This document discusses various process models for software engineering. It begins by defining what a process model is and explaining why they are useful. It then covers traditional sequential models like waterfall and V-model. Iterative and incremental models like prototyping and spiral modeling are described which allow for software to evolve through iterations. Other topics covered include concurrent modeling, component-based development, formal methods, aspects, unified process and personal software process. The document provides details on different process patterns, assessment methods and considerations for evolutionary processes.
The document discusses various aspects of the software process including software process models, generic process models like waterfall model and evolutionary development, process iteration, and system requirements specification. It provides details on each topic with definitions, characteristics, advantages and diagrams. The key steps in software process are specified as software specifications, design and implementation, validation, and evolution. Generic process models and specific models like waterfall, evolutionary development, and incremental delivery are explained.
The document discusses formal approaches to software quality assurance (SQA). It states that SQA can be improved through software engineering practices like technical reviews, multi-tiered testing, controlling work products and changes, and following standards. It also argues that a more rigorous mathematical approach is needed for SQA since programs can be viewed as mathematical objects with rigorous syntax and semantics defined for languages, allowing proofs of correctness.
The document discusses the process of requirements engineering. It begins by defining requirements engineering as the process of defining, documenting, and maintaining requirements. It then outlines the key tasks in requirements engineering: inception, elicitation, elaboration, negotiation, specification, validation, and management. For each task, it provides details on the goals and steps involved. Overall, the document provides a comprehensive overview of requirements engineering and the various activities that comprise the process.
This document discusses software process models. It defines a software process as a framework for activities required to build high-quality software. A process model describes the phases in a product's lifetime from initial idea to final use. The document then describes a generic process model with five framework activities - communication, planning, modeling, construction, and deployment. It provides an example of identifying task sets for different sized projects. Finally, it discusses the waterfall process model as the first published model, outlining its sequential phases and problems with being rarely linear and requiring all requirements up front.
The document discusses the waterfall model of software development. It describes the five phases of the waterfall model as requirements gathering and analysis, design, coding, testing, and maintenance. It provides details on the activities in each phase, including documenting requirements, designing logical modules, writing code, testing software, and maintaining the system. The waterfall model is advantageous for small projects but inflexible if requirements change, as it is a sequential process where each phase must be completed before the next.
The document contains slides from a lecture on software engineering. It discusses definitions of software and software engineering, different types of software applications, characteristics of web applications, and general principles of software engineering practice. The slides are copyrighted and intended for educational use as supplementary material for a textbook on software engineering.
Agile development focuses on effective communication, customer collaboration, and incremental delivery of working software. The key principles of agile development according to the Agile Alliance include satisfying customers, welcoming changing requirements, frequent delivery, collaboration between business and development teams, and self-organizing teams. Extreme Programming (XP) is an agile process model that emphasizes planning with user stories, simple design, pair programming, unit testing, and frequent integration and testing.
This document discusses software processes and models. It covers the following key points:
1. Software processes involve activities like specification, design, implementation, validation and evolution to develop software systems. Common process models include waterfall, incremental development and reuse-oriented development.
2. Processes need to cope with inevitable changes. This can involve prototyping to avoid rework or using incremental development and delivery to more easily accommodate changes.
3. The Rational Unified Process is a modern process model with phases for inception, elaboration, construction and transition. It advocates iterative development and managing requirements and quality.
The document discusses various aspects of the software process including software process models, generic process models like waterfall model and evolutionary development, process iteration, and system requirements specification. It provides details on each topic with definitions, characteristics, advantages and diagrams. The key steps in software process are specified as software specifications, design and implementation, validation, and evolution. Generic process models and specific models like waterfall, evolutionary development, and incremental delivery are explained.
The document discusses formal approaches to software quality assurance (SQA). It states that SQA can be improved through software engineering practices like technical reviews, multi-tiered testing, controlling work products and changes, and following standards. It also argues that a more rigorous mathematical approach is needed for SQA since programs can be viewed as mathematical objects with rigorous syntax and semantics defined for languages, allowing proofs of correctness.
The document discusses the process of requirements engineering. It begins by defining requirements engineering as the process of defining, documenting, and maintaining requirements. It then outlines the key tasks in requirements engineering: inception, elicitation, elaboration, negotiation, specification, validation, and management. For each task, it provides details on the goals and steps involved. Overall, the document provides a comprehensive overview of requirements engineering and the various activities that comprise the process.
This document discusses software process models. It defines a software process as a framework for activities required to build high-quality software. A process model describes the phases in a product's lifetime from initial idea to final use. The document then describes a generic process model with five framework activities - communication, planning, modeling, construction, and deployment. It provides an example of identifying task sets for different sized projects. Finally, it discusses the waterfall process model as the first published model, outlining its sequential phases and problems with being rarely linear and requiring all requirements up front.
The document discusses the waterfall model of software development. It describes the five phases of the waterfall model as requirements gathering and analysis, design, coding, testing, and maintenance. It provides details on the activities in each phase, including documenting requirements, designing logical modules, writing code, testing software, and maintaining the system. The waterfall model is advantageous for small projects but inflexible if requirements change, as it is a sequential process where each phase must be completed before the next.
The document contains slides from a lecture on software engineering. It discusses definitions of software and software engineering, different types of software applications, characteristics of web applications, and general principles of software engineering practice. The slides are copyrighted and intended for educational use as supplementary material for a textbook on software engineering.
Agile development focuses on effective communication, customer collaboration, and incremental delivery of working software. The key principles of agile development according to the Agile Alliance include satisfying customers, welcoming changing requirements, frequent delivery, collaboration between business and development teams, and self-organizing teams. Extreme Programming (XP) is an agile process model that emphasizes planning with user stories, simple design, pair programming, unit testing, and frequent integration and testing.
This document discusses software processes and models. It covers the following key points:
1. Software processes involve activities like specification, design, implementation, validation and evolution to develop software systems. Common process models include waterfall, incremental development and reuse-oriented development.
2. Processes need to cope with inevitable changes. This can involve prototyping to avoid rework or using incremental development and delivery to more easily accommodate changes.
3. The Rational Unified Process is a modern process model with phases for inception, elaboration, construction and transition. It advocates iterative development and managing requirements and quality.
Software testing is an important phase of the software development process that evaluates the functionality and quality of a software application. It involves executing a program or system with the intent of finding errors. Some key points:
- Software testing is needed to identify defects, ensure customer satisfaction, and deliver high quality products with lower maintenance costs.
- It is important for different stakeholders like developers, testers, managers, and end users to work together throughout the testing process.
- There are various types of testing like unit testing, integration testing, system testing, and different methodologies like manual and automated testing. Proper documentation is also important.
- Testing helps improve the overall quality of software but can never prove that there
The document discusses different prescriptive process models for software engineering projects. It describes the waterfall model as the oldest and most basic sequential model. Incremental process models like the incremental model and RAD model deliver functionality in increments to get early user feedback. Evolutionary models like prototyping and the spiral model are iterative and allow for changes through repeated prototype revisions or spiral loops of risk analysis, development and validation.
Evolutionary process models allow developers to iteratively create increasingly complete versions of software. Examples include the prototyping paradigm, spiral model, and concurrent development model. The prototyping paradigm uses prototypes to elicit requirements from customers. The spiral model couples iterative prototyping with controlled development, dividing the project into framework activities. The concurrent development model concurrently develops components with defined interfaces to enable integration. These evolutionary models allow flexibility and accommodate changes but require strong communication and updated requirements.
Ian Sommerville, Software Engineering, 9th Edition Ch1Mohammed Romi
The document provides an introduction to software engineering concepts. It discusses what software engineering is, the importance of ethics in software development, and introduces three case studies that will be used as examples throughout the book. Specifically:
[1] It defines software engineering as an engineering discipline concerned with all aspects of software production. Professional and ethical practices are important.
[2] It discusses software engineering ethics and introduces the ACM/IEEE code of ethics for software engineers.
[3] It provides an overview of three case studies that will be referenced in later chapters: an insulin pump system, a patient management system, and a weather station system.
The Waterfall model is a popular sequential model of the software development life cycle where each phase must be completed before the next begins. It consists of requirements, design, implementation, verification, and maintenance phases. Though simple to understand and manage, the Waterfall model works best for smaller, well-defined projects as it is inflexible to changes and produces no working software until late in the cycle.
This document discusses different process models used in software development. It describes the key phases and characteristics of several common process models including waterfall, prototyping, V-model, incremental, iterative, spiral and agile development models. The waterfall model involves sequential phases from requirements to maintenance without iteration. Prototyping allows for user feedback earlier. The V-model adds verification and validation phases. Incremental and iterative models divide the work into smaller chunks to allow for iteration and user feedback throughout development.
The document discusses various software process models including prescriptive models like waterfall model and incremental process model. It also covers evolutionary models like prototyping and spiral process model. Specialized models covered are component based development, formal methods model, aspect oriented development and unified process model. The key highlights are that different models are suited for different situations based on project needs and each model has advantages and disadvantages to consider.
The document discusses software requirements and specifications. It explains that requirements engineering is the process of establishing customer requirements for a system. Requirements can range from high-level abstract statements to detailed functional specifications. Both types of statements may be called requirements. The document also discusses different types of requirements like user requirements, system requirements, functional requirements, and non-functional requirements. It provides examples and explanations of each. The structure and intended users of a requirements document are also covered.
The document discusses software quality and defines key aspects:
- It explains the importance of software quality for users and developers.
- Qualities like correctness, reliability, efficiency are defined.
- Methods for measuring qualities like ISO 9126 standard are presented.
- Quality is important throughout the software development process.
- Both product quality and process quality need to be managed.
The document discusses several prescriptive software process models including:
1) The waterfall model which follows sequential phases from requirements to deployment but lacks iteration.
2) The incremental model which delivers functionality in increments with each phase repeated.
3) Prototyping which focuses on visible aspects to refine requirements through iterative prototypes and feedback.
4) The RAD (Rapid Application Development) model which emphasizes very short development cycles of 60-90 days using parallel teams and automated tools. The document provides descriptions and diagrams of each model.
This document discusses various topics related to software design including design principles, concepts, modeling, and architecture. It provides examples of class/data design, architectural design, interface design, and component design. Some key points discussed include:
- Software design creates representations and models that provide details on architecture, data structures, interfaces, and components needed to implement the system.
- Design concepts like abstraction, modularity, encapsulation, and information hiding are important to reduce complexity and improve design.
- Different types of design models include data/class design, architectural design, interface design, and component-level design.
- Good software architecture and design lead to systems that are more understandable, maintainable, and of higher quality.
Prescriptive process models attempt to organize the software development life cycle by defining activities, their order, and relationships. Early models like code-and-fix lacked predictability and manageability. Newer models strive for structure and order to achieve coordination, while allowing for changes as feedback is received. However, relying solely on prescriptive models may be inappropriate in a world that demands flexibility and change.
This document discusses different approaches to requirements modeling including scenario-based modeling using use cases and activity diagrams, data modeling using entity-relationship diagrams, and class-based modeling using class-responsibility-collaborator diagrams. Requirements modeling depicts requirements using text and diagrams to help validate requirements from different perspectives and uncover errors, inconsistencies, and omissions. The models focus on what the system needs to do at a high level rather than implementation details.
This document provides an overview of design patterns including their definition, utility, essential elements, and examples. It discusses creational patterns like singleton, factory, and builder. Structural patterns covered include adapter, proxy, and composite. Behavioral patterns like command and iterator are also introduced. The document is presented as a slideshow by Dr. Lilia Sfaxi on design patterns for software engineering.
A software process provides stability, control, and organization for software development. It consists of a series of predictable steps that lead to a timely, high-quality product. Key elements include framework activities like planning, modeling, requirements analysis, design, construction, testing, and deployment. The specific tasks and level of rigor for each activity may vary based on the project. Process assessment ensures the process meets criteria for successful software engineering. The primary goal of any process is high-quality software delivered on time through reduced rework.
1. Software development life cycle models break down the development process into distinct phases to manage complexity. Common models include waterfall, incremental, evolutionary (like prototyping and spiral), and component-based.
2. The waterfall model follows linear sequential phases from requirements to maintenance. Incremental models iterate through phases. Evolutionary models use prototypes to evolve requirements through customer feedback.
3. The spiral model is an evolutionary model representing phases as loops in a spiral, with risk assessment and reduction at each phase. It aims to minimize risk through iterative development and prototyping.
The document defines the software development life cycle (SDLC) and its phases. It discusses several SDLC models including waterfall, prototype, iterative enhancement, and spiral. The waterfall model follows sequential phases from requirements to maintenance with no overlap. The prototype model involves building prototypes for user feedback. The iterative enhancement model develops software incrementally. The spiral model is divided into risk analysis, engineering, construction, and evaluation cycles. The document also covers software requirements, elicitation through interviews and use cases, analysis through data, behavioral and functional modeling, and documentation in a software requirements specification.
The document discusses verification and validation (V&V) in software engineering. It defines verification as ensuring a product is built correctly, and validation as ensuring the right product is built. V&V aims to discover defects and assess if a system is usable. Static and dynamic verification methods are covered, including inspections, testing, and automated analysis. The document outlines V&V goals, the debugging process, V-model development, test planning, and inspection techniques.
Evolving role of Software,Legacy software,CASE tools,Process Models,CMMInimmik4u
The Evolving role of Software – Software – The changing Nature of Software – Legacy software, Introduction to CASE tools, A generic view of process– A layered Technology – A Process Framework – The Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) – Process Assessment – Personal and Team Process Models. Product and Process. Process Models – The Waterfall Model – Incremental Process Models – Incremental Model – The RAD Model – Evolutionary Process Models – Prototyping – The Spiral Model – The Concurrent Development Model – Specialized Process Models – the Unified Process.
This document discusses various process models for software engineering:
- The waterfall model defines sequential phases of requirements, design, implementation, testing, and maintenance. It is inflexible to change.
- Iterative models allow repetition of phases to incrementally develop software. The incremental model delivers functionality in increments.
- Evolutionary models like prototyping and spiral development use iterative evaluation and refinement of prototypes to evolve requirements and manage risk.
- Other models include component-based development, formal methods, aspect-oriented development, and the Unified Process with iterative development of use cases. Personal and team software processes focus on self-directed teams, planning, metrics, and process improvement.
The document describes different software development process models including the waterfall model, prototyping model, incremental development, spiral development, agile methods, and extreme programming. It explains each model and compares their advantages and disadvantages. The waterfall model is most appropriate when requirements are stable while agile methods are best for changing requirements but can be difficult to manage.
Software testing is an important phase of the software development process that evaluates the functionality and quality of a software application. It involves executing a program or system with the intent of finding errors. Some key points:
- Software testing is needed to identify defects, ensure customer satisfaction, and deliver high quality products with lower maintenance costs.
- It is important for different stakeholders like developers, testers, managers, and end users to work together throughout the testing process.
- There are various types of testing like unit testing, integration testing, system testing, and different methodologies like manual and automated testing. Proper documentation is also important.
- Testing helps improve the overall quality of software but can never prove that there
The document discusses different prescriptive process models for software engineering projects. It describes the waterfall model as the oldest and most basic sequential model. Incremental process models like the incremental model and RAD model deliver functionality in increments to get early user feedback. Evolutionary models like prototyping and the spiral model are iterative and allow for changes through repeated prototype revisions or spiral loops of risk analysis, development and validation.
Evolutionary process models allow developers to iteratively create increasingly complete versions of software. Examples include the prototyping paradigm, spiral model, and concurrent development model. The prototyping paradigm uses prototypes to elicit requirements from customers. The spiral model couples iterative prototyping with controlled development, dividing the project into framework activities. The concurrent development model concurrently develops components with defined interfaces to enable integration. These evolutionary models allow flexibility and accommodate changes but require strong communication and updated requirements.
Ian Sommerville, Software Engineering, 9th Edition Ch1Mohammed Romi
The document provides an introduction to software engineering concepts. It discusses what software engineering is, the importance of ethics in software development, and introduces three case studies that will be used as examples throughout the book. Specifically:
[1] It defines software engineering as an engineering discipline concerned with all aspects of software production. Professional and ethical practices are important.
[2] It discusses software engineering ethics and introduces the ACM/IEEE code of ethics for software engineers.
[3] It provides an overview of three case studies that will be referenced in later chapters: an insulin pump system, a patient management system, and a weather station system.
The Waterfall model is a popular sequential model of the software development life cycle where each phase must be completed before the next begins. It consists of requirements, design, implementation, verification, and maintenance phases. Though simple to understand and manage, the Waterfall model works best for smaller, well-defined projects as it is inflexible to changes and produces no working software until late in the cycle.
This document discusses different process models used in software development. It describes the key phases and characteristics of several common process models including waterfall, prototyping, V-model, incremental, iterative, spiral and agile development models. The waterfall model involves sequential phases from requirements to maintenance without iteration. Prototyping allows for user feedback earlier. The V-model adds verification and validation phases. Incremental and iterative models divide the work into smaller chunks to allow for iteration and user feedback throughout development.
The document discusses various software process models including prescriptive models like waterfall model and incremental process model. It also covers evolutionary models like prototyping and spiral process model. Specialized models covered are component based development, formal methods model, aspect oriented development and unified process model. The key highlights are that different models are suited for different situations based on project needs and each model has advantages and disadvantages to consider.
The document discusses software requirements and specifications. It explains that requirements engineering is the process of establishing customer requirements for a system. Requirements can range from high-level abstract statements to detailed functional specifications. Both types of statements may be called requirements. The document also discusses different types of requirements like user requirements, system requirements, functional requirements, and non-functional requirements. It provides examples and explanations of each. The structure and intended users of a requirements document are also covered.
The document discusses software quality and defines key aspects:
- It explains the importance of software quality for users and developers.
- Qualities like correctness, reliability, efficiency are defined.
- Methods for measuring qualities like ISO 9126 standard are presented.
- Quality is important throughout the software development process.
- Both product quality and process quality need to be managed.
The document discusses several prescriptive software process models including:
1) The waterfall model which follows sequential phases from requirements to deployment but lacks iteration.
2) The incremental model which delivers functionality in increments with each phase repeated.
3) Prototyping which focuses on visible aspects to refine requirements through iterative prototypes and feedback.
4) The RAD (Rapid Application Development) model which emphasizes very short development cycles of 60-90 days using parallel teams and automated tools. The document provides descriptions and diagrams of each model.
This document discusses various topics related to software design including design principles, concepts, modeling, and architecture. It provides examples of class/data design, architectural design, interface design, and component design. Some key points discussed include:
- Software design creates representations and models that provide details on architecture, data structures, interfaces, and components needed to implement the system.
- Design concepts like abstraction, modularity, encapsulation, and information hiding are important to reduce complexity and improve design.
- Different types of design models include data/class design, architectural design, interface design, and component-level design.
- Good software architecture and design lead to systems that are more understandable, maintainable, and of higher quality.
Prescriptive process models attempt to organize the software development life cycle by defining activities, their order, and relationships. Early models like code-and-fix lacked predictability and manageability. Newer models strive for structure and order to achieve coordination, while allowing for changes as feedback is received. However, relying solely on prescriptive models may be inappropriate in a world that demands flexibility and change.
This document discusses different approaches to requirements modeling including scenario-based modeling using use cases and activity diagrams, data modeling using entity-relationship diagrams, and class-based modeling using class-responsibility-collaborator diagrams. Requirements modeling depicts requirements using text and diagrams to help validate requirements from different perspectives and uncover errors, inconsistencies, and omissions. The models focus on what the system needs to do at a high level rather than implementation details.
This document provides an overview of design patterns including their definition, utility, essential elements, and examples. It discusses creational patterns like singleton, factory, and builder. Structural patterns covered include adapter, proxy, and composite. Behavioral patterns like command and iterator are also introduced. The document is presented as a slideshow by Dr. Lilia Sfaxi on design patterns for software engineering.
A software process provides stability, control, and organization for software development. It consists of a series of predictable steps that lead to a timely, high-quality product. Key elements include framework activities like planning, modeling, requirements analysis, design, construction, testing, and deployment. The specific tasks and level of rigor for each activity may vary based on the project. Process assessment ensures the process meets criteria for successful software engineering. The primary goal of any process is high-quality software delivered on time through reduced rework.
1. Software development life cycle models break down the development process into distinct phases to manage complexity. Common models include waterfall, incremental, evolutionary (like prototyping and spiral), and component-based.
2. The waterfall model follows linear sequential phases from requirements to maintenance. Incremental models iterate through phases. Evolutionary models use prototypes to evolve requirements through customer feedback.
3. The spiral model is an evolutionary model representing phases as loops in a spiral, with risk assessment and reduction at each phase. It aims to minimize risk through iterative development and prototyping.
The document defines the software development life cycle (SDLC) and its phases. It discusses several SDLC models including waterfall, prototype, iterative enhancement, and spiral. The waterfall model follows sequential phases from requirements to maintenance with no overlap. The prototype model involves building prototypes for user feedback. The iterative enhancement model develops software incrementally. The spiral model is divided into risk analysis, engineering, construction, and evaluation cycles. The document also covers software requirements, elicitation through interviews and use cases, analysis through data, behavioral and functional modeling, and documentation in a software requirements specification.
The document discusses verification and validation (V&V) in software engineering. It defines verification as ensuring a product is built correctly, and validation as ensuring the right product is built. V&V aims to discover defects and assess if a system is usable. Static and dynamic verification methods are covered, including inspections, testing, and automated analysis. The document outlines V&V goals, the debugging process, V-model development, test planning, and inspection techniques.
Evolving role of Software,Legacy software,CASE tools,Process Models,CMMInimmik4u
The Evolving role of Software – Software – The changing Nature of Software – Legacy software, Introduction to CASE tools, A generic view of process– A layered Technology – A Process Framework – The Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) – Process Assessment – Personal and Team Process Models. Product and Process. Process Models – The Waterfall Model – Incremental Process Models – Incremental Model – The RAD Model – Evolutionary Process Models – Prototyping – The Spiral Model – The Concurrent Development Model – Specialized Process Models – the Unified Process.
This document discusses various process models for software engineering:
- The waterfall model defines sequential phases of requirements, design, implementation, testing, and maintenance. It is inflexible to change.
- Iterative models allow repetition of phases to incrementally develop software. The incremental model delivers functionality in increments.
- Evolutionary models like prototyping and spiral development use iterative evaluation and refinement of prototypes to evolve requirements and manage risk.
- Other models include component-based development, formal methods, aspect-oriented development, and the Unified Process with iterative development of use cases. Personal and team software processes focus on self-directed teams, planning, metrics, and process improvement.
The document describes different software development process models including the waterfall model, prototyping model, incremental development, spiral development, agile methods, and extreme programming. It explains each model and compares their advantages and disadvantages. The waterfall model is most appropriate when requirements are stable while agile methods are best for changing requirements but can be difficult to manage.
The document introduces software process models including the waterfall model, evolutionary development, and component-based software engineering. It describes the Rational Unified Process model and discusses key process activities like requirements engineering, design, implementation, testing, and evolution. Computer-aided software engineering tools are introduced as a way to support various activities in the software development process.
Process models describe the life cycle of software development from requirements gathering to maintenance. The main process models discussed are waterfall, incremental, RAD, prototype, spiral and concurrent development. Each model represents the phases and flow of activities in the software development process in a different way. Process models help develop software in a systematic manner and ensure all team members understand responsibilities and timelines.
This document provides an overview of different software process models including the waterfall model, V-model, evolutionary development, component-based development, and incremental delivery. It describes the key phases and activities in each model. The V-model is explained in detail with its distinct development and validation phases like requirements, design, coding, unit testing, integration testing, system testing, and acceptance testing. Pros and cons of each model are also highlighted along with guidance on when each is generally most applicable.
This document outlines and compares five software development models: waterfall, iterative, V-shaped, spiral, and extreme programming. Each model is described in terms of its phases or activities, advantages, and disadvantages. The waterfall model involves sequential non-overlapping phases from requirements to maintenance. Iterative development divides a project into smaller parts with feedback between phases. The V-shaped model emphasizes testing at each stage. The spiral model performs risk analysis and prototypes in iterative loops. Extreme programming focuses on small incremental releases and pair programming. In conclusion, the author states that different models suit different projects and each tries to improve on previous limitations.
List of Software Development Model and MethodsRiant Soft
RiantSoft a Software Development Company derived the most useful and different types of Software Development Model for the users who want to know the development process. RiantSoft is specialized in custom software development with latest cutting edge technologies.
6 basic steps of software development processRiant Soft
The document outlines the six basic stages of the software development life cycle: 1) Requirement gathering and analysis, 2) System analysis, 3) System design, 4) Coding, 5) Testing, and 6) Implementation. It describes each stage in the process, from gathering requirements from stakeholders to implementing the final tested software. An effective software development life cycle ensures quality and correctness through rigorous testing and design at each stage of building the software.
User Centered Design 101 Experience Dynamics Web Seminar 1229121780083642 3Aravind Rajagopalan
This document provides an overview of a web seminar on User Centered Design 101 presented by Frank Spillers. The seminar agenda covers what UCD is, why it is important, how it relates to development methodologies like Agile and waterfall, case studies of UCD success, and how to plan a UCD process. The seminar is intended to provide an introduction to UCD principles and practices.
The document discusses modeling different aspects of software systems using UML diagrams. It covers modeling events using state machines, the four types of events that can be modeled in UML (signals, calls, time, and state change), modeling logical database schemas using class diagrams, modeling source code using artifact diagrams, modeling executable releases using artifact diagrams to show deployment artifacts and relationships, and modeling physical databases by defining tables for classes while considering inheritance relationships.
The software process involves specification, design and implementation, validation, and evolution activities. It can be modeled using plan-driven approaches like the waterfall model or agile approaches. The waterfall model involves separate sequential phases while incremental development interleaves activities. Reuse-oriented processes focus on assembling systems from existing components. Real processes combine elements of different models. Specification defines system requirements through requirements engineering. Design translates requirements into a software structure and implementation creates an executable program. Validation verifies the system meets requirements through testing. Evolution maintains and changes the system in response to changing needs.
After studying this presentation you will be able to learn component based software engineering,what are components,what are advantageous,what are components,what are COTS.
A comparison of component-based software engineering and model-driven develop...Nikolay Grozev
This master's thesis compares component-based software engineering (CBSE) and model-driven development (MDD) approaches. It aims to systematically compare the two approaches and analyze their similarities and differences. The thesis also includes a case study comparing CBSE and MDD specifically in the context of ProCom, a component model for embedded systems. The thesis provides background on CBSE, MDD, and ProCom. It then describes a methodology for comparing the approaches and applies this methodology to perform a general comparison of CBSE and MDD, as well as a comparison focused on ProCom. The results of the comparisons are summarized and analyzed to understand how the approaches can be combined.
The document discusses component-based software engineering and defines a software component. A component is a modular building block defined by interfaces that can be independently deployed. Components are standardized, independent, composable, deployable, and documented. They communicate through interfaces and are designed to achieve reusability. The document outlines characteristics of components and discusses different views of components, including object-oriented, conventional, and process-related views. It also covers topics like component-level design principles, packaging, cohesion, and coupling.
Here are the answers to your questions:
1. A management information system (MIS) is a computer-based system that provides information to help managers at different levels to perform their routine tasks and make strategic decisions.
2. The MIS database stores data provided by the accounting information system. In addition, both data and information are entered from the organization's external environment. The database contents come from various internal and external sources of the organization.
3. The two types of MIS software are:
- Report writing software that produces periodic and special reports
- Mathematical models that simulate various aspects of the organization's operations
4. The different types of reports in MIS are:
- Periodic reports prepared on a scheduled basis
Software development process models
Rapid Application Development (RAD) Model
Evolutionary Process Models
Spiral Model
THE FORMAL METHODS MODEL
Specialized Process Models
The Concurrent Development Model
Component-based software development aims to reduce costs of developing large distributed systems through programming by assembly rather than development. It focuses expertise on domain problems and improves quality. The document discusses component-based development tools and processes including component libraries, visual design tools, deployment tools and validation tools. It also covers component execution models using CORBA and containers, which provide separation of concerns between business and technical code.
System modeling involves creating abstract models of a system from different perspectives, such as context, interactions, structure, and behavior. These models help analysts understand system functionality and communicate with customers. Context models show a system's external environment and relationships. Interaction models, such as use case and sequence diagrams, depict how users and systems interact. Structural models, like class diagrams, represent a system's internal organization. Behavioral models, including activity and state diagrams, illustrate a system's dynamic response to events or data. Model-driven engineering aims to generate implementation from system models.
Process models provide structure and organization to software development projects. They define a series of steps and activities to follow, including communication, planning, modeling, construction, and deployment. Various process models exist such as waterfall, iterative, incremental, prototyping, and spiral. Process patterns describe common problems encountered and proven solutions. Process assessment ensures the chosen process meets criteria for success. Evolutionary models like prototyping and spiral are useful when requirements are unclear and the project involves risk reduction through iterative development.
The document discusses various software development process models including:
- Waterfall model - A linear sequential model that progresses through requirements, design, implementation, testing, integration, and maintenance.
- V-Model - A variation of waterfall that incorporates validation and verification at each stage.
- Incremental model - Combines elements of linear and parallel flows by delivering incremental versions of software.
- Evolutionary models like prototyping and spiral model - Iteratively develop increasingly complete versions of software to accommodate changing requirements.
- Concurrent model - Allows activities like modeling to occur concurrently rather than sequentially.
It also discusses process frameworks, patterns, assessment, and personal software process models. The goal is to provide structure while allowing for flexibility
This document provides information on the Software Engineering course with code 210253. It is a 3 credit course with a mid-semester exam worth 30 marks and an end-semester exam worth 70 marks. The syllabus covers topics like introduction to software engineering, software process models, prescriptive process models (waterfall, incremental, evolutionary), and agile software development. It also discusses concepts like software engineering fundamentals, process frameworks, generic process activities, prescriptive process models, evolutionary models, concurrent development model, and principles of software engineering practice.
Software is a set of instructions and data structures that enable computer programs to provide desired functions and manipulate information. Software engineering is the systematic development and maintenance of software. It differs from software programming in that engineering involves teams developing complex, long-lasting systems through roles like architect and manager, while programming involves single developers building small, short-term applications. A software development life cycle like waterfall or spiral model provides structure to a project through phases from requirements to maintenance. Rapid application development emphasizes short cycles through business, data, and process modeling to create reusable components and reduce testing time.
The document discusses software process models which define a structured set of activities for developing software systems. These activities typically include specification, design & implementation, validation, and evolution. Process models provide organization and stability to software development. They define the approach taken and include activities like communication, planning, modeling, construction, and deployment. Process models can have different flows like linear, iterative, or evolutionary and can address problems at different levels of abstraction through patterns. Process assessment methods help ensure processes meet criteria for successful software engineering.
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2. Social Learning Process
• Software is embodied knowledge that is initially dispersed,
tacit and incomplete.
• In order to convert knowledge into software, dialogues are
needed between users and designers, between designers and
tools to bring knowledge into software.
• Software development is essentially an iterative social
learning process, and the outcome is “software capital”.
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3. What / who / why is
Process Models?
What: Go through a series of predictable steps--- a road map that helps you
create a timely, high-quality results.
Who: Software engineers and their managers, clients also. People adapt the
process to their needs and follow it.
Why: Provides stability, control, and organization to an activity that can if left
uncontrolled, become quite chaotic. However, modern software engineering
approaches must be agile and demand ONLY those activities, controls and
work products that are appropriate.
What Work products: Programs, documents, and data
What are the steps: The process you adopt depends on the software that you
are building. One process might be good for aircraft avionic system, while an
entirely different process would be used for website creation.
How to ensure right: A number of software process assessment mechanisms
that enable us to determine the maturity of the software process. However, the
quality, timeliness and long-term viability of the software are the best
indicators of the efficacy of the process you use.
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4. Definition of Software
Process
• A framework for the activities, actions, and tasks that are
required to build high-quality software.
• SP defines the approach that is taken as software is
engineered.
• Is not equal to software engineering, which also
encompasses technologies that populate the process–
technical methods and automated tools.
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6. A Generic Process Model
As we discussed before, a generic process framework for
software engineering defines five framework activities-
communication, planning, modeling, construction, and
deployment.
In addition, a set of umbrella activities- project tracking
and control, risk management, quality assurance,
configuration management, technical reviews, and others
are applied throughout the process.
Next question is: how the framework activities and the
actions and tasks that occur within each activity are
organized with respect to sequence and time? See the
process flow for answer.
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8. Process Flow
Linear process flow executes each of the five
activities in sequence.
An iterative process flow repeats one or more of the
activities before proceeding to the next.
An evolutionary process flow executes the activities
in a circular manner. Each circuit leads to a more
complete version of the software.
A parallel process flow executes one or more
activities in parallel with other activities ( modeling
for one aspect of the software in parallel with
construction of another aspect of the software.
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9. Identifying a Task Set
Before you can proceed with the process model, a
key question: what actions are appropriate for a
framework activity given the nature of the problem,
the characteristics of the people and the
stakeholders?
A task set defines the actual work to be done to
accomplish the objectives of a software engineering
action.
A list of the task to be accomplished
A list of the work products to be produced
A list of the quality assurance filters to be applied
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10. Identifying a Task Set
For example, a small software project requested by
one person with simple requirements, the
communication activity might encompass little more
than a phone all with the stakeholder. Therefore, the
only necessary action is phone conversation, the work
tasks of this action are:
1. Make contact with stakeholder via telephone.
2. Discuss requirements and take notes.
3. Organize notes into a brief written statement of
requirements.
4. E-mail to stakeholder for review and approval.
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11. Example of a Task Set
for Elicitation
The task sets for Requirements gathering action for a
simple project may include:
1. Make a list of stakeholders for the project.
2. Invite all stakeholders to an informal meeting.
3. Ask each stakeholder to make a list of features and
functions required.
4. Discuss requirements and build a final list.
5. Prioritize requirements.
6. Note areas of uncertainty.
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12. Example of a Task Set for Elicitation
The task sets for Requirements gathering action for a big
project may include:
1. Make a list of stakeholders for the project.
2. Interview each stakeholders separately to determine overall wants and needs.
3. Build a preliminary list of functions and features based on stakeholder input.
4. Schedule a series of facilitated application specification meetings.
5. Conduct meetings.
6. Produce informal user scenarios as part of each meeting.
7. Refine user scenarios based on stakeholder feedback.
8. Build a revised list of stakeholder requirements.
9. Use quality function deployment techniques to prioritize requirements.
10. Package requirements so that they can be delivered incrementally.
11. Note constraints and restrictions that will be placed on the system.
12. Discuss methods for validating the system.
Both do the same work with different depth and formality.
Choose the task sets that achieve the goal and still maintain
quality and agility. 12
13. Process Patterns
• A process pattern
• describes a process-related problem that is encountered
during software engineering work,
• identifies the environment in which the problem has been
encountered, and
• suggests one or more proven solutions to the problem.
• Stated in more general terms, a process pattern provides you
with a template [Amb98]—a consistent method for describing
problem solutions within the context of the software process.
( defined at different levels of abstraction)
1. Problems and solutions associated with a complete process
model (e.g. prototyping).
2. Problems and solutions associated with a framework
activity (e.g. planning) or
3. an action with a framework activity (e.g. project
estimating).
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14. Process Pattern Types
• Stage patterns—defines a problem associated with a
framework activity for the process. It includes
multiple task patterns as well. For example,
EstablishingCommunication would incorporate the
task pattern RequirementsGathering and others.
• Task patterns—defines a problem associated with a
software engineering action or work task and
relevant to successful software engineering practice
• Phase patterns—define the sequence of framework
activities that occur with the process, even when the
overall flow of activities is iterative in nature.
Example includes SprialModel or Prototyping.
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15. An Example of Process Pattern
• Describes an approach that may be applicable when stakeholders have a general idea of
what must be done but are unsure of specific software requirements.
• Pattern name. RequiremetnsUnclear
• Intent. This pattern describes an approach for building a model that can be assessed
iteratively by stakeholders in an effort to identify or solidify software requirements.
• Type. Phase pattern
• Initial context. Conditions must be met (1) stakeholders have been identified; (2) a
mode of communication between stakeholders and the software team has been
established; (3) the overriding software problem to be solved has been identified by
stakeholders ; (4) an initial understanding of project scope, basic business
requirements and project constraints has been developed.
• Problem. Requirements are hazy or nonexistent. stakeholders are unsure of what
they want.
• Solution. A description of the prototyping process would be presented here.
• Resulting context. A software prototype that identifies basic requirements. (modes
of interaction, computational features, processing functions) is approved by
stakeholders. Following this, 1. This prototype may evolve through a series of
increments to become the production software or 2. the prototype may be discarded.
• Related patterns. CustomerCommunication, IterativeDesign, IterativeDevelopment,
CustomerAssessment, RequirementExtraction. 15
16. Process Assessment and Improvement
SP cannot guarantee that software will be delivered on time, meet the needs, or has the desired
technical characteristics. However, the process can be assessed to ensure that it meets a set of
basic process criteria that have been shown to be essential for a successful software engineering.
•Standard CMMI Assessment Method for Process Improvement (SCAMPI) — provides a five
step process assessment model that incorporates five phases: initiating, diagnosing, establishing,
acting and learning.
•CMM-Based Appraisal for Internal Process Improvement (CBA IPI)—provides a
diagnostic technique for assessing the relative maturity of a software organization; uses the
SEI CMM as the basis for the assessment [Dun01]
•SPICE—The SPICE (ISO/IEC15504) standard defines a set of requirements for software
process assessment. The intent of the standard is to assist organizations in developing an
objective evaluation of the efficacy of any defined software process. [ISO08]
•ISO 9001:2000 for Software—a generic standard that applies to any organization that
wants to improve the overall quality of the products, systems, or services that it provides.
Therefore, the standard is directly applicable to software organizations and companies.
[Ant06]
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17. Prescriptive Models
• Originally proposed to bring order to chaos.
• Prescriptive process models advocate an orderly approach to software
engineering. However, will some extent of chaos (less rigid) be beneficial
to bring some creativity?
That leads to a few questions …
• If prescriptive process models strive for structure and order (prescribe a
set of process elements and process flow), are they inappropriate for a
software world that thrives on change?
• Yet, if we reject traditional process models (and the order they imply) and
replace them with something less structured, do we make it impossible to
achieve coordination and coherence in software work?
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18. The Waterfall
Model
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It is the oldest paradigm for SE. When requirements are well
defined and reasonably stable, it leads to a linear fashion.
(problems: 1. rarely linear, iteration needed. 2. hard to state all requirements explicitly.
Blocking state. 3. code will not be released until very late.)
The classic life cycle suggests a systematic, sequential approach
to software development.
19. The V-Model
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A variation of waterfall model
depicts the relationship of
quality assurance actions to
the actions associated with
communication, modeling and
early code construction
activates.
Team first moves down the left
side of the V to refine the
problem requirements. Once
code is generated, the team
moves up the right side of the
V, performing a series of tests
that validate each of the
models created as the team
moved down the left side.
21. The Incremental Model
• When initial requirements are reasonably well defined,
but the overall scope of the development effort precludes
a purely linear process. A compelling need to expand a
limited set of new functions to a later system release.
• It combines elements of linear and parallel process flows.
Each linear sequence produces deliverable increments of
the software.
• The first increment is often a core product with many
supplementary features. Users use it and evaluate it with
more modifications to better meet the needs.
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22. Evolutionary Models
• Software system evolves over time as requirements often change
as development proceeds. Thus, a straight line to a complete end
product is not possible. However, a limited version must be
delivered to meet competitive pressure.
• Usually a set of core product or system requirements is well
understood, but the details and extension have yet to be defined.
• You need a process model that has been explicitly designed to
accommodate a product that evolved over time.
• It is iterative that enables you to develop increasingly more
complete version of the software.
• Two types are introduced, namely Prototyping and Spiral
models. 22
23. Evolutionary Models: Prototyping
• When to use: Customer defines a set of general objectives but does not identify detailed
requirements for functions and features. Or Developer may be unsure of the efficiency
of an algorithm, the form that human computer interaction should take.
• What step: Begins with communication by meeting with stakeholders to define the
objective, identify whatever requirements are known, outline areas where further
definition is mandatory. A quick plan for prototyping and modeling (quick design)
occur. Quick design focuses on a representation of those aspects the software that will
be visible to end users. ( interface and output). Design leads to the construction of a
prototype which will be deployed and evaluated. Stakeholder’s comments will be used
to refine requirements.
• Both stakeholders and software engineers like the prototyping paradigm. Users get a
feel for the actual system, and developers get to build something immediately. However,
engineers may make compromises in order to get a prototype working quickly. The less-
than-ideal choice may be adopted forever after you get used to it. 23
25. Evolutionary Models: The Spiral
• It couples the iterative nature of prototyping with the controlled and systematic aspects of the waterfall
model and is a risk-driven process model generator that is used to guide multi-stakeholder concurrent
engineering of software intensive systems.
• Two main distinguishing features: one is cyclic approach for incrementally growing a system’s degree of
definition and implementation while decreasing its degree of risk. The other is a set of anchor point
milestones for ensuring stakeholder commitment to feasible and mutually satisfactory system solutions.
• A series of evolutionary releases are delivered. During the early iterations, the release might be a model or
prototype. During later iterations, increasingly more complete version of the engineered system are
produced.
• The first circuit in the clockwise direction might result in the product specification; subsequent passes
around the spiral might be used to develop a prototype and then progressively more sophisticated versions
of the software. Each pass results in adjustments to the project plan. Cost and schedule are adjusted based
on feedback. Also, the number of iterations will be adjusted by project manager.
• Good to develop large-scale system as software evolves as the process progresses and risk should be
understood and properly reacted to. Prototyping is used to reduce risk.
• However, it may be difficult to convince customers that it is controllable as it demands considerable risk
assessment expertise. 25
27. Three Concerns on Evolutionary
Processes
• First concern is that prototyping poses a problem to project planning because of
the uncertain number of cycles required to construct the product.
• Second, it does not establish the maximum speed of the evolution. If the
evolution occur too fast, without a period of relaxation, it is certain that the
process will fall into chaos. On the other hand if the speed is too slow then
productivity could be affected.
• Third, software processes should be focused on flexibility and extensibility
rather than on high quality. We should prioritize the speed of the development
over zero defects. Extending the development in order to reach high quality
could result in a late delivery of the product when the opportunity niche has
disappeared.
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28. Concurrent Model
• Allow a software team to represent iterative and concurrent elements of any of the
process models. For example, the modeling activity defined for the spiral model is
accomplished by invoking one or more of the following actions: prototyping, analysis
and design.
• The Figure shows modeling may be in any one of the states at any given time. For
example, communication activity has completed its first iteration and in the awaiting
changes state. The modeling activity was in inactive state, now makes a transition into
the under development state. If customer indicates changes in requirements, the
modeling activity moves from the under development state into the awaiting changes
state.
• Concurrent modeling is applicable to all types of software development and provides an
accurate picture of the current state of a project. Rather than confining software
engineering activities, actions and tasks to a sequence of events, it defines a process
network. Each activity, action or task on the network exists simultaneously with other
activities, actions or tasks. Events generated at one point trigger transitions among the
states.
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30. Still Other Process
Models
• Component based development—the process to apply
when reuse is a development objective ( like spiral model)
• Formal methods—emphasizes the mathematical
specification of requirements ( easy to discover and
eliminate ambiguity, incompleteness and inconsistency)
• Aspect Oriented software development (AOSD)—
provides a process and methodological approach for
defining, specifying, designing, and constructing aspects
• Unified Process—a “use-case driven, architecture-centric,
iterative and incremental” software process closely
aligned with the Unified Modeling Language (UML) to
model and develop object-oriented system iteratively and
incrementally.
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34. Personal Software Process (PSP)
• Planning. This activity isolates requirements and develops both size and resource estimates. In
addition, a defect estimate (the number of defects projected for the work) is made. All metrics are
recorded on worksheets or templates. Finally, development tasks are identified and a project
schedule is created.
• High-level design. External specifications for each component to be constructed are developed
and a component design is created. Prototypes are built when uncertainty exists. All issues are
recorded and tracked.
• High-level design review. Formal verification methods (Chapter 21) are applied to uncover
errors in the design. Metrics are maintained for all important tasks and work results.
• Development. The component level design is refined and reviewed. Code is generated,
reviewed, compiled, and tested. Metrics are maintained for all important tasks and work results.
• Postmortem. Using the measures and metrics collected (this is a substantial amount of data that
should be analyzed statistically), the effectiveness of the process is determined. Measures and
metrics should provide guidance for modifying the process to improve its effectiveness.
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35. Team Software Process (TSP)
Build self-directed teams that plan and track their work,
establish goals, and own their processes and plans. These can
be pure software teams or integrated product teams (IPT) of
three to about 20 engineers.
Show managers how to coach and motivate their teams and
how to help them sustain peak performance.
Accelerate software process improvement by making CMM
Level 5 behavior normal and expected.
The Capability Maturity Model (CMM), a measure of the effectiveness
of a software process, is discussed in Chapter 30.
Provide improvement guidance to high-maturity
organizations.
Facilitate university teaching of industrial-grade team skills.
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