ECP2062

Software Engineering
Subject Code:	ECP2062
Objective:	To provide the students with a understanding of theoretical and practical foundation of software engineering.
Pre-requisite:	ECP1022: Program Design
Credit Hours:	3
Contact Hours:	30 hours of Lectures 15 hours of Assignments/Tutorials
References:	IVAN Jacobson, "Object Oriented Software Engineering", Addision Wesley, 1992. Roger S. Pressman, "Software Engineering: A Practitioner's Approach", 3rd ed., McGraw Hill, 1992. Andrew Topper et. Al., "Structure Methods: Merging Models, Techniques and CASE", McGraw Hill, 1992. Ian Sommerville, "Software Engineering", 4th ed., Addision Wesley, 1992.

Introduction
Principles of software engineering. Software life cycle. Project management. Computer based system engineering.
Requirements and Specification
Analysis, definition, specification, software prototyping, formal specification, algebraic specification and model-based specification.
Software Design
Architectural design. Object-oriented design. Function-oriented design. Real-time system design. User interface design. Dependable Systems. Reliability and reusability. Safety-critical consideration. Good programming practice. Computer-aided Software Engineering (CASE)
Verification and Validation
Validation and testing. Problems of assessing and quantifying the system reliability. Test case and test data design.
Management
People and organization issues. Cost estimation. Quality management. Process improvement. Maintenance, configuration and re-engineering of software.

Faculty of Engineering
Multimedia University

last updated: 5 July 1999

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