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.
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.
Ian Sommerville, Software Engineering, 9th Edition Ch2Mohammed Romi
This document summarizes key aspects of software processes and models. It discusses the basic activities involved in software development like specification, design, implementation, validation and evolution. It describes process models like waterfall, incremental development and reuse-oriented processes. The waterfall model involves sequential phases while incremental development interleaves activities. Validation includes testing stages from unit to system level. The document also covers designing for change and evolution.
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The document discusses requirements engineering and summarizes key topics covered in Chapter 4, including:
- The importance of specifying both functional and non-functional requirements. Non-functional requirements place constraints on system functions and development process.
- The software requirements specification document defines what the system must do and includes both user and system requirements. It should not describe how the system will be implemented.
- Requirements engineering involves eliciting, analyzing, validating and managing requirements throughout the development lifecycle. Precise, complete and consistent requirements are important for development.
This document discusses agile software development methods. It covers topics like agile principles, extreme programming practices including test-driven development and pair programming. It also discusses scaling agile methods to larger projects using scrum, with sprints and daily stand-up meetings. Some challenges of applying agile to large, long-term projects with distributed teams are also outlined.
Architectural design involves identifying major system components and their communications. Architectural views provide different perspectives of the system, such as conceptual, logical, process, and development views. Common architectural patterns include model-view-controller, layered, client-server, and pipe-and-filter architectures. Application architectures define common structures for transaction processing, information, and language processing systems.
The document discusses software architecture design. It defines software architecture as the structure of components, relationships between components, and properties of components. An architectural design model can be applied to other systems and represents predictable ways to describe architecture. The architecture represents a system and enables analysis of effectiveness in meeting requirements and reducing risks. Key aspects of architectural design include communication between stakeholders, controlling complexity, consistency, reducing risks, and enabling reuse. Common architectural styles discussed include data-centered, data flow, call-and-return, object-oriented, and layered architectures.
This document provides an overview of topics covered in Chapter 7 on software design and implementation, including object-oriented design using UML, design patterns, implementation issues, and open source development. It discusses the design and implementation process, build vs buy approaches, object-oriented design processes involving system models, and key activities like defining system context, identifying objects and interfaces. Specific examples are provided for designing a wilderness weather station system.
This document provides an introduction to software engineering topics including:
1. What software engineering is, its importance, and the software development lifecycle activities it encompasses.
2. The many different types of software systems that exist and how software engineering approaches vary depending on the application.
3. Key fundamentals of software engineering that apply universally, including managing development processes, dependability, and reusing existing software components.
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.
Ian Sommerville, Software Engineering, 9th Edition Ch2Mohammed Romi
This document summarizes key aspects of software processes and models. It discusses the basic activities involved in software development like specification, design, implementation, validation and evolution. It describes process models like waterfall, incremental development and reuse-oriented processes. The waterfall model involves sequential phases while incremental development interleaves activities. Validation includes testing stages from unit to system level. The document also covers designing for change and evolution.
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The document discusses requirements engineering and summarizes key topics covered in Chapter 4, including:
- The importance of specifying both functional and non-functional requirements. Non-functional requirements place constraints on system functions and development process.
- The software requirements specification document defines what the system must do and includes both user and system requirements. It should not describe how the system will be implemented.
- Requirements engineering involves eliciting, analyzing, validating and managing requirements throughout the development lifecycle. Precise, complete and consistent requirements are important for development.
This document discusses agile software development methods. It covers topics like agile principles, extreme programming practices including test-driven development and pair programming. It also discusses scaling agile methods to larger projects using scrum, with sprints and daily stand-up meetings. Some challenges of applying agile to large, long-term projects with distributed teams are also outlined.
Architectural design involves identifying major system components and their communications. Architectural views provide different perspectives of the system, such as conceptual, logical, process, and development views. Common architectural patterns include model-view-controller, layered, client-server, and pipe-and-filter architectures. Application architectures define common structures for transaction processing, information, and language processing systems.
The document discusses software architecture design. It defines software architecture as the structure of components, relationships between components, and properties of components. An architectural design model can be applied to other systems and represents predictable ways to describe architecture. The architecture represents a system and enables analysis of effectiveness in meeting requirements and reducing risks. Key aspects of architectural design include communication between stakeholders, controlling complexity, consistency, reducing risks, and enabling reuse. Common architectural styles discussed include data-centered, data flow, call-and-return, object-oriented, and layered architectures.
This document provides an overview of topics covered in Chapter 7 on software design and implementation, including object-oriented design using UML, design patterns, implementation issues, and open source development. It discusses the design and implementation process, build vs buy approaches, object-oriented design processes involving system models, and key activities like defining system context, identifying objects and interfaces. Specific examples are provided for designing a wilderness weather station system.
This document provides an introduction to software engineering topics including:
1. What software engineering is, its importance, and the software development lifecycle activities it encompasses.
2. The many different types of software systems that exist and how software engineering approaches vary depending on the application.
3. Key fundamentals of software engineering that apply universally, including managing development processes, dependability, and reusing existing software components.
Ian Sommerville, Software Engineering, 9th EditionCh 8Mohammed Romi
The document discusses different types of software testing including unit testing, component testing, and system testing. Unit testing involves testing individual program components in isolation through techniques like partition testing and guideline-based testing. Component testing focuses on testing interactions between components through their interfaces. System testing integrates components to test their interactions and check for emergent behaviors that are not explicitly defined. The document also covers test-driven development, which involves writing tests before code in incremental cycles.
Reengineering involves improving existing software or business processes by making them more efficient, effective and adaptable to current business needs. It is an iterative process that involves reverse engineering the existing system, redesigning problematic areas, and forward engineering changes by implementing a redesigned prototype and refining it based on feedback. The goal is to create a system with improved functionality, performance, maintainability and alignment with current business goals and technologies.
This document provides an introduction and overview of key topics in software engineering. It discusses what software engineering is, the importance and costs of software development, different types of software projects and applications, and issues like complexity, security and scale that affect software. It also introduces software engineering processes, methods, and ethics. Common questions about the field are addressed. The document is the first chapter of a book on software engineering.
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.
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.
This document discusses configuration management (CM) and version control. It covers topics like version management, system building, change management, and release management. CM is important for software development as it allows tracking of changing software systems and components. Version control systems are key to CM, identifying and storing different versions. They support independent development through a shared repository and private workspaces. Developers check components in and out to make changes separately without interfering with each other.
This document discusses software reuse and application frameworks. It covers the benefits of software reuse like accelerated development and increased dependability. Application frameworks provide a reusable architecture for related applications and are implemented by adding components and instantiating abstract classes. Web application frameworks in particular use the model-view-controller pattern to support dynamic websites as a front-end for web applications.
This document discusses quality management in software development. It covers topics like software quality, standards, reviews/inspections, quality management in agile development, and software measurement. Regarding quality management, the key points are that it provides an independent check on the development process, ensures deliverables meet goals/standards, and the quality team should be independent from developers. Quality plans set quality goals and define assessment processes and standards to apply. Quality management is important for large, complex systems and focuses on establishing a quality culture for smaller systems.
This Presentation contains all the topics in design concept of software engineering. This is much more helpful in designing new product. You have to consider some of the design concepts that are given in the ppt
The document discusses project planning, including topics like software pricing, plan-driven development, project scheduling, and agile planning. It covers the different stages of planning, from initial proposals to ongoing development. Project planning involves breaking work into parts, anticipating problems, and communicating the plan. Regular updates allow the plan to reflect new information and changes throughout the project.
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The document discusses software architectural design. It defines architecture as the structure of a system's components, their relationships, and properties. An architectural design model is transferable across different systems. The architecture enables analysis of design requirements and consideration of alternatives early in development. It represents the system in an intellectually graspable way. Common architectural styles structure systems and their components in different ways, such as data-centered, data flow, and call-and-return styles.
The document discusses agile software development methods. It covers topics like agile methods, techniques, and project management. Agile development aims to rapidly develop and deliver working software through iterative processes, customer collaboration, and responding to changing requirements. Extreme programming (XP) is an influential agile method that uses practices like test-driven development, pair programming, frequent refactoring, and user stories for requirements specification. The key principles of agile methods are also outlined.
The document discusses software processes and activities. It describes common process models like waterfall, incremental development, and configuration management. The key activities involved in most processes are specification, development, validation, and evolution. Specification defines system requirements while development includes design, implementation, and debugging. Validation ensures the system meets requirements through testing. Processes also evolve to adapt to changing needs.
The document discusses various types of software testing:
- Development testing includes unit, component, and system testing to discover defects.
- Release testing is done by a separate team to validate the software meets requirements before release.
- User testing involves potential users testing the system in their own environment.
The goals of testing are validation, to ensure requirements are met, and defect testing to discover faults. Automated unit testing and test-driven development help improve test coverage and regression testing.
The chapter discusses software evolution, including that software change is inevitable due to new requirements, business changes, and errors. It describes how organizations must manage change to existing software systems, which represent huge investments. The majority of large software budgets are spent evolving, rather than developing new, systems. The chapter outlines the software evolution process and different approaches to evolving systems, including addressing urgent changes. It also discusses challenges with legacy systems and their management.
This chapter discusses system modeling and different types of models used, including:
- Context models which illustrate the operational context of a system.
- Interaction models which model interactions between a system and its environment.
- Structural models which display the organization of a system's components.
- Behavioral models which model a system's dynamic behavior in response to events or data.
- Model-driven engineering is discussed as an approach where models rather than code are the primary outputs.
Following presentation answers:
- Why do we need evolution?
- What happens if we do not evolve the software?
- What are the types of software evolution?
- What are Lehman's laws
- What are the strategies for evolution?
This document provides an overview of quality management in software engineering. It discusses software quality, standards, reviews and inspections, as well as software measurement and metrics. The key points covered include establishing an organizational framework for quality management, applying specific quality processes and standards at the project level, and conducting independent reviews to ensure compliance. Software metrics can help quantify attributes and identify anomalous components, but meaningful relationships between internal metrics and external quality attributes can be difficult to establish.
The document discusses key concepts in design modeling for software engineering projects, including:
- Data/class design transforms analysis models into design class structures and data structures.
- Architectural design defines relationships between major software elements and how they interact.
- Interface, component, and other designs further refine elements from analysis into implementation-specific details.
- Design principles include traceability to analysis, avoiding reinventing solutions, and structuring for change and graceful degradation.
This document provides an introduction to software engineering. It discusses the key concepts of software engineering including its history, important activities like specification and development, attributes of good software like maintainability and security, different types of software systems, and how fundamental principles apply across systems. It also addresses how the rise of web-based systems and services has impacted software engineering practices.
This document provides an introduction to software engineering topics. It discusses what software engineering entails, including the software development lifecycle of specification, development, validation, and evolution. It also covers the importance and costs of software, different types of software products and applications, and challenges in the field like increasing diversity and demands for reduced delivery times. Finally, it notes that while techniques may differ based on the application, fundamental principles like using a managed process and addressing requirements apply to all software engineering.
Ian Sommerville, Software Engineering, 9th EditionCh 8Mohammed Romi
The document discusses different types of software testing including unit testing, component testing, and system testing. Unit testing involves testing individual program components in isolation through techniques like partition testing and guideline-based testing. Component testing focuses on testing interactions between components through their interfaces. System testing integrates components to test their interactions and check for emergent behaviors that are not explicitly defined. The document also covers test-driven development, which involves writing tests before code in incremental cycles.
Reengineering involves improving existing software or business processes by making them more efficient, effective and adaptable to current business needs. It is an iterative process that involves reverse engineering the existing system, redesigning problematic areas, and forward engineering changes by implementing a redesigned prototype and refining it based on feedback. The goal is to create a system with improved functionality, performance, maintainability and alignment with current business goals and technologies.
This document provides an introduction and overview of key topics in software engineering. It discusses what software engineering is, the importance and costs of software development, different types of software projects and applications, and issues like complexity, security and scale that affect software. It also introduces software engineering processes, methods, and ethics. Common questions about the field are addressed. The document is the first chapter of a book on software engineering.
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.
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.
This document discusses configuration management (CM) and version control. It covers topics like version management, system building, change management, and release management. CM is important for software development as it allows tracking of changing software systems and components. Version control systems are key to CM, identifying and storing different versions. They support independent development through a shared repository and private workspaces. Developers check components in and out to make changes separately without interfering with each other.
This document discusses software reuse and application frameworks. It covers the benefits of software reuse like accelerated development and increased dependability. Application frameworks provide a reusable architecture for related applications and are implemented by adding components and instantiating abstract classes. Web application frameworks in particular use the model-view-controller pattern to support dynamic websites as a front-end for web applications.
This document discusses quality management in software development. It covers topics like software quality, standards, reviews/inspections, quality management in agile development, and software measurement. Regarding quality management, the key points are that it provides an independent check on the development process, ensures deliverables meet goals/standards, and the quality team should be independent from developers. Quality plans set quality goals and define assessment processes and standards to apply. Quality management is important for large, complex systems and focuses on establishing a quality culture for smaller systems.
This Presentation contains all the topics in design concept of software engineering. This is much more helpful in designing new product. You have to consider some of the design concepts that are given in the ppt
The document discusses project planning, including topics like software pricing, plan-driven development, project scheduling, and agile planning. It covers the different stages of planning, from initial proposals to ongoing development. Project planning involves breaking work into parts, anticipating problems, and communicating the plan. Regular updates allow the plan to reflect new information and changes throughout the project.
Architecture design in software engineeringPreeti Mishra
The document discusses software architectural design. It defines architecture as the structure of a system's components, their relationships, and properties. An architectural design model is transferable across different systems. The architecture enables analysis of design requirements and consideration of alternatives early in development. It represents the system in an intellectually graspable way. Common architectural styles structure systems and their components in different ways, such as data-centered, data flow, and call-and-return styles.
The document discusses agile software development methods. It covers topics like agile methods, techniques, and project management. Agile development aims to rapidly develop and deliver working software through iterative processes, customer collaboration, and responding to changing requirements. Extreme programming (XP) is an influential agile method that uses practices like test-driven development, pair programming, frequent refactoring, and user stories for requirements specification. The key principles of agile methods are also outlined.
The document discusses software processes and activities. It describes common process models like waterfall, incremental development, and configuration management. The key activities involved in most processes are specification, development, validation, and evolution. Specification defines system requirements while development includes design, implementation, and debugging. Validation ensures the system meets requirements through testing. Processes also evolve to adapt to changing needs.
The document discusses various types of software testing:
- Development testing includes unit, component, and system testing to discover defects.
- Release testing is done by a separate team to validate the software meets requirements before release.
- User testing involves potential users testing the system in their own environment.
The goals of testing are validation, to ensure requirements are met, and defect testing to discover faults. Automated unit testing and test-driven development help improve test coverage and regression testing.
The chapter discusses software evolution, including that software change is inevitable due to new requirements, business changes, and errors. It describes how organizations must manage change to existing software systems, which represent huge investments. The majority of large software budgets are spent evolving, rather than developing new, systems. The chapter outlines the software evolution process and different approaches to evolving systems, including addressing urgent changes. It also discusses challenges with legacy systems and their management.
This chapter discusses system modeling and different types of models used, including:
- Context models which illustrate the operational context of a system.
- Interaction models which model interactions between a system and its environment.
- Structural models which display the organization of a system's components.
- Behavioral models which model a system's dynamic behavior in response to events or data.
- Model-driven engineering is discussed as an approach where models rather than code are the primary outputs.
Following presentation answers:
- Why do we need evolution?
- What happens if we do not evolve the software?
- What are the types of software evolution?
- What are Lehman's laws
- What are the strategies for evolution?
This document provides an overview of quality management in software engineering. It discusses software quality, standards, reviews and inspections, as well as software measurement and metrics. The key points covered include establishing an organizational framework for quality management, applying specific quality processes and standards at the project level, and conducting independent reviews to ensure compliance. Software metrics can help quantify attributes and identify anomalous components, but meaningful relationships between internal metrics and external quality attributes can be difficult to establish.
The document discusses key concepts in design modeling for software engineering projects, including:
- Data/class design transforms analysis models into design class structures and data structures.
- Architectural design defines relationships between major software elements and how they interact.
- Interface, component, and other designs further refine elements from analysis into implementation-specific details.
- Design principles include traceability to analysis, avoiding reinventing solutions, and structuring for change and graceful degradation.
This document provides an introduction to software engineering. It discusses the key concepts of software engineering including its history, important activities like specification and development, attributes of good software like maintainability and security, different types of software systems, and how fundamental principles apply across systems. It also addresses how the rise of web-based systems and services has impacted software engineering practices.
This document provides an introduction to software engineering topics. It discusses what software engineering entails, including the software development lifecycle of specification, development, validation, and evolution. It also covers the importance and costs of software, different types of software products and applications, and challenges in the field like increasing diversity and demands for reduced delivery times. Finally, it notes that while techniques may differ based on the application, fundamental principles like using a managed process and addressing requirements apply to all software engineering.
The document provides an introduction to software engineering, covering topics such as what software engineering entails, the different types of software applications, and key principles of software engineering. It defines software engineering as an engineering discipline concerned with all aspects of software production. It also discusses the different types of software applications and notes that while fundamental principles apply universally, the appropriate techniques depend on the application type and requirements.
The document provides an overview of software engineering. It discusses how software engineering is concerned with developing software using systematic principles and methods. It notes that software costs often exceed hardware costs and that maintenance costs can be several times more than development costs. It also discusses key challenges like coping with increasing complexity and demands for reduced delivery times. The document outlines fundamental software engineering activities like specification, development, validation and evolution.
This document provides an introduction to software engineering. It discusses how software engineering is concerned with the development and maintenance of software through professional practices and methods. It notes that software costs, especially maintenance costs, are a large part of overall system costs. The document then discusses different types of software products and specifications, as well as frequently asked questions about software engineering. It emphasizes that software engineering principles should be applied to all types of software development.
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Agenda
Software Engineering?
Professional software development
What is meant by software engineering.
Overview of Software Industry
A brief introduction to the overview of software industry
History and development of software industry
Case studies and Emerging trends
This document provides an overview of a software engineering course. It discusses key topics that will be covered in the course including software processes, agile development, requirements engineering, system modeling, architectural design, testing and evolution. It outlines the course objectives of providing an introduction to important software engineering concepts. It also discusses different types of software applications and the diversity of techniques used for different applications. Finally, it covers software engineering fundamentals that apply across all application types.
This document summarizes key aspects of software engineering processes and models. It discusses the fundamental activities of software specification, development, validation, and evolution. It describes plan-driven and incremental process models like the waterfall model and incremental development. It also covers topics like software prototyping, reuse-oriented processes, and coping with changing requirements through change avoidance and change tolerance strategies.
This chapter introduces the key topics of the document, which are professional software development, software engineering ethics, and case studies. It defines software engineering as an engineering discipline concerned with all aspects of professional software development. It discusses the importance of software to economies and how software costs are a major factor. It also introduces common software engineering processes like specification, development, validation, and evolution.
This chapter introduces the key topics of the document, which are professional software development, software engineering ethics, and case studies. It defines software engineering as an engineering discipline concerned with all aspects of professional software development. It discusses the importance of software to economies and how software costs are a major factor. It also introduces common software engineering processes like specification, development, validation, and evolution.
This chapter introduces topics that will be covered in the book, including professional software development, software engineering ethics, and case studies. It discusses that software engineering is concerned with theories, methods and tools for professional software development. Software costs are often greater than hardware costs and maintenance costs are higher than development costs. Failure to use software engineering methods can result in more expensive and less reliable software.
Software engineering is a systematic approach to software development that accounts for practical issues like costs and schedules while meeting customer needs. It involves activities like specification, development, validation, and evolution. The discipline has expanded to include web-based systems and services. Ethical practices like protecting intellectual property and customer data are important for professional software engineers.
The document discusses several topics related to software engineering including:
- The challenges facing software including larger problems, lack of training, and increasing demands.
- Software engineering aims to provide systematic and disciplined approaches to address issues like cost overruns and project failures.
- Key activities in software engineering processes include specification, development, validation, and evolution.
- Different types of software like embedded systems, information systems, and sensor-based systems have varying requirements.
Software Engineering - Ch1 introduction
This material is based on chapter 1 of “Software Engineering (l0th Edition)” by Ian Sommerville. Addison Wesley, 2015, ISBN-10: 0137035152.
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This document provides an introduction to a course on software engineering. It discusses key topics that will be covered in the course including software process models, requirement engineering, software design, quality engineering, project management, and maintenance. It also outlines the course structure, learning outcomes, assessment criteria, and references. The course aims to introduce students to fundamental software engineering principles and practices.
The document provides an introduction to software engineering concepts. It discusses how software engineering aims to develop reliable software products using well-defined scientific principles and methods. It covers software evolution, different software paradigms including development, design and programming paradigms. It also discusses different software life cycle models like waterfall, incremental, prototyping and spiral models. Finally, it talks about characteristics of good software products and causes of software crisis.
Software engineering is concerned with developing software using a systematic process and addressing factors like increasing demands and low expectations. It involves activities like specification, development, validation and evolution. Some key challenges are coping with diversity, reduced delivery times and developing trustworthy software. Different techniques are suitable depending on the type of system, and processes may incorporate elements of models like waterfall, incremental development and integration/configuration. Prototyping can help with requirements, design and testing.
The document provides an introduction to software engineering. It defines software engineering as an engineering discipline concerned with all aspects of software production. It discusses why software engineering is important given that errors in complex software systems can have devastating consequences, as shown through examples of software failures in air traffic control, satellite launches, and ambulance dispatch systems. The document also covers fundamental software engineering concepts like the software process, process models, and costs.
This document provides an introduction to software engineering. It defines software engineering as an engineering discipline concerned with all aspects of software production. It discusses why software engineering is important given past "software crises" involving costly failures. Examples of failures include flight delays due to an air traffic control system glitch and the exploding Ariane 5 rocket due to a numeric overflow error. The document outlines software engineering processes, models, costs, and challenges involving managing increasing diversity and demands for trustworthy software delivery.
This document provides an introduction to software engineering. It defines software engineering as an engineering discipline concerned with all aspects of software production. It discusses why software engineering is important given that errors in complex software systems can have devastating consequences. It also outlines some key software engineering concepts like the software development process, process models, types of software, and important attributes of good software.
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Ian Sommerville, Software Engineering, 9th Edition Ch 23Mohammed Romi
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Ian Sommerville, Software Engineering, 9th Edition Ch1
1. Chapter 1- Introduction
Ian Sommerville,
Software Engineering, 9th
Edition
Pearson Education, Addison-Wesley
Note: These are a slightly modified version of Ch1 slides available from the
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http://www.cse.unr.edu/~dascalus/se2012.html
2. Objectives
The objectives of this chapter are to introduce software engineering and
to provide a framework for understanding the rest of the book. When you
have read this chapter you will:
1. understand what software engineering is and why it is important;
2. understand that the development of different types of software systems
may require different software engineering techniques;
3. understand some ethical and professional issues that are important for
software engineers;
4. have been introduced to three systems, of different types, that will be used
as examples throughout the book.
Chapter 1 Introduction 2
3. Topics covered
1.1 Professional software development
What is meant by software engineering
1.2 Software engineering ethics
A brief introduction to ethical issues that affect software
engineering
1.3 Case studies
An introduction to three examples that are used in later chapters
in the book
3Chapter 1 Introduction
4. 1.1 Software engineering
The economies of ALL developed nations are
dependent on software
More and more systems are software controlled
Software engineering is concerned with theories,
methods and tools for professional software
development
Expenditure on software represents a
significant fraction of GNP in all developed countries
4Chapter 1 Introduction
5. Software costs
Software costs often dominate computer system costs.
The costs of software on a PC are often greater than the
hardware cost
Software costs more to maintain than it does to develop.
For systems with a long life, maintenance costs may be
several times development costs
Software engineering is concerned with cost-effective
software development
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6. Software products
Generic products
Stand-alone systems that are marketed and sold to any
customer who wishes to buy them
Examples – PC software such as graphics programs, project
management tools; CAD software; software for specific markets
such as appointments systems for dentists
Customized products
Software that is commissioned by a specific customer to meet
their own needs
Examples – embedded control systems, air traffic control
software, traffic monitoring systems
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7. Product specification
Generic products
The specification of what the software should do is owned by the
software developer and decisions on software change are made
by the developer
Customized products
The specification of what the software should do is owned by the
customer for the software and they make decisions on software
changes that are required
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8. Frequently asked questions about software
engineering
8
Question Answer
What is software? Computer programs and associated documentation.
Software products may be developed for a particular
customer or may be developed for a general market.
What are the attributes of good software? Good software should deliver the required functionality
and performance to the user and should be
maintainable, dependable and usable.
What is software engineering? Software engineering is an engineering discipline that is
concerned with all aspects of software production.
What are the fundamental software
engineering activities?
Software specification, software development, software
validation and software evolution.
What is the difference between software
engineering and computer science?
Computer science focuses on theory and fundamentals;
software engineering is concerned with the practicalities
of developing and delivering useful software.
What is the 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 more general process.
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9. Frequently asked questions about software
engineering
Question Answer
What are the key challenges facing
software engineering?
Coping with increasing diversity, demands for reduced
delivery times and developing trustworthy software.
What are the costs of software
engineering?
Roughly 60% of software costs are development costs,
40% are testing costs. For custom software, evolution
costs often exceed development costs.
What are the best software engineering
techniques and methods?
While all software projects have to be professionally
managed and developed, different techniques are
appropriate for different types of system. For example,
games should always be developed using a series of
prototypes whereas safety critical control systems require
a complete and analyzable specification to be developed.
You can’t, therefore, say that one method is better than
another.
What differences has the web made to
software engineering?
The web has led to the availability of software services
and the possibility of developing highly distributed service-
based systems. Web-based systems development has
led to important advances in programming languages and
software reuse.
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10. Essential attributes of good software
10
Product characteristic Description
Maintainability Software should be written in such a way so that it can evolve to
meet the changing needs of customers. This is a critical attribute
because software change is an inevitable requirement of a
changing business environment.
Dependability and
Security
Software dependability includes a range of characteristics
including reliability, security and safety. Dependable software
should not cause physical or economic damage in the event of
system failure. Malicious users should not be able to access or
damage the system.
Efficiency Software should not make wasteful use of system resources such
as memory and processor cycles. Efficiency therefore includes
responsiveness, processing time, memory utilisation, etc.
Acceptability Software must be acceptable to the type of users for which it is
designed. This means that it must be understandable, usable and
compatible with other systems that they use.
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11. Software engineering
Software engineering is an engineering discipline that is
concerned with all aspects of software production from
the early stages of system specification through to
maintaining the system after it has gone into use.
Engineering discipline
Using appropriate theories and methods to solve problems
bearing in mind organizational and financial constraints.
All aspects of software production
Not just technical process of development. Also project
management and the development of tools, methods etc. to
support software production.
11Chapter 1 Introduction
12. Importance of software engineering
More and more, individuals and society rely on advanced
software systems. We need to be able to produce
reliable and trustworthy systems economically and
quickly.
It is usually cheaper, in the long run, to use software
engineering methods and techniques for software
systems rather than just write the programs as if it was a
personal programming project. For most types of
system, the majority of costs are the costs of changing
the software after it has gone into use.
12Chapter 1 Introduction
13. Software process activities
Software specification, where customers and engineers
define the software that is to be produced and the
constraints on its operation
Software development, where the software is designed
and programmed
Software validation, where the software is checked to
ensure that it is what the customer requires
Software evolution, where the software is modified to
reflect changing customer and market requirements
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14. General issues that affect most software
Heterogeneity
Increasingly, systems are required to operate as distributed
systems across networks that include different types of computer
and mobile devices
Business and social change
Business and society are changing incredibly quickly as
emerging economies develop and new technologies become
available. They need to be able to change their existing software
and to rapidly develop new software
Security and trust
As software is intertwined with all aspects of our lives, it is
essential that we can trust that software
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15. Software engineering diversity
There are many different types of software system and
there is no universal set of software techniques that is
applicable to all of these
The software engineering methods and tools used
depend on the type of application being developed, the
requirements of the customer and the background of the
development team
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16. Application types
Stand-alone applications
These are application systems that run on a local computer,
such as a PC. They include all necessary functionality and do
not need to be connected to a network.
Interactive transaction-based applications
Applications that execute on a remote computer and are
accessed by users from their own PCs or terminals. These
include web applications such as e-commerce applications.
Embedded control systems
These are software control systems that control and manage
hardware devices. Numerically, there are probably more
embedded systems than any other type of system.
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17. Application types
Batch processing systems
These are business systems that are designed to process data
in large batches. They process large numbers of individual
inputs to create corresponding outputs.
Entertainment systems
These are systems that are primarily for personal use and which
are intended to entertain the user
Systems for modeling and simulation
These are systems that are developed by scientists and
engineers to model physical processes or situations, which
include many, separate, interacting objects
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18. Application types
Data collection systems
These are systems that collect data from their environment using
a set of sensors and send that data to other systems for
processing
Systems of systems
These are systems that are composed of a number of other
software systems
18Chapter 1 Introduction
19. Software engineering fundamentals
Some fundamental principles apply to all types of
software system, irrespective of the development
techniques used:
Systems should be developed using a managed and understood
development process. Of course, different processes are used
for different types of software.
Dependability and performance are important for all types of
system
Understanding and managing the software specification and
requirements (what the software should do) are important
Where appropriate, you should reuse software that has already
been developed rather than write new software
19Chapter 1 Introduction
20. Software engineering and the web
The Web is now a platform for running application and
organizations are increasingly developing web-based
systems rather than local systems
Web services (discussed in Chapter 19) allow application
functionality to be accessed over the web
Cloud computing is an approach to the provision of
computer services where applications run remotely on
the ‘cloud’
Users do not buy software buy pay according to use
20Chapter 1 Introduction
21. Web software engineering
Software reuse is the dominant approach for constructing
web-based systems
When building these systems, you think about how you can
assemble them from pre-existing software components and systems
Web-based systems should be developed and delivered
incrementally
It is now generally recognized that it is impractical to specify all the
requirements for such systems in advance
User interfaces, constrained by capabilities of web browsers
Technologies such as AJAX allow rich interfaces to be created
within a web browser but are still difficult to use. Web forms with
local scripting are more commonly used.
21Chapter 1 Introduction
22. Web-based software engineering
Web-based systems are complex distributed systems
but the fundamental principles of software engineering
discussed previously are as applicable to them as they
are to any other types of system
The fundamental ideas of software engineering,
discussed in the previous section, apply to web-based
software in the same way that they apply to other types
of software system
22Chapter 1 Introduction
23. Key points [Professional Software Development]
Software engineering is an engineering discipline that is
concerned with all aspects of software production
Essential software product attributes are maintainability,
dependability and security, efficiency and acceptability
The high-level activities of specification, development,
validation and evolution are part of all software
processes
The fundamental notions of software engineering are
universally applicable to all types of system development
23Chapter 1 Introduction
24. Key points [Professional Software Development]
There are many different types of system and each
requires appropriate software engineering tools and
techniques for their development
The fundamental ideas of software engineering are
applicable to all types of software system
24Chapter 1 Introduction
25. 1.2 Software engineering ethics
Software engineering involves wider responsibilities than
simply the application of technical skills
Software engineers must behave in an honest and
ethically responsible way if they are to be respected as
professionals
Ethical behaviour is more than simply upholding the law
but involves following a set of principles that are morally
correct
25Chapter 1 Introduction
26. Issues of professional responsibility
Confidentiality
Engineers should normally respect the confidentiality of their
employers or clients irrespective of whether or not a formal
confidentiality agreement has been signed
Competence
Engineers should not misrepresent their level of competence.
They should not knowingly accept work which is outwith their
competence
26Chapter 1 Introduction
27. Issues of professional responsibility
Intellectual property rights
Engineers should be aware of local laws governing the use of
intellectual property such as patents, copyright, etc. They should
be careful to ensure that the intellectual property of employers
and clients is protected.
Computer misuse
Software engineers should not use their technical skills to
misuse other people’s computers. Computer misuse ranges from
relatively trivial (game playing on an employer’s machine, say) to
extremely serious (dissemination of viruses).
27Chapter 1 Introduction
28. ACM/IEEE Code of Ethics
The professional societies in the US have cooperated to
produce a code of ethical practice
Members of these organisations sign up to the code of
practice when they join
The Code contains eight Principles related to the
behaviour of and decisions made by professional
software engineers, including practitioners, educators,
managers, supervisors and policy makers, as well as
trainees and students of the profession
28Chapter 1 Introduction
29. Rationale for the code of ethics
Computers have a central and growing role in commerce,
industry, government, medicine, education, entertainment and
society at large. Software engineers are those who contribute by
direct participation or by teaching, to the analysis, specification,
design, development, certification, maintenance and testing of
software systems.
Because of their roles in developing software systems, software
engineers have significant opportunities to do good or cause
harm, to enable others to do good or cause harm, or to influence
others to do good or cause harm. To ensure, as much as
possible, that their efforts will be used for good, software
engineers must commit themselves to making software
engineering a beneficial and respected profession.
29Chapter 1 Introduction
30. The ACM/IEEE Code of Ethics
30
Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice
ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Task Force on Software Engineering Ethics and Professional Practices
PREAMBLE
The short version of the code summarizes aspirations at a high level of the abstraction; the
clauses that are included in the full version give examples and details of how these
aspirations change the way we act as software engineering professionals. Without the
aspirations, the details can become legalistic and tedious; without the details, the
aspirations can become high sounding but empty; together, the aspirations and the details
form a cohesive code.
Software engineers shall commit themselves to making the analysis, specification, design,
development, testing and maintenance of software a beneficial and respected profession. In
accordance with their commitment to the health, safety and welfare of the public, software
engineers shall adhere to the following Eight Principles:
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31. Ethical principles
31
1. PUBLIC - Software engineers shall act consistently with the public interest.
2. CLIENT AND EMPLOYER - Software engineers shall act in a manner that is in the best
interests of their client and employer consistent with the public interest.
3. PRODUCT - Software engineers shall ensure that their products and related
modifications meet the highest professional standards possible.
4. JUDGMENT - Software engineers shall maintain integrity and independence in their
professional judgment.
5. MANAGEMENT - Software engineering managers and leaders shall subscribe to and
promote an ethical approach to the management of software development and
maintenance.
6. PROFESSION - Software engineers shall advance the integrity and reputation of the
profession consistent with the public interest.
7. COLLEAGUES - Software engineers shall be fair to and supportive of their colleagues.
8. SELF - Software engineers shall participate in lifelong learning regarding the practice of
their profession and shall promote an ethical approach to the practice of the profession.
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32. Ethical dilemmas
Disagreement in principle with the policies of senior
management
Your employer acts in an unethical way and releases a
safety-critical system without finishing the testing of the
system
Participation in the development of military weapons
systems or nuclear systems
32Chapter 1 Introduction
33. 1.3 Case studies
A personal insulin pump
An embedded system in an insulin pump used by diabetics to
maintain blood glucose control
A mental health case patient management system
A system used to maintain records of people receiving care for
mental health problems
A wilderness weather station
A data collection system that collects data about weather
conditions in remote areas
33Chapter 1 Introduction
34. Insulin pump control system
Collects data from a blood sugar sensor and calculates
the amount of insulin required to be injected
Calculation based on the rate of change of blood sugar
levels
Sends signals to a micro-pump to deliver the correct
dose of insulin
Safety-critical system as low blood sugars can lead to
brain malfunctioning, coma and death; high-blood sugar
levels have long-term consequences such as eye and
kidney damage
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37. Essential high-level requirements
The system shall be available to deliver insulin when
required.
The system shall perform reliably and deliver the correct
amount of insulin to counteract the current level of blood
sugar.
The system must therefore be designed and
implemented to ensure that the system always meets
these requirements.
37Chapter 1 Introduction
38. A patient information system for mental health
care
A patient information system to support mental health
care is a medical information system that maintains
information about patients suffering from mental health
problems and the treatments that they have received
Most mental health patients do not require dedicated
hospital treatment but need to attend specialist clinics
regularly where they can meet a doctor who has detailed
knowledge of their problems
To make it easier for patients to attend, these clinics are
not just run in hospitals. They may also be held in local
medical practices or community centres.
38Chapter 1 Introduction
39. MHC-PMS
The MHC-PMS (Mental Health Care-Patient
Management System) is an information system that is
intended for use in clinics
It makes use of a centralized database of patient
information but has also been designed to run on a PC,
so that it may be accessed and used from sites that do
not have secure network connectivity
When the local systems have secure network access,
they use patient information in the database but they can
download and use local copies of patient records when
they are disconnected
39Chapter 1 Introduction
40. MHC-PMS goals
To generate management information that allows health
service managers to assess performance against local
and government targets.
To provide medical staff with timely information to
support the treatment of patients.
40Chapter 1 Introduction
42. MHC-PMS key features
Individual care management
Clinicians can create records for patients, edit the information in
the system, view patient history, etc. The system supports data
summaries so that doctors can quickly learn about the key
problems and treatments that have been prescribed.
Patient monitoring
The system monitors the records of patients that are involved in
treatment and issues warnings if possible problems are detected
Administrative reporting
The system generates monthly management reports showing the
number of patients treated at each clinic, the number of patients
who have entered and left the care system, number of patients
sectioned, the drugs prescribed and their costs, etc.
42Chapter 1 Introduction
43. MHC-PMS concerns
Privacy
It is essential that patient information is confidential and is never
disclosed to anyone apart from authorised medical staff and the
patient themselves
Safety
Some mental illnesses cause patients to become suicidal or a
danger to other people. Wherever possible, the system should
warn medical staff about potentially suicidal or dangerous
patients.
The system must be available when needed otherwise safety
may be compromised and it may be impossible to prescribe the
correct medication to patients
43Chapter 1 Introduction
44. Wilderness weather station
The government of a country with large areas of
wilderness decides to deploy several hundred weather
stations in remote areas
Weather stations collect data from a set of instruments
that measure temperature and pressure, sunshine,
rainfall, wind speed and wind direction
The weather station includes a number of instruments that
measure weather parameters such as the wind speed and
direction, the ground and air temperatures, the barometric
pressure and the rainfall over a 24-hour period. Each of these
instruments is controlled by a software system that takes
parameter readings periodically and manages the data collected
from the instruments.
44Chapter 1 Introduction
46. Weather information system
The weather station system
This is responsible for collecting weather data, carrying out some
initial data processing and transmitting it to the data management
system.
The data management and archiving system
This system collects the data from all of the wilderness weather
stations, carries out data processing and analysis and archives the
data.
The station maintenance system
This system can communicate by satellite with all wilderness
weather stations to monitor the health of these systems and provide
reports of problems.
46Chapter 1 Introduction
47. Additional software functionality
Monitor the instruments, power and communication
hardware and report faults to the management system.
Manage the system power, ensuring that batteries are
charged whenever the environmental conditions permit
but also that generators are shut down in potentially
damaging weather conditions, such as high wind.
Support dynamic reconfiguration where parts of the
software are replaced with new versions and where
backup instruments are switched into the system in the
event of system failure.
47Chapter 1 Introduction
48. Key points
Software engineers have responsibilities to the
engineering profession and society. They should not
simply be concerned with technical issues.
Professional societies publish codes of conduct which
set out the standards of behaviour expected of their
members.
Three case studies are used in the book:
An embedded insulin pump control system
A system for mental health care patient management
A wilderness weather station
48Chapter 1 Introduction