Intro to software engineering

Question 1

Dif bw comp sci and software engineer

Answer 1

comp sci is theory and fundamentals, software is practicalities of developing and delivering software

Question 2

CASE (Computer-Aided Software Engineering)

Answer 2

provide automated support for software process
activities
upper: support the early process activities of requirements and design
lower: tools to support later activities such as programming, debugging & testing

Question 3

attributes of good software

Answer 3

maintainability, dependability, efficiency, usability

Question 4

software challenges

Answer 4

Heterogeneity: systems are distributed and include a mix of hardware and software
Delivery: there is increasing pressure for faster delivery of software

Question 5

functional requirements

Answer 5

what the system should do; statements of services the system should provide, how it should react to particular inputs, or behave in particular situations (input, output, data, computations)

Question 6

non functional requirements

Answer 6

1. Category reflecting: usability, efficiency, reliability, maintainability, & reusability
2. Category constraining the environment and technology of the system
3. category constraining the project plan and dev methods

Question 7

Domain requirements

Answer 7

describe system characteristics and features that
reflect the domain

Question 8

Domain requirements problems

Answer 8

understandability: is the domain understood
implicitness: domain specialists understand the area so well that they do not think of making the domain requirements explicit