Software engineering

Software engineering

The systematic application of scientific principles and disciplines to the development, operation, and maintenance of software to perform prespecified functions with maximum economy and efficiency.

Industry: Computer; Software

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recorder

Computer; Software engineering

In an inspection (not a walkthrough), the individual that documents anomalies, action items, decisions, recommendations made by the inspection team, and record inspection data required for process ...

requirements traceability tool

Computer; Software engineering

A software development tool that establishes traceability between itemized software requirements specifications, design elements, code elements, and test cases. It also supports various associated ...

action items

Computer; Software engineering

An action item is the product of a review, which will define problems that were discovered during the review. An action item defines the work to be accomplished, the responsible parties, and the ...

requirements allocation

Computer; Software engineering

The assignment or budgeting of top-level functional or nonfunctional requirements among the lower-level partitioned functions for accomplishment. In this manner, the elements of a system that perform ...

author

Computer; Software engineering

In an inspection or walkthrough, the individual this is responsible for the software product meeting its inspection criteria, for contributing to the inspection based on special understanding of the ...

inverse engineering

Computer; Software engineering

In software engineering (maintenance), the process of obtaining high-level representation of the software from the source code. Inverse engineering provides a more abstract view of the system with ...

return on investment

Computer; Software engineering

As a general concept, it refers to getting more value out of a financial venture than was put in. Unfortunately, sometimes it refers to internal rate of return, sometimes to a benefit-cost ratio, and ...