Software Engineering

Project Management Tools
Technical Tools
Requirement specifications practices
Software architecture
Integrated product and process development (IPPD)
Integrated product team (IPT)
Work breakdown structure
Work packages
Specification tree
Documentation tree
Integrated master plan and schedule (IMP/IMS)
Integrated technical plan and 
schedule (ITP/ITS)
Project reviews and audits
Technical reviews and inspections
Cost-benefit analysis
Trade studies/trade-off analysis
Risk management
Technical risk assessment
Change proposals
Change requests
1 
See 
http://history.nasa.gov/ap11ann/introduction.htm
.
2 
See 
http://spacese.spacegrant.org/uploads/images/Art_and_Sci_of_SE.pdf
 and 
www.incose.org/secoe/ 
0103/ValueSE-INCOSE04.pdf
.

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Introduction to Software Engineering
These tools have been incorporated into software engineering practices that 
have been devised to overcome the challenges associated with the design and 
development of software products. 
Table 1.2
 provides a matrix that identifies the 
relationships between software development challenges and software engineering 
practices and tools. Each of these practices are briefly examined in the following 
paragraphs.
Table 1.2 
Software Engineering Practices and Tools Mapping to Challenges