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Process Models

This document discusses software engineering and the software development process. It defines software engineering as the application of systematic and disciplined approaches to software development, operation, and maintenance. The software process is presented as a framework that defines the tasks and activities required to build high-quality software, including work products, quality assurance points, and project milestones. It also discusses that the software process encompasses the technical methods and tools used for development.

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Process Models

This document discusses software engineering and the software development process. It defines software engineering as the application of systematic and disciplined approaches to software development, operation, and maintenance. The software process is presented as a framework that defines the tasks and activities required to build high-quality software, including work products, quality assurance points, and project milestones. It also discusses that the software process encompasses the technical methods and tools used for development.

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Chapter 2

A Generic View of Process


Software Engineering: A Practitioners Approach
6
th
Edition
Roger S. Pressman
2
Software Process
Software development is a social learning
process [BAE98]
The process provides interaction between
Users and designers
Users and evolving tools
Designers and evolving tools
Iterative in nature
Software process is a framework for the tasks
that are required to build high-quality software
3
S/W Process or S/W Engineering
A software process defines the
approach that is taken as software is
engineered.
But software engineering also
encompasses technologies that
populate the process technical
methods and automated tools.
4
S/W Engineering Definition (1)
According to Fritz Bauer [NAU69]
[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.
5
S/W Engineering Definition (2)
According to the IEEE [IEE93]
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).
We need discipline, but we also need
adaptability and agility.
6
S/W Engineering - A Layered
Technology
A quality focus
Process
Methods
Tools
Figure 2.1: Software engineering layers
7
framework activity # 1
A Process Framework
work tasks
work products
quality assurance points
project milestones
Umbrella activities
Task sets
software engineering action # 1.1
Software process
Process framework
8
Generic Framework Activities
Communication
Requirement gathering
Planning
Tasks, risks, resources, products, schedule
Modeling
Analysis of requirements, design
Construction
Code generation, testing
Deployment
Evaluation, feedback
9
Umbrella Activities
Software project tracking and control
Risk management
Software quality assurance
Formal technical reviews
Measurement
Software configuration management
Reusability management
Work product preparation and production
10
The Process Model: Adaptability
Key factors are
Problem
Project
Team
Organizational Structure
Prescriptive vs. Agile process models
11
Product and Process
The duality of product and process
A creative software professional should
derive as much satisfaction from the
process as the end-product
Transition from programming to
software engineering

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