Software Engineering

Chapter 1

Introduction to Software Engineering

Chapter Outline

1.1 Specifying software requirements

1.2 Software architecture

1.3 Integrated product and process development

1.4 Integrated product teams

1.5 Work breakdown structure

1.6 Software breakdown structure

1.7 Specification and documentation trees

1.8 Integrated master plan and schedule

1.9 Reviews and audits

1.10 Configuration management and change control

1.11 Trade-off analysis

1.12 Risk management

1.13 Modeling and simulation

This chapter provides an overview of software engineering as a discipline critical to software product development. Software engineering, as described in this book, utilizes proven practices and techniques derived from the systems engineering discipline. These ...