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The document introduces software engineering and discusses key topics covered in the course. It defines software, engineering, and software engineering. The software development life cycle phases include planning, requirements, design, development, testing, and maintenance. Software engineering is challenging due to uncertain requirements, estimation difficulties, and social aspects. Examples of past software engineering failures demonstrate the importance of the discipline and avoiding issues like bugs and specification errors. The document discusses improving software engineering through clear specifications, effective management, and following best practices.

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Intro To SE - Fall18 - 1

The document introduces software engineering and discusses key topics covered in the course. It defines software, engineering, and software engineering. The software development life cycle phases include planning, requirements, design, development, testing, and maintenance. Software engineering is challenging due to uncertain requirements, estimation difficulties, and social aspects. Examples of past software engineering failures demonstrate the importance of the discipline and avoiding issues like bugs and specification errors. The document discusses improving software engineering through clear specifications, effective management, and following best practices.

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INTRODUCTION TO

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

LECTURE - 1
CORE TOPICS TO BE
COVERED IN CSD201
• Software Development Life Cycle Phases
• Software Project Planning
• Software Requirements Engineering
• Software Design
• Software Development
• Software Testing
• Software Maintenance

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Introduction to Software Engineering
SOME GENERAL DEFINITIONS
What is software?
“Computer software or simply software is any set of
instructions that directs a computer to perform specific
operations.” [wikipedia].

“Software is considered to be a collection of executable


programming code, associated libraries and
documentations.”

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Introduction to Software Engineering
SOME GENERAL DEFINITIONS
What is engineering?
“developing products, using well-defined, scientific principles
and methods. ”
“Engineering is the application of mathematics, empirical
evidence and scientific, economic, social, and practical
knowledge in order to invent, innovate, design, build, maintain,
research, and improve structures, machines, tools, systems,
components, materials, and processes.” [wikipedia]

What is software engineering?


“Software engineering is the study and an application of
engineering to the design, development and maintenance of
software” [wikipedia]

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Introduction to Software Engineering
SOME CONCRETE DEFINITIONS
• Software
“instructions (computer programs) that when executed
provide desired function and performance, (2) data
structures that enable the programs to adequately
manipulate information, and (3) documents that describe
the operation and use of the programs.” [Pressman]
• Software Engineering
“[Software engineering is] the establishment and use of
sound engineering principles in order to obtain
economically software that is reliable and works
efficiently on real machines.” [Pressman]

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ntroduction to Software Engineering
SOME CONCRETE DEFINITIONS
Software Engineering
“The application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable
approach to the development, operation and maintenance of
software” [IEEE]

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ntroduction to Software Engineering
SOFTWARE
APPLICATION DOMAINS
• System software
• Application software
• Engineering/scientific software
• Embedded software
• Product-line software
• Web Applications
• Mobile Applications
• Artificial Intelligence Software

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Introduction to Software Engineering
SOFTWARE IS CHANGING
• Web Apps
• Web based systems and applications
• Mobile Applications
• Cloud Computing
• Software as a Service (SaaS)
• Platform as a Service (PaaS)
• Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
• Product Line Software

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ntroduction to Software Engineering
WHY SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
IS A TRICKY DISCIPLINE?
• The ultimate goal is customer satisfaction
• However, in general, the customers do not know what they
really want
• Uncertainty exist at every step in each phase of the
development life cycle
• Requirements keep on changing
• Software development is much more than programming
• Software has to be maintained after going live

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Introduction to Software Engineering
WHY SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
IS A TRICKY DISCIPLINE?
• Up-front detailed estimation and design are complicated
yet unnecessary
• Have to pay the technical debt
• Social activity
• …..

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Introduction to Software Engineering
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
FAILURES CASES
• Faulty Soviet warning system nearly causes WWIII (1983)
• The software system malfunctioned and issued a false
alarm
• Lives of millions of human beings could have been at risk
• The Explosion of the Ariane 5 (1996)
• “the self-destruction was triggered by software trying to
stuff "a 64-bit number into a 16-bit space”
• Cost of project failure: 8 billion US dollar
• Blackout for 50 million across north America (2003)
• The reason was a race condition bug in the code

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Introduction to Software Engineering
THE DILEMMA

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Introduction to Software Engineering
WHY DOES SOFTWARE
FAILURES OCCUR?
• Lack of management
• Lack of clear specifications
• Misunderstanding of specifications
• Infeasible specification
• Coding and transcription errors
• Equipment failures
• Operating system, compiler and library failures
• Changes in external systems
• Changes in internal subsystems
• Unintended consequences of other changes
• Careless or malicious human intervention

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Introduction to Software Engineering
HOW DOES SOFTWARE
FAILURES OCCUR?
• Incorrect code
• Missing code
• Extra code
• Incorrect references to external processes
• Code that does not meet time constraints
• Code that does not meet space constraints
• Human interfaces that dont match people's training or
preferences

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Introduction to Software Engineering
HOW TO IMPROVE?
<Class participation>
<Oration by instructor>

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Introduction to Software Engineering
Q&A

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Introduction to Software Engineering

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