Definitions of software engineering:
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING is a discipline whose aim is the production of fault-free software, delivered on time and within budget that satisfies the user's needs. Software must also be easy to modify when those needs change. (definition from the text, by Stephen Schach).
Barry Boehm (chair of International Conference on Software Engineering this year - 1999): Software Engineering is the practical application of scientific knowledge and the production of associated documentation.
IEEE definition: (IEEE = Institute of Electrical
and Electronics Engineers):
Software Engineering is (1) a systematic,
disciplined,
quantifiable
approach to the development,
operation, and maintenance
of software; the application of engineering to software. (2) The study
of the approaches as in (1).
I. Introduction to the software life cycle
1. Scope
of Software Engineering
2. The
Software Process
3.
Software Life-Cycle Models
4. Teams
and the Tools of Their Trades
5. Testing
6.
Introduction to Objects
7. Reusability,
Portability, and Interoperability
8. Planning
and Estimating
II. THE PHASES OF
THE SOFTWARE LIFE CYCLE
9. Requirements
Phase
10. Specification
Phase
11. Object-Oriented
Analysis Phase
12. Design
Phase
13. Implementation
Phase
14. Implementation
and Integration Phase
15. Maintenance
Phase
III.
Marlene's essays and projects
1.
Essay:
Software Crisis Intervention
2.
Requirements
Phase for Team Project - Sample Gameboard