Software Engineering

Software :

• Software is Computer programs that when executed

provide function and performance
• Data structures that enable the programs to
adequately manipulate the information.

• Documents that describe the operation and use of

programs.

• Software Engineering: It is the establishment and use of sound engineering principles in order to
obtain economically software that is reliable and works efficiently and effectively on real
machines.

• System engineering defines the role of software in an enterprise to boost the growth and better
functionalities in a business.

• System Engineering is a way of solving problems taking long-term needs into consideration.

• System engineering defines the real world problem and allocates functions to computer based
system elements such as
• Software
• Hardware
• People
• Database
• Documentation

• When system engineering focuses on a business enterprise to define the context for software, it
is called Information engineering.

• When system engineering focuses on building a product to cater the needs of some of common
business functions across enterprise , it is treated as product engineering.

• There are three phases in software engineering in general

• Definition phase
• Development phase
• Maintenance phase

• Definition phase of software engineering focuses on what to build? or what is a problem ?

• System/Information Engineering
• Requirement Analysis
• Software Project Planning
• Development phase focuses on how to build a product or how to implement functionality

• Software Program Design

• Software Program Implementation
• Software Testing

• Maintenance focuses on change management. The changes are

• Correction
• Adaptation
• Enhancement
• Prevention

• Corrective maintenance is done when the end users report some bugs in the shipped product.

• Adaptation is needed when the external entities of software such as operation system or
database etc. have undergone changes.

• Enhancements are done when the existing software needs additional functionalities because of
the changed business needs.

• Preventive maintenance is similar to the business process reengineering which concentrates

defining the some or all the functionality of the software to avoid further corrections,
adaptations and enhancements.