UNIT I

INTRODUCTION- PRODUCT AND PROCESS                                                   

12

The Evolution of S/W - S/W and S/W Characteristics - Software Applications and Crisis - Software Myths - Software Engineering a Layered Technology - Software Process   - Software process models- Prototyping Model - RAD Model , Linear Sequential Model - Evolutionary Software Models -Spiral, WINWNIN - Component Based development - Formal Methods model- 4^th Generation Techniques - Process Technique -Product and Process

UNIT II

PROJECT MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS AND METRICS                                 

12

Management Spectrum-People , Product ,Process - Project People- The players , Team Leaders , S/W Team - Product -S/W Scope   - Problem Decomposition - The Project - Measures - Metrics and Indicators - S/W Measurement   - Reconciling Different Metrics Approaches - Metrics for S/W quality   - Integrating metrics within S/W Engineering Process - Metrics for Small Organizations, Establishing S/W Metric Programs

UNIT III

S/W PROJECT PLANNING AND RISK MANAGEMENT                                  

12

Project Planning Objectives - S/W Scope Feasibility - Resources - HR , Reusable S/W Resources   - Environment Resources - S/W Project Estimation -Decomposition Techniques - S/W Sizing , Problem Based estimation   - Process Based Estimation - Empirical Estimation Model -COCOMO Model - S/W equation - Make /Buy Decision   - Creating a decision tree ,outsourcing - Reactive Vs Proactive risk strategies - S/W Risk - Identification, Projection , Refinement - Risk Mitigation , Monitoring Management   - RMMM Plan

UNIT IV

DESIGN CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES                                                              

12

S/W design and S/W Engineering - Design Process - Design Principles ,Design Concepts - Effective Modular Design - Design Heuristics for Effective Modularity - The Design Model -documentation - The golden Rules   - User interface Design - Task Analysis and Modeling - Interface Design Activities - Implementation Tools

Design Evaluation

UNIT V

S/W TESTING TECHNIQUES AND TESTING STRATEGIES                          

12

S/W testing Fundamentals - Objectives , Principles   - Test case designs -White box testing - Basis Path Testing - Control Structures - Black Box Testing - Testing for specialized Environment -  Strategic Approach to S/W Testing - Strategic Issues - Unit Testing ,Integration Testing - Validation Testing ,System testing - Art of Debugging   - CASE Repository

TOTAL: 60

TEXT BOOKS:

Sl.No.

Author(s)

Title of the Book

Publisher

Year of

Publication

1.

Roger  S Pressman

Software Engineering - A Practioner`s Approach

MC Graw Hill

2006

REFERENCE BOOKS:

Sl.No.

Author(s)

Title of the Book

Publisher

Year of

Publication

1

Brooks  F

The Mythical Man

Addison Wesley

2001

2

Jones  C

Applied Software Measurement

MC Graw Hill

2002

3

Beizer  B

Software Testing Techniques

Van Nostrand

1990

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