Unit 1: Introduction (4 hrs)
Definition of Software, Type of Software, Characteristic of Software, Attributes of Good Software, Definition of Software Engineering. Software Engineering Costs, Key Challenges that Software Engineering Facing, System Engineering and Software Engineering, Professional Practice.
Unit 2: Software Development Process Model (8 hrs)
Software Process, Software Process Model: The Waterfall Model, Evolutionary Development, Component-Based Software Engineering (CBSE); Process Iteration: Incremental Delivery, Spiral Development: Rapid Software Development: Agile Methods, Extreme Programming, Rapid Application Development, Software Prototyping; Rational Unified Process (RUP), Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE): Overview of CASE Approach, Classification of CASE tools.
Unit 3: Software Requirement Analysis and Specification (10 hrs)
System and Software Requirements, Type of Software Requirements: Functional and Non-Functional Requirements, Domain Requirements, User Requirements; Elicitation-and Analysis of Requirements: Overview of Techniques, View Points, Interviewing, Scenarios, Use-Case. Ethnography, Requirement Validation, Requirement Specification, Feasibility.
Unit 4: Software Design (10 hrs)
Design Concept: Abstraction, Architecture, Patterns, Modularity: Cohesion, Coupling; Information Hiding, Functional Independence, , Refinement; Architectural Design; MOdel, Client Server Model, Layered Model, Modular DecompositiOir: Proced al Design TisinR Structured Methods, User Interlace Design: Human-Computer Interaction, Information Presentation, Interface Evaluation; Design Notation.
Unit 5: Coding (2 hrs)
Programming Language and Development tools. Selecting Languages and Tools, Good Programming Practices
Unit 6: Software Testing and Quality Assurance (6 hrs)
Verification and Validation, Techniques of Testing: Black-box and White-box Testing, Inspections; Level of Testing: Unit Testing, Integration Testing, Interface Testing, System Testing, Alpha and Beta Testing, Regression Testing; Design of Test Cases, Quality Management Activities, Product and Process Quality, Standards: IS09000, Capability Maturity Model (CMM);
Unit 7: Software Maintenance (3 hrs)
Evolving Nature of Software, Different Types of Maintenance: Fault Repair, Software Adaptation, Functionality Addition or Modification; Maintenance Prediction, Re-Engineering, Configuration Management (CM): Importance of CM, Configuration Items, Versioning;
Unit 8: Managing Software Projects (2 hrs)
Needs for the Proper Management of Software Projects, Management Activities: Project Planning, Estimating Costs, Project Scheduling, Risk Management, Managing People;