Software Engineering

Paper Code: 
CBCA401
Credits: 
03
Periods/week: 
03
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

The course will enable the students to

  1. Obtain knowledge of software engineering discipline.
  2. Interpret analysis, design and testing principles for software project development.
  3. Learn various factors & metrics involved in software development process.


 

9.00
Unit I: 
Software Engineering Fundamentals

Software Engineering Fundamentals: Software, The changing nature of software. The Software Process: Software Processes (processes, projects & products, component), Characteristics of Software Processes, Software Development Process, Waterfall Model, Prototyping, Iterative Enhancement Model, The Spiral Model. Software Requirement Analysis & Specification: Need, Characteristics & Components

9.00
Unit II: 
Software Project Planning

Software Project Planning: Cost Estimation- Uncertainties in Cost Estimation, Building Cost Estimation Models, On Size Estimation, COCOMO Model. Project Scheduling: Average Duration Estimation, Project Scheduling & Milestones. Quality Assurance Plans: Verification & Validation, Inspection & Reviews.

9.00
Unit III: 
Design Engineering

Design Engineering: Design Process & Design Quality, Design Concepts (abstraction, architecture, patterns, modularity, information hiding, functional independence, refinement, refactoring, and design classes), The Design Model (data design elements, architectural design elements, interface design elements, component-level design elements, deployment-level design elements).

9.00
Unit IV: 
Testing Strategies & Tactics

Testing Strategies & Tactics: A strategic approach to software testing, Strategic issues, Software testing fundamentals, Test characteristics, Test Strategies for conventional software-(Unit Testing, Integration testing, Validation Testing, System testing, Black-Box testing, White Box testing. The art of debugging (process & strategies)

9.00
Unit V: 
risk Management & Software Reliability

Risk Management: Overview, Assessment, Control.

Software Reliability: Measures of reliability & availability, Software safety.

ESSENTIAL READINGS: 
  1. Pankaj Jalote , “An Integrated Approach  To Software Engineering  (Second Edition)”, Springer Publications.
  2. Roger S. Pressman, “Software Engineering (A Practitioner’s Approach)  (Sixth Edition)”, Mc-Graw Hill International.
REFERENCES: 
  1. Girdhari Singh, “Software Engineering”, Genius Publications.
Academic Year: 
2018-19
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