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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validation

Computer; Software engineering

Confirmation by examination and provisions of objective evidence that the particular requirements for a specific intended use are fulfilled. In design and development, validation concerns the process ...

external interface requirement

Computer; Software engineering

A system/software requirement that specifies a hardware, software, or database element with which a system/software system or system/software component must interface, or that sets forth constraints ...

software design description (SDD)

Computer; Software engineering

A representation of software created to facilitate analysis, planning, implementation, and decision-making. The software design description is used as a medium for communicating software design ...

software configuration

Computer; Software engineering

(1) The arrangement of a computer system or component as defined by the number, nature, and interconnections of its constituent parts. (2) The functional and physical characteristics of a software ...

software project management plan (SPMP)

Computer; Software engineering

The controlling document for managing a software project. A software project management plan establishes policies, procedures, rules, tasks, schedules, and resources necessary to complete the ...

design constraint (requirements)

Computer; Software engineering

(1) A software requirement that affects or constrains the design of a software system or software system component. Examples of design constraints are physical requirements, performance requirements, ...

benefit-cost analysis

Computer; Software engineering

In not-for-profit decision analysis, this method bases the desirability of an alternative on the ratio of the net benefits to the population (measurable benefits minus measurable “dis-benefits”) ...