Software Engineering-Part 1

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING-
PART 1
Software
Engineering
provides a standard
procedure to design
and develop a
software.
By
Dr.Shrija Madhu,Head L&D ,GIET ,Rajahmundry

SDLC Activities: Software Development Life Cycle
SDLC provides a series of steps to be followed to design and develop a software product
efficiently. SDLC framework includes the following steps:

WATERFALL MODEL WATERFALL MODEL IS THE
SIMPLEST MODEL OF SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PARADIGM. IT SAYS THE ALL THE
PHASES OF SDLC WILL FUNCTION ONE AFTER ANOTHER IN LINEAR MANNER. THAT
IS, WHEN THE FIRST PHASE IS FINISHED THEN ONLY THE SECOND PHASE WILL
START AND SO ON.

ITERATIVE MODEL THIS MODEL LEADS THE SOFTWARE
DEVELOPMENT PROCESS IN ITERATIONS. IT PROJECTS THE PROCESS OF
DEVELOPMENT IN CYCLIC MANNER REPEATING EVERY STEP AFTER EVERY
CYCLE OF SDLC PROCESS.

SPIRAL MODEL: SPIRAL MODEL IS A COMBINATION OF BOTH,
ITERATIVE MODEL AND ONE OF THE SDLC MODEL. IT CAN BE SEEN AS IF YOU
CHOOSE ONE SDLC MODEL AND COMBINE IT WITH CYCLIC PROCESS (ITERATIVE
MODEL).

V-MODEL:THE MAJOR DRAWBACK OF WATERFALL MODEL IS WE MOVE TO
THE NEXT STAGE ONLY WHEN THE PREVIOUS ONE IS FINISHED AND THERE WAS
NO CHANCE TO GO BACK IF SOMETHING IS FOUND WRONG IN LATER STAGES. V-
MODEL PROVIDES MEANS OF TESTING OF SOFTWARE AT EACH STAGE IN REVERSE
MANNER.

PROTOTYPE MODEL:PROTOTYPING IS DEFINED AS
THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING A WORKING REPLICATION OF A PRODUCT OR
SYSTEM THAT HAS TO BE ENGINEERED.

CURRENT TRENDS
RAD MODEL: RAPID APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT
AGILE MODEL :TYPE OF ITERATIVE MODEL
The Agile model does not recommend developing prototypes but emphasises
the systematic development of each incremental feature at the end of each
iteration.
The central theme of RAD is based on designing quick and dirty prototypes,
which are then refined into production quality code

S/W VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION
Software Validation
Validation is process of examining whether or not the software
satisfies the user requirements. It is carried out at the end of the
SDLC. If the software matches requirements for which it was made, it
is validated.
Validation ensures the product under development is as per the user
requirements.
Validation answers the question – "Are we developing the product
which attempts all that user needs from this software ?".
Validation emphasizes on user requirements.

S/W VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION
Software Verification
Verification is the process of confirming if the software is meeting the
business requirements, and is developed adhering to the proper
specifications and methodologies.
Verification ensures the product being developed is according to
design specifications.
Verification answers the question– "Are we developing this product by
firmly following all design specifications ?"
Verifications concentrates on the design and system specifications.

SOFTWARE TESTING
Software testing involves the execution of a software component or system
component to evaluate one or more properties of interest. In general, these
properties indicate the extent to which the component or system under test:
meets the requirements that guided its design and development,
responds correctly to all kinds of inputs,
performs its functions within an acceptable time,
it is sufficiently usable,
can be installed and run in its intended environments, and
achieves the general result its stakeholders desire.

TESTING APPROACHES
Tests can be conducted based on two approaches –
1. Functionality testing
2. Implementation testing
When functionality is being tested without taking the actual
implementation in concern it is known as black-box testing. The other
side is known as white-box testing where not only functionality is
tested but the way it is implemented is also analyzed.

Black-box testing
It is carried out to test functionality of the program. It is also called ‘Behavioral’ testing. The tester in this case, has a
set of input values and respective desired results. On providing input, if the output matches with the desired results,
the program is tested ‘ok’, and problematic otherwise.

WHITEBOX TESTING:IT IS CONDUCTED TO TEST PROGRAM
AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION, IN ORDER TO IMPROVE CODE EFFICIENCY OR
STRUCTURE. IT IS ALSO KNOWN AS ‘STRUCTURAL’ TESTING.

TESTING LEVELS
Testing itself may be defined at various levels of SDLC. The testing process
runs parallel to software development. Before jumping on the next stage, a
stage is tested, validated and verified.
Testing separately is done just to make sure that there are no hidden bugs
or issues left in the software. Software is tested on various levels -
Unit Testing
While coding, the programmer performs some tests on that unit of program
to know if it is error free. Testing is performed under white-box testing
approach. Unit testing helps developers decide that individual units of the
program are working as per requirement and are error free.
Integration Testing
Even if the units of software are working fine individually, there is a need to
find out if the units if integrated together would also work without errors.
For example, argument passing and data updation etc.

TESTING LEVELS-CONTD.
System Testing
The software is compiled as product and then it is tested as a whole. This
can be accomplished using one or more of the following tests:
1. Functionality testing - Tests all functionalities of the software against the
requirement.
2. Performance testing - This test proves how efficient the software is. It
tests the effectiveness and average time taken by the software to do
desired task. Performance testing is done by means of load testing and
stress testing where the software is put under high user and data load
under various environment conditions.
3. Security & Portability - These tests are done when the software is meant
to work on various platforms and accessed by number of persons.
Acceptance Testing
When the software is ready to hand over to the customer it has to go through
last phase of testing where it is tested for user-interaction and response.
This is important because even if the software matches all user requirements
and if user does not like the way it appears or works, it may be rejected.

TESTING LEVELS CONTD.
Alpha testing - The team of developer themselves perform alpha
testing by using the system as if it is being used in work
environment. They try to find out how user would react to some
action in software and how the system should respond to inputs.
Beta testing - After the software is tested internally, it is handed over
to the users to use it under their production environment only for
testing purpose. This is not as yet the delivered product. Developers
expect that users at this stage will bring minute problems, which
were skipped to attend.
Regression Testing
Whenever a software product is updated with new code, feature or
functionality, it is tested thoroughly to detect if there is any negative
impact of the added code. This is known as regression testing.

SOME IMPORTANT CONCEPTS
SRS: Software Requirements Specification ,a document written at the
end of System Analysis phase.
Software Walkthrough: It is a form of software peer review "in which
a designer or programmer leads members of the development team
and other interested parties go through a software product, and the
participants ask questions and make comments
Coupling and Cohesion: Coupling is the measure of the degree of
interdependence between the modules. A good software will have low
coupling. Cohesion is a measure of the degree to which the elements
of the module are functionally related. A good software design will
have high cohesion.

REFERENCES
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comparison-between-agile-model-and-other-models/
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