Software Engineering

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Software Engineering. DOI: 
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2012
 Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
2013
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-407768-3.00001-X
Introduction to Software 
Engineering
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CHAPTER 
CHAPTER OUTLINE
1.1  Specifying software requirements ...................................................................... 10
1.2  Software architecture ....................................................................................... 11
1.3  Integrated product and process development ..................................................... 12
1.4  Integrated product teams .................................................................................. 13
1.5  Work breakdown structure ................................................................................ 15
1.6  Software breakdown structure ........................................................................... 15
1.7  Specification and documentation trees .............................................................. 17
1.8  Integrated master plan and schedule ................................................................. 17
1.9  Reviews and audits ........................................................................................... 18
1.10  Configuration management and change control ................................................... 20
1.11  Trade-off analysis ............................................................................................. 22
1.12  Risk management .............................................................................................. 24
1.13  Modeling and simulation ................................................................................... 24
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 
systems engineering methods and tools have been adapted to address the challenges 
plaguing the software development industry. The resulting software engineering prac-
tices provide a more regimented approach to the development of software products.
Systems engineering practitioners have developed a set of principles and practices 
that enable complex products to be designed and developed within a project frame-
work. Many of the challenges encountered by the systems engineering community 
have been resolved through years of rigorous research, trial-and-error, and lessons 
learned from past failures. The software development challenges that are targeted to 
be resolved by adopting these proven systems engineering practices include: