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    This document provides an introduction to software engineering, including: - Software engineering is a systematic approach to developing and maintaining quality software through methods and techniques. - It addresses how to ensure software quality, meet demands while controlling budgets, and avoid delays. - Applying software engineering principles provides an understandable development process and allows for repeatable, manageable systems. - The field has evolved from the 1940s invention of computers through developments in various decades, with costs now higher for software than hardware. - Software is expensive to produce due to labor, utilities, development software, testing, marketing, and 24/7 support and updates required.

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    This document provides an introduction to software engineering, including: - Software engineering is a systematic approach to developing and maintaining quality software through methods and techniques. - It addresses how to ensure software quality, meet demands while controlling budgets, and avoid delays. - Applying software engineering principles provides an understandable development process and allows for repeatable, manageable systems. - The field has evolved from the 1940s invention of computers through developments in various decades, with costs now higher for software than hardware. - Software is expensive to produce due to labor, utilities, development software, testing, marketing, and 24/7 support and updates required.

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    This document provides an introduction to software engineering, including: - Software engineering is a systematic approach to developing and maintaining quality software through methods and techniques. - It addresses how to ensure software quality, meet demands while controlling budgets, and avoid delays. - Applying software engineering principles provides an understandable development process and allows for repeatable, manageable systems. - The field has evolved from the 1940s invention of computers through developments in various decades, with costs now higher for software than hardware. - Software is expensive to produce due to labor, utilities, development software, testing, marketing, and 24/7 support and updates required.

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    This document provides an introduction to software engineering, including: - Software engineering is a systematic approach to developing and maintaining quality software through methods and techniques. - It addresses how to ensure software quality, meet demands while controlling budgets, and avoid delays. - Applying software engineering principles provides an understandable development process and allows for repeatable, manageable systems. - The field has evolved from the 1940s invention of computers through developments in various decades, with costs now higher for software than hardware. - Software is expensive to produce due to labor, utilities, development software, testing, marketing, and 24/7 support and updates required.

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    SOICT
    School of Information and Communication Technology

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    What is Software Engineering?

    • Systematic approach for developing software

    • Methods and techniques to develop and maintain quality software to


    solve problems

    • Study of the principles and methodologies for developing and


    maintaining software systems

    Questions addressed by Software Engineering?

    • How do we ensure the quality of the software that we produce?

    • How do we meet growing demand and still maintain budget


    control?

    • How do we avoid disastrous time delays?

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    Why apply Software Engineering to Systems?

    • Provide an understandable process for system development

    • Develop systems and software that are maintainable and easily


    changed

    • Develop robust software system

    • Allow the process of creating computing based systems to be


    repeatable and manageable

    Historical Perspective

    • 1940s: computers invented

    • 1950s: assembly language, Fortran

    • 1960s: COBOL, ALGOL, PL/1, Operating System


    1969: First Conference on Software Engineering

    • 1970s: multi-user systems, databases, structured programming

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    Historical Perspective (cont.)

    • 1980s: networking, personal computing, embedded systems, parallel


    architectures

    • 1990s: information superhighway, distributed systems, OO in


    widespread use

    • 2000s: virtual reality, voice recognition, video conferencing, global


    computing, pervasive computing,...

    • 2010s: autonomos vehicles, new security awareness

    • 2020s: AI everywhere
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    Hardware costs vs Software costs (% of overall cost)

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    Why is software so expensive?

    Hardware has made great advances

    But software too...

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    Why is software so expensive?

    We need softwares because they help us save money...

    Imagine: a software system could save a company $10,000/year

    So, why couldn’t it charge $9,000?

    • Most popular software suites out are software solutions that


    companies cannot go without
    • Productivity software, marketing, logistics, finance ...

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    Why is software so expensive?

    Software is Expensive to Produce

    • Labor costs to host hundreds of talented people


    • Utilities have to be paid
    • Software for software development costs money
    • Extensive Q&A process
    • Engage in makerting after release
    • ... and the most important thing:
    Software has to be supported 24/7
    Software needs to be updated

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    Variety of Software Products

    • 2 big categories: Application Software vs System Software


    • Web sites
    • Operating systems, compilers
    • Routers, telephone switchers : communication software
    • Telephone billings, Financial Market Predictions: data processing
    • Air trafic control, autonomous vehicles: Real time apps
    • Device drivers, controllers: Embedded Software
    • Digital camera, GPS, sensors: mobile devices
    • Information systems: database management, digital libraries
    • Offices: word processing, spreadsheet, video conferences
    • Scientific: simulations, weather forecasting...
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    The craft of software development

    • Client requirements are very different

    • There is no standard process for software engineering

    • There is no best language, operating system, platform, database


    system, development environment...

    • The craft of software development is


    to select appropriate methods for each project
    and to apply them effectively

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    1. Introduction to Software Engineering


    (end of lecture)

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