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Software Engineering - Abdul Majeed. Contents of the Seminar. What is software? Definition of Software Engineering Software Process Generic view of Software Engineering Software Process Paradigms Software Testing Strategies. What is software?. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Software Engineering
- Abdul Majeed
• What is software?
• Definition of Software Engineering
• Software Process
• Generic view of Software Engineering
• Software Process Paradigms
• Software Testing Strategies
Contents of the Seminar
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
• Software products may be– Generic - developed to be sold to a range of
different customers– Bespoke (custom) - developed for a single
customer according to their specification
What is software engineering?
Software engineering is an engineering discipline which is concerned with all aspects of software production (development and maintenance).
In general sense the product will exist three times of the development duration so the total efforts will be distributed as 30/70 or 40/60 for development and maintenance respectively.
Economic and Management aspects of SE• Software production =
development + maintenance (evolution)• Development costs will be 40%
– 40% analysis and design – 20% coding– 40% testing
• Maintenance costs > 60% of all development costs– 20% corrective– 30% adaptive– 50% perfective
• Quicker development is not always preferable– higher up-front costs may defray downstream costs– poorly designed/implemented software is a critical cost factor
Economic and Management aspects of SE
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What is the difference between software engineering and computer science?
Computer Science Software Engineeringis concerned with
Computer science theories are currently insufficient to act as a complete underpinning for software engineering, BUT it is a foundation for practical aspects of software engineering
theory fundamentals
the practicalities of developing
delivering useful software
What is the difference between software engineering and system engineering?
• Software engineering is part of System engineering
• System engineering is concerned with all aspects of computer-based systems development including – hardware, – software and – process engineering
• System engineers are involved in system specification, architectural design, integration and deployment
What is a software process?• A set of activities whose goal is the
development or evolution of software• Generic activities in all software processes are:
– Specification - what the system should do and its development constraints
– Development - production of the software system
– Validation - checking that the software is what the customer wants
– Evolution - changing the software in response to changing demands
Generic view of SEThere are Three Phases of any software
process 1. Definition phase which include activities
such as- System/Information engineering- Software project planning- Requirement analysis
2. Development phase which include activities such as
- Design - Coding- Testing
3. Maintenance which include activities such as
- Fixing the bugs- Adaptation- Enhancement
Software Process Paradigms
Different categories of software process paradigms are
- Classical Life Cycle Model/ Linear Sequential Model/Waterfall Model
- Prototype Model- Rapid Application Development
Model (RAD)- Evolutionary Model (Incremental
and Spiral Model)- Component based model- Formal Transformation
Software Development LifecycleWaterfall Model
Requirements
Design
Implementation
Integration
Validation
Deployment
Develop, verifynext-level product
Software Development LifecycleSpiral Model
Evaluate alternatives,identify, resolve risks,develop prototypes
Plan next phases
Determine objectivesalternatives, constraints
Requirements
• Problem Definition → Requirements Specification– determine exactly what the customer and
user want– develop a contract with the customer– specifies what the software product is to
do
• Difficulties– client asks for wrong product– client is computer/software illiterate– specifications are ambiguous, inconsistent,
incomplete
Architecture/Design• Requirements Specification → Architecture/Design
– architecture: decompose software into modules with interfaces
– design: develop module specifications (algorithms, data types)
– maintain a record of design decisions and traceability
– specifies how the software product is to do its tasks• Difficulties
– miscommunication between module designers– design may be inconsistent, incomplete, ambiguous
Architecture vs. Design
• Architecture is concerned with the selection of architectural elements, their interactions, and the constraints on those elements and their interactions necessary to provide a framework in which to satisfy the requirements and serve as a basis for the design.
• Design is concerned with the modularization and detailed interfaces of the design elements, their algorithms and procedures, and the data types needed to support the architecture and to satisfy the requirements.
Implementation & Integration
• Design → Implementation– implement modules; verify that they meet
their specifications– combine modules according to the design– specifies how the software product does its
tasks
• Difficulties– module interaction errors– order of integration may influence quality
and productivity
Testing is categorized into
- Unit Testing verifies the coding of the product
- Integration Testing verifies the design of the product
- Validation Testing verifies the requirement
- System Testing verifies system engineering
Software Testing Strategy
Unit testing
Integration testing
Validation testing
System testing
Code
Design
Requirements
System engineering
Software Testing Strategy
Software Testing Strategy
Integration testing includes - Top down using stubs- Bottom up using drivers
Validation testing includes- Alpha testing- Beta testing
System testing includes- Recovery testing- Security testing- Stress testing- Performance testing