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Software Engineering Essentials
Software engineers are in high demand, yet software engineering is often misunderstood. What is software engineering and why is it important? What are the building blocks of software engineering? And what are the processes and methods that differentiate it as a discipline? This course aims to answer all of the above questions, and give the audience the absolute essential knowledge about software engineering.
What you'll learn
The IEEE defines Software Engineering as "the application of a systematic, disciplined, and quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software; that is, the application of engineering to software." Software engineering is a discipline applied throughout the entire software lifecycle, spanning the early phases of system specifications all the way to maintenance after system deployment. So why use an engineering approach to software? Quite simply, because the alternative would be to use an ad-hoc or disordered approach. An engineering approach means predictability and quantifiable results through the application of theories, methodologies, frameworks, and tools. When applied efficiently, the result is high-quality software created in a cost-effective manner.
Table of contents
- Introduction | 1m 24s
- What Is Software Engineering? | 2m 21s
- Software Process and Process Model | 5m 11s
- Software Engineering Methods | 57s
- Software Engineering Tools | 1m 55s
- The Role of Software Engineer | 1m 10s
- Software Engineering and Project Management | 50s
- SWEBOK and Software Engineering Knowledge Areas | 1m 1s
- So What Is Covered in This Course? | 2m 36s
- Summary | 1m 49s
- Introduction | 45s
- Waterfall (Linear) | 2m 49s
- Iterative/Incremental | 5m 7s
- Prototyping | 2m 54s
- Spiral | 5m 31s
- Agile | 8m 4s
- RUP | 5m 42s
- Specialized Models | 3m 54s
- So Which Process Model to Use? | 4m 4s
- IMPORTANT: Does Process Model Choice Affect Future Modules? | 2m 50s
- More Resources | 26s
- Summary | 5m 18s
- What's Next? | 23s
About the author
Mohamad is a solution architect, based in Sydney, currently working for MuleSoft/Salesforce. He's an 8 time Microsoft MVP, Ex-Oracle, and holds a Masters degree in Enterprise Architecture.