what can we learn from software engineering?

1. What can we learn from software engineering?
By: Mohammad Hanif Hefaz 2015

2. Software relations with society- the world will
stop without software
More people don’t know about the software so
they don’t complaint
People like software engineers because they
solve the problem
The term software engineering was created
because of software crises- many projects
failed
SE is a social activity, try to suggest solutions
All engineers can face with the problem,
building engineers problem, sound, air, etc.

3. Every software has functional and non-
functional requirements

4. 1. Rigor and formality
2. Abstractions
3. Separation of concerns
4. Modularity
5. Incrementally
6. Generality
7. Anticipation of change

5. Capability Maturity Model
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
Level 5
Initialized
Managed
Defined
Quant.
Managed
Optimized

6. • 60s Software crisis
• 70s process; waterfall, spiral…
• 80s theories; methodologies
• 90s Tools, Environments
• 00s Interfacing to the world

7. 1. Define the goals
2. Pin down the requirements
3. Separate functional form non-
functional
4. Improve organizational process
5. Look for bug and remove their
causes
6. Bugs may be caused by process,
method or human error