CS307

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

Objectives

  • To understand the Software Engineering Practice& Process Models
  • To understand Design Engineering, Web applications, and Software Project Management

 

Outcomes

  • Ability to enhance the software project management skills

 

Unit – I

        Introduction to Software Engineering, Software Components, Software Characteristics, Software Crisis, Software Engineering Processes, Similarity and Differences from Conventional Engineering Processes, Software Quality Attributes. Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Models: Water Fall Model, Prototype Model, Spiral Model, Evolutionary Development Models, Iterative Enhancement Models.

Unit – II

         Requirement Engineering Process: Elicitation, Analysis, Documentation, Review and Management of User Needs, Feasibility Study, Information Modelling, Data Flow Diagrams, Entity Relationship Diagrams, Decision Tables, SRS Document, IEEE Standards for SRS, Architectural design, component level design, user interface design, WebApp Design.

 

Unit – III

       Quality concepts, Review techniques, Software Quality Assurance (SQA): Verification and Validation, SQA Plans, Software Quality Frameworks, ISO 9000 Models, SEI-CMM Model.

 

Unit – IV

         Testing Objectives, Unit Testing, Integration Testing, Acceptance Testing, Regression Testing, Testing for Functionality and Testing for Performance, Top-Down and Bottom-Up Testing, Software Testing Strategies - Strategies: Test Drivers and Test Stubs, Structural Testing (White Box Testing), Functional Testing (Black Box Testing), Testing conventional applications, object oriented applications, and Web applications, Formal modelling and verification, Software configuration management, Product metrics.

 

Unit – V

          Project Management Concepts, Process and Project Metrics, Estimation for Software projects, Project Scheduling, Risk Management, Maintenance and Reengineering.

 

TEXT BOOKS

  • R. S. Pressman, “Software Engineering: A Practitioners Approach”, McGraw Hill, 7th edition, 2010
  • Rajib Mall, “Fundamentals of Software Engineering”, PHI Publication, 3rd edition, 2009