Basics of Software Engineering

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

BSBC-401

Objective: The objective of this course is to make students familiar with all the software development principles, models and designing tools required to develop the software.

Expected Outcome: After completing this course, students will learn new techniques and

models on which software development is based.

Instructions for Paper-Setter

The question paper will consist of five sections A, B, C, D and E. Sections A, B, C and D will have two questions from the respective sections of the syllabus and will carry 10 marks each. Section E will have 10 short answer type questions, which will cover the entire syllabus uniformly and will carry 20 marks in all.

Instructions for Candidates

Candidates are required to attempt one question each from Sections A, B, C and D of the question paper and the entire Section E. Use of non-programmable scientific calculator is allowed.

SECTION A

Software: Characteristics, Components Applications

Software Process Models: Waterfall, Spiral, Prototyping, Fourth Generation Techniques

Concepts of Project Management
Role Of Metrics And Measurement 

SECTION B

S/W Project Planning: Objectives

Decomposition Techniques: S/W Sizing, Problem Based Estimation, Process Based Estimation

Cost Estimation Models: COCOMO Model, The S/W Equation

System Analysis: Principles Of Structured Analysis, Requirement Analysis, DFD, Entity Relationship Diagram, Data Dictionary

S/W Design: Objectives, Principles, Concepts

Design Methodologies: Data Design, Architecture Design, Procedural Design, Object Oriented Concepts.

SECTION C

Testing Fundamentals: Objectives, Principles, Testability

Test Case Design: White Box & Black Box testing

Testing Strategies: Verification & Validation, Unit Testing, Integration Testing, Validation Testing, System Testing

SECTION D

Advanced topics in Software Engineering:

Reengineering: Reverse Engineering, Restructuring, Forward Engineering.

Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE): Taxonomy of CASE tools

Suggested Books:

1. Roger S. Pressman, “Software Engineering – A Practitioner’s Approach”, Sixth Edition,
McGraw Hill *****
2. R.E. Fairley, “Software Engineering Concepts”, Paperback Edition, McGraw Hill.
3. Jalota, “An Integrated Approach to Software Engineering”, Third Edition, Narosa
Publishing House***