Study on Software Engineering (SE)

Syllabus of the Subject on Software Engineering 

UNIT - I:

Introduction to Software Engineering: The evolving role of software, Changing Nature of Software, Software myths. 

A Generic view of process: Software engineering- A layered technology, a process framework, Process patterns, and process assessment

Process models: The waterfall model, Incremental process models, Evolutionary process models, The Unified process, Agility and Agile Process model, Extreme Programming, Other process models of Agile Development and Tools

UNIT - II:

Software Requirements: Functional and non-functional requirements, User requirements, System requirements, Interface specification, the software requirements document

Requirements Engineering Process: Feasibility studies, Requirements elicitation and analysis, Requirements validation, Requirements management

System models: Context Models, Behavioral models, Data models, Object models, structured methods. UML Diagrams

UNIT - III:

Design Engineering: Design process and Design quality, Design concepts, the design model. 

Creating an architectural design: Software architecture, Data design, Architectural styles and patterns, Architectural Design. 

Object-Oriented Design: Objects and object classes, An Object- Oriented design process, Design evolution. 

Performing User interface design: Golden rules, User interface analysis and design, interface analysis, interface design steps, Design evaluation .

UNIT - IV:

Testing Strategies: A strategic approach to software testing, test strategies for conventional software, Black-Box and White-Box testing, Validation testing, System testing, the art of Debugging. 

Product metrics: Software Quality, Metrics for Analysis Model, Metrics for Design Model, Metrics for source code, Metrics for testing, Metrics for maintenance. 

Metrics for Process and Products: Software Measurement, Metrics for software quality.

UNIT - V :

Risk management: Reactive vs. Proactive Risk strategies, software risks, Risk identification, Risk projection, Risk refinement, RMMM, RMMM Plan. 

Quality Management: Quality concepts, Software quality assurance, Software Reviews, Formal technical reviews, Statistical Software quality Assurance, The Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI), Software reliability, The ISO 9000 quality standards.

TEXT BOOKS:

1.  Software engineering A practitioner’s Approach, Roger S Pressman, 6th Edition. McGraw Hill International Edition.

2.  Software Engineering, Ian Summerville, 7th Edition, Pearson education.

REFERENCE BOOKS:

1.  Software Engineering: A Precise Approach, Pankaj Jalote, Wiley India, 2010

2.  Software Engineering: A Primer, Waman S Jawadekar, Tata McGraw-Hill, 200

3.  Software Engineering: Principles and Practices, Deepak Jain, Oxford University Press.

4.  Software Engineering 1: Abstraction and Modelling, Diner Bjorner, Springer International edition, 2006.

5.  Software Engineering 2: Specification of Systems and Languages, Diner Bjorner, Springer International edition 2006.

6.  Software Engineering Principles and Practice, Hans Van Vliet, 3rd edition, John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

7.  Software Engineering 3: Domains, Requirements, and Software Design, D. Bjorner, Springer International Edition.

8.  Introduction to Software Engineering, R. J. Leach, CRC Press. Course.