3.2 Software Engineering
3.2.1 What Is Software Engineering?
So far, we have used the term software engineering and relied on each reader’s intuitive feel for what software engineering is. We have discussed and given examples of activities that are part of software engineering. We have characterized attributes of both simple and complex software products and software projects. We have cited examples of software project and product failures. We have provided glimpses of what may be needed to succeed. Software engineering has many aspects, and we have hitherto delayed any formal definition because we wanted readers to take in the wide scope of this discipline. It is a young field, still evolving and growing, that has its origin in computer science ...
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