software engineering | has definition The process of solving customers problems by the systematic development and evolution of large, high-quality software systems within cost, time and other constraints. The application of engineering to software systems of any kind | ![2001-08-30 14:57:39.0](facet.gif) |
has challenge accurately forecasting how much time it will take either to develop a system, or to make a specific set of changes | ![2001-08-30 14:57:39.0](facet.gif) |
has definition from the Canadian Standards Association The systematic activities involved in the design, implementation and testing of software to optimize its production and support | ![2001-08-30 14:57:39.0](facet.gif) |
has definition from the IEEE (1) The application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, maintenance of software; that is, the application of engineering to software. (2) The study of approaches as in (1) | ![2001-08-30 14:57:39.0](facet.gif) |
has goal solving customers' problems | ![2001-08-30 14:57:39.0](facet.gif) |
has part ensuring that maintenance and evolution of software is done in a systematic way | ![2001-08-30 14:57:39.0](facet.gif) |
has part evolution | ![2001-08-30 14:57:39.0](facet.gif) |
has part maintenance | ![2001-08-30 14:57:39.0](facet.gif) |
has part managing software projects | ![2001-08-30 14:57:39.0](facet.gif) |
has part programming | ![2001-08-30 14:57:39.0](facet.gif) |
has part programming | ![2001-08-30 14:57:39.0](facet.gif) |
has part project management | ![2001-08-30 14:57:39.0](facet.gif) |
involves applying well-understood techniques in an organized and disciplined way | ![2001-08-30 14:57:39.0](facet.gif) |
involves the translation of higher-level designs into particular programming languages | ![2001-08-30 14:57:39.0](facet.gif) |
is / labour-intensive | ![2001-08-30 14:57:39.0](facet.gif) |
is highly iterative | ![2001-08-30 14:57:39.0](facet.gif) |
is undergoing development in its technology and techniques | ![2001-08-30 14:57:39.0](facet.gif) |
is a subtopic of 1.2 - What is Software Engineering? | ![2001-08-30 14:57:39.0](facet.gif) |
is normally organized into software projects | ![2001-08-30 14:57:39.0](facet.gif) |
is a kind of process | ![2001-08-30 14:57:39.0](facet.gif) |
sometimes consists of developing completely new software | ![2001-08-30 14:57:39.0](facet.gif) |
uses resources such as the time and money of the stakeholders, and the CPU-time and memory of computers | ![2001-08-30 14:57:40.0](facet.gif) |
usually consists of modifying software that has been already written - this is because software is normally continually changed over a period of years until it becomes obsolete | ![2001-08-30 14:57:40.0](facet.gif) |
process | see also process^2 | ![2001-08-30 14:57:05.0](facet.gif) |