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SoftwareEngineering

SoftwareandSoftwareEngineering

SoftwaresDualRole

Softwareisaproduct

Softwareisavehiclefordeliveringaproduct

Deliverscomputingpotential Produces,manages,acquires,modifies,displays,ortransmits information Supportsordirectlyprovidessystemfunctionality Controlsotherprograms(e.g.,anoperatingsystem) Effectscommunications(e.g.,networkingsoftware) Helpsbuildothersoftware(e.g.,softwaretools)

WhatisSoftware?
Softwareisasetofitemsorobjects thatformaconfigurationthat includes programs documents data...

WhatisSoftware?

softwareisengineered softwaredoesntwearout softwareiscomplex

SoftwareApplications

systemsoftware applicationsoftware engineering/scientificsoftware embeddedsoftware productlinesoftware WebApps(Webapplications) AIsoftware

LegacySoftware
Whymustitchange?

softwaremustbeadaptedtomeettheneedsofnew computingenvironmentsortechnology. softwaremustbeenhancedtoimplementnew businessrequirements. softwaremustbeextendedtomakeitinteroperable withothermoremodernsystemsordatabases. softwaremustberearchitectedtomakeitviable withinanetworkenvironment.

WhatisSoftwareEngineering?
Ahistoricaldefinition:
Theestablishmentanduseofsoundengineeringprinciplesinorderto obtaineconomicallysoftwarethatisreliableandworksefficientlyonreal machines[FritzBauer,atthe1stNATOConferenceonSoftwareEngineering,
1969]

IEEEdefinition:

Softwareengineeringistheapplicationofasystematic,disciplined, quantifiableapproachtothedevelopment,operation,andmaintenanceof software;thatis,theapplicationofengineeringtosoftware.

FactsaboutSoftwareProjects
28%
completed on time and on budget canceled before completion overran original estimates: -Time overrun averaged 63% - Cost overrun averaged 45%

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49%

SoftwareMyths
Affectmanagers,customers(andothernontechnical stakeholders)andpractitioners Arebelievablebecausetheyoftenhaveelementsoftruth, but Invariablyleadtobaddecisions, therefore Insistonrealityasyounavigateyourwaythrough softwareengineering

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