Software Engineering (2160701)

BE | Semester-6   Summer-2019 | 10-05-2019

Q1) (A)

What is Software Engineering? What is Process? What is Product?

·       Software engineering is the establishment and use of sound engineering principles in order to obtain economically software that is reliable and works efficiently in real machines.

·       Software Engineering is the science and art of building (designing and writing programs) a software system that are:

·       on time

·       on budget

·       with acceptable performance

·       with correct operation

What is Process?

·       A process is a collection of activities, actions and tasks that are performed when some work product is to be created

·       A process is not a rigid prescription for how to build the software.

What is Product?

·       Software Products are nothing but software systems delivered to the customer with the documentation that that describe how to install and use the system.

·       In certain cases, software products may be part of system products where hardware, as well as software, is delivered to a customer.

·       Software products are produced with the help of the software process. The software process is a way in which we produce software.