- What is Software Engineering? - What is a common scientific approach/framework based on the data, theory, model and hypothesis? - How do they apply the framework mentioned above in software engineering? - Software engineering: how is this different from programming? - Why is it hard to build error-free software systems? - Software Quality: - Review the list of software qualities examined in class - Explain them with examples. The class went over a few examples on how to calculate the SW quality metrics. - What is the utility of having software qualities? When do they become valuable or useful? - Classic Software Engineering Mistakes: - Review what we had during in-class discussion - Tar-pit article about the evolution of SW applications - Rajlich article with homework assignment questions - What does Rajlich's article discuss the paradigm shift? - Plan-driven vs Agile - Compare and Contrast - What are the key criteria that differentiate the two SDLC approaches? Explain how. - SDLC models - Compare and contrast the SDLC models as the class examined and discussed during the in-class discussion session - Design the SLDC processes with key elements critical to make the SDLC model work effectively and efficiently - Requirement types: - Explain them with examples - User requirements - Explain them with examples - System requirements - Explain them with examples