Lecture 1-4.ppt Introduction to Software Engineering: The evolving role of software, Changing Nature of Software, Industry 4.0 and Digital Transformation, Software myths.

The IEEE definition:
Software Engineering: (1) The application of a systematic, disciplined,
quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of
software; that is, the application of engineering to software. (2) The study
of approaches as in (1).
The seminal definition:
[Software engineering is] the establishment and use of
sound engineering principles in order to obtain
economically software that is reliable and works efficiently
on real machines.
Software Engineering Definition

A Layered Technology
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Software Engineering
a
a “
“quality
quality”
” focus
focus
process model
process model
methods
methods
tools
tools
 Organizational commitment to quality fosters a continuous process improvement culture.
 Process layer as the foundation defines a framework with activities for effective delivery of
software engineering technology. Establish the context where products (model, data, report, and
forms) are produced, milestone are established, quality is ensured and change is managed.
 Method provides technical how-to’s for building software. (Communication, requirement
analysis, design modeling, program construction, testing and support).
 Tools provide automated or semi-automated support for the process and methods.

Software Process
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 A process is a collection of activities, actions and tasks that are
performed when some work product is to be created. It is not a
rigid prescription for how to build computer software.
Rather, it is an adaptable approach that enables the people doing
the work to pick and choose the appropriate set of work
actions and tasks.
 Purpose of process is to deliver software in a timely manner and
with sufficient quality to satisfy those who have sponsored its
creation and those who will use it.

Umbrella Activities
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Complement the five process framework activities and help team manage and control
progress, quality, change, and risk.
 Software project tracking and control: assess progress against the plan and take
actions to maintain the schedule.
 Risk management: assesses risks that may affect the outcome and quality.
 Software quality assurance: defines and conduct activities to ensure quality.
 Technical reviews: assesses work products to uncover and remove errors before
going to the next activity.
 Measurement: define and collects process, project, and product measures to ensure
stakeholder’s needs are met.
 Software configuration management: manage the effects of change throughout the
software process.
 Reusability management: defines criteria for work product reuse and establishes
mechanism to achieve reusable components.
 Work product preparation and production: create work products such as models,
documents, logs, forms and lists.

Definition of Software Process
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 A framework for the activities, actions, and tasks that are
required to build high-quality software.
 SP defines the approach that is taken as software is
engineered.
 Is not equal to software engineering, which also
encompasses technologies that populate the process–
technical methods and automated tools.

Identifying a Task Set
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 A task set defines the actual work to be done to
accomplish the objectives of a software
engineering action.
A list of the task to be accomplished
A list of the work products to be produced
A list of the quality assurance filters to be applied

Identifying a Task Set
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 For example, a small software project requested by one
person with simple requirements, the communication
activity might encompass little more than a phone all with
the stakeholder. Therefore, the only necessary action is
phone conversation, the work tasks of this action are:
1. Make contact with stakeholder via telephone.
2. Discuss requirements and take notes.
3. Organize notes into a brief written statement of
requirements.
4. E-mail to stakeholder for review and approval.

Example of a Task Set for Elicitation
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 The task sets for Requirements gathering action for
a simple project may include:
1. Make a list of stakeholders for the project.
2. Invite all stakeholders to an informal meeting.
3. Ask each stakeholder to make a list of features and
functions required.
4. Discuss requirements and build a final list.
5. Prioritize requirements.
6. Note areas of uncertainty.

Example of a Task Set for Elicitation
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 The task sets for Requirements gathering action for a big project
may include:
1. Make a list of stakeholders for the project.
2. Interview each stakeholders separately to determine overall wants and needs.
3. Build a preliminary list of functions and features based on stakeholder input.
4. Schedule a series of facilitated application specification meetings.
5. Conduct meetings.
6. Produce informal user scenarios as part of each meeting.
7. Refine user scenarios based on stakeholder feedback.
8. Build a revised list of stakeholder requirements.
9. Use quality function deployment techniques to prioritize requirements.
10. Package requirements so that they can be delivered incrementally.
11. Note constraints and restrictions that will be placed on the system.
12. Discuss methods for validating the system.
 Both do the same work with different depth and formality. Choose
the task sets that achieve the goal and still maintain quality and
agility.

Process Patterns
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 A process pattern
 describes a process-related problem that is encountered during
software engineering work,
 identifies the environment in which the problem has been
encountered, and
 suggests one or more proven solutions to the problem.
 Stated in more general terms, a process pattern provides you
with a template [Amb98]—a consistent method for describing
problem solutions within the context of the software process.
( defined at different levels of abstraction)

1. Problems and solutions associated with a complete process
model (e.g. prototyping).
2. Problems and solutions associated with a framework activity
(e.g. planning)
3. an action with a framework activity (e.g. project estimating).
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Process Pattern Types
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 Stage patterns—defines a problem associated with a framework activity
for the process. It includes multiple task patterns as well. For example,
EstablishingCommunication would incorporate the task pattern
RequirementsGathering and others.
 Task patterns—defines a problem associated with a software engineering
action or work task and relevant to successful software engineering
practice
 Phase patterns—define the sequence of framework activities that occur
with the process, even when the overall flow of activities is iterative in
nature. Example includes SprialModel or Prototyping.

An Example of Process Pattern
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 Describes an approach that may be applicable when stakeholders have a general idea of what
must be done but are unsure of specific software requirements.
 Pattern name. RequiremetnsUnclear
 Intent. This pattern describes an approach for building a model that can be assessed iteratively by
stakeholders in an effort to identify or solidify software requirements.
 Type. Phase pattern
 Initial context. Conditions must be met (1) stakeholders have been identified; (2) a mode of
communication between stakeholders and the software team has been established; (3) the
overriding software problem to be solved has been identified by stakeholders ; (4) an initial
understanding of project scope, basic business requirements and project constraints has been
developed.
 Problem. Requirements are hazy or nonexistent. stakeholders are unsure of what they want.
 Solution. A description of the prototyping process would be presented here.
 Resulting context. A software prototype that identifies basic requirements. (modes of interaction,
computational features, processing functions) is approved by stakeholders. Following this, 1. This
prototype may evolve through a series of increments to become the production software or 2. the
prototype may be discarded.
 Related patterns. CustomerCommunication, IterativeDesign, IterativeDevelopment,
CustomerAssessment, RequirementExtraction.

Process Assessment and Improvement
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SP cannot guarantee that software will be delivered on time, meet the needs, or has the desired
technical characteristics. However, the process can be assessed to ensure that it meets a set of
basic process criteria that have been shown to be essential for a successful software engineering.
Standard CMMI Assessment Method for Process Improvement (SCAMPI) — provides a five step
process assessment model that incorporates five phases: initiating, diagnosing, establishing, acting and learning.
CMM-Based Appraisal for Internal Process Improvement (CBA IPI)—provides a
diagnostic technique for assessing the relative maturity of a software organization; uses the
SEI CMM as the basis for the assessment [Dun01]
SPICE—The SPICE (ISO/IEC15504) standard defines a set of requirements for software
process assessment. The intent of the standard is to assist organizations in developing an
objective evaluation of the efficacy of any defined software process. [ISO08]
ISO 9001:2000 for Software—a generic standard that applies to any organization that
wants to improve the overall quality of the products, systems, or services that it provides.
Therefore, the standard is directly applicable to software organizations and companies.
[Ant06]

Assessment and Improvement
These courseware
materials are to be used in
conjunction with Software
Engineering: A
Practitioner’s Approach,
6/e and are provided with
permission by R.S.
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Software Process
Software Process
Assessment
is examined by identifies capabilities
and risk of
identifies
modifications to
Software Process
Improvement
Capability
Determination
leads to leads to
motivates

Personal Software Process
(PSP)
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 Recommends five framework activities:
 Planning
 High-level design
 High-level design review
 Development
 Postmortem
 Stresses the need for each software engineer to identify
errors early and as important, to understand the types
of errors

Team Software Process (TSP)
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 Each project is “launched” using a “script” that defines the
tasks to be accomplished
 Teams (of 2 to 20 engineers) are self-directed:
 Plan and track work, set goals, own processes and plans
 Measurement is encouraged
 Measures are analyzed with the intent of improving the
team process (through coaching, motivation, …)

The Primary Goal of Any Software Process: High
Quality
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Remember:
Remember:
High quality = project timeliness
High quality = project timeliness
Why?
Why?
Less rework!
Less rework!

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