated in the same manner as was the first prototype.
7. The preceding steps are iterated as many times as necessary, until the users are satisfied
that the prototype represents the final product desired.
8. The final system is constructed, based on the final prototype.The final system is thoroughly
evaluated and tested. Routine maintenance is carried out on a continuing basis to prevent large-
scale failures and to minimize downtime. Customers could believe it’s the working system.
Developer could take “shortcuts” and only fill the prototype instead of redesigning it.
Customers may think that the system is almost done, and only few fixes are needed
Advantage of Prototype model
• Suitable for large systems for which there is no manual process to define there
requirements.
• User training to use the system.
• User services determination.
• System training.
• Quality of software is good.
• Requirements are not freezed.
Disadvantage of Prototype model
• It is difficult to find all the requirements of the software initially.
• It is very difficult to predict how the system will work after development.

1.6.4 Evolutionary Process Model

In EP model development engineering effort is made first to establish correct, precise requirement
definitions and system scope, as agreed by all the users across the organization. This is achieved
through application of iterative processes to evolve a system most suited to the given
circumstances.
The process is iterative as the software engineer goes through a repetitive process of requirement
until all users and stakeholders are satisfied. This model differs from the iterative enhancement
model in the sense that this does not require a useable product at the end of each cycle. In
evolutionary development, requirements are implemented by category rather than by priority.
Main characteristics:
– The phases of the software construction are interleaved
– Feedback from the user is used throughout the entire process
– The software product is refined through many versions

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 • Types of evolutionary development:
– Exploratory development
– Throw-away prototyping
Concurrent activities

Initial version
Specification

Outline Intermedia te
description Development versions

Final version
Validation

Advantages:
 Deals constantly with changes
 Provides quickly an initial version of the system
 Involves all development team
Disadvantages:
 Quick fixes may be involved
 “Invisible” process, not well-supported by documentation
 The system’s structure can be corrupted by continuous change

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1.6.5 ITERATIVE ENHANCEMENT MODEL:
Iterative model is developed to overcome the drawback of water fall model. It is a combination
of benefits of water fall model and prototype model. Very popular i.e., used by industries.
In this model software is developed in increments each increment add some functional
capability to the system until full system is developed. It provides better testing after each
increment is easy as compare to entire model testing of water fall model and prototype. In
this model partial product is developed on few easily understandable requirements of overall
requirements.

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 1.6.6 Spiral model
The Spiral model of software development is shown in fig. The diagrammatic representation of this
model appears like a spiral with many loops. The exact number of loops in the spiral is not fixed. Each
loop of the spiral represents a phase of the software process. For ex ample, the innermost loop might be
concerned with feasibility study. The next loop with requirements specification, the next one with
design, and so on. Each phase in this model is split into four sectors (or quadrants) as shown in fig. 2.
The following activities are carried out during each phase of a spiral model.

First quadrant (Objective Setting)

 During the first quadrant, it is n eeded to identify the objectives of the phase.
 Examine the risks associated with these objectives.
Second Quadrant (Risk Assessment and Reduction)
• A detailed analysis is carried out for each identified project risk.
• Steps are taken to reduce the risks. For example, if there is a risk that the requirements are
inappropriate, a prototype system may be developed.
Third Quadrant (Development and Validation)
• Develop and validate the next level of the product after resolving the identified risks.
Fourth Quadrant (Review and Planning)
• Review the results achieved so far with the customer and plan the next iteration around the
spiral.
• Progressively more complete version of the software gets built with each iteration around
the spiral

Advantages of Spiral Model

• It is risk-driven model.

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 • It is very flexible.
• Less documentation is needed.
• It uses prototyping
Disadvantages of Spiral Model
• No strict standards for software development.
• No particular beginning or end of a particular phase.

Difference between spiral and waterfall model

Waterfall model Spiral model
Separate and distinctphases of Process is represented as a spiral rather
specification and development. than as a sequence of activities with
backtracking
After every cycle a useable product is given Each
to loop in the spiral represents a phase in the
the customer. process

Effective in the situations where requirements are

No fixed phases such as specification or design -
defined precisely and there is no confusion loops in the spiral are chosen depending on
about the what is required
functionality of the final product.
Risks are never explicitly assessed and resolved Risks are explicitly assessed and resolved
throughout the process throughout the process

1.6.7 Rapid Development Application model (RAD)

RAD is proposed when requirements and solutions can be modularized as independent
system or software components, each of which can be developed by different teams. User
involvement is essential from requirement phase to deliver of the product. The process is
stared with rapid prototype and is given to user for evolution. In that model user feedback is
obtained and prototype is refined. SRS and design document are prepared with the
association of users. RAD becomes faster if the software engineer uses the component’s
technology (CASE Tools ) such that the components are really available for reuse. Since the
development is distributed into component-development teams, the teams work in tandem
and total development is completed in a short period (i.e., 60 to 90 days).

RAD Phases
• Requirements planning phase (a workshop utilizing structured discussion of
business problems)
• User description phase – automated tools capture information from users
• Construction phase – productivity tools, such as code generators, screen generators, etc.
inside a time-box. (“Do until done”)
• Cutover phase -- installation of the system, user acceptance testing and user training

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Advantage of RAD
 Dramatic time savings the systems development effort
 Can save time, money and human effort
 Tighter fit between user requirements and system specifications
 Works especially well where speed of development is important
Disadvantage of RAD
 More speed and lower cost may lead to lower overall system quality
 Danger of misalignment of system developed via RAD with the business due to missing
information
 May have inconsistent internal designs within and across systems
 Possible violation of programming standards related to inconsistent naming
conventions and inconsistent documentation

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