Software Engineering

Unit 1: Introduction

• Software Engineering – A Layered Approach
• Software Process: Process Framework
• Software Process: Umbrella Activities
• Waterfall Model
• Incremental Model
• Evolutionary Process Model (Prototyping, Spiral Model)
• Introduction to Agile: Agility Principles
• Agile Model: Scrum

Unit 2: Software Requirement Analysis and Specification

• Use Case Approach
• Software Requirement Specification Document
• Flow oriented Modeling
• Data Flow Modeling

Unit 3: Design Modeling

• Translating the Requirements model into the Design Model
• The Design Process
• Design Concepts – Abstraction
• Modularity and Functional Independence
• Architectural Mapping using Data Flow

Unit 4: Software Metrics and Project Estimation

• Function based Metrics
• Software Measurement
• Metrics for Software Quality
• Software Project Estimation (FP based estimations)
• COCOMO II Model
• Project Scheduling (Timeline charts, tracking the schedule)

Unit 5: Quality Controls and Risk Management

• Quality Control and Quality Assurance
• Software Process Assessment and Improvement
• Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI)
• Software Risks
• Risk Identification
• Risk Projection and Risk Refinement
• Risk Mitigation
• Monitoring and Management

Unit 6: Software Testing

• Strategic Approach to Software Testing
• Unit Testing
• Integration Testing
• Validation Testing
• System Testing
• Black-Box and White Box Testing
• Basis Path Testing