Software Engineering

Software Engineering is the:

The production of maintainable, fault-free software that meets the user’s requirements and is delivered on time and within budget.

not just coding.

Software Development Activities

Software Engineering Activities & their deliverables:

1. Requirements specify how the system should function
   • Requirements Ellicitation: Software Requirements Specification (SRS)
   • Requirements Analysis: Prototype System Design
2. Design System Design & review:
   • Software Design Document
   • Interface Design Document
   • Test Cases
   • Data Models
3. Implementation
   • Source Code
   • Software
   • Documentation: eg. User Manual
4. Testing checking that the software conforms to requirements
   • Test Report eg. User Acceptance test
5. Maintenance evolving software to changing customer needs.
   • Feature requests
   • Bug Fixes