software engineering Last modified: Tuesday, March 12, 2002
The computer science discipline concerned with developing large applications. Software engineering covers not only the technical aspects of building software systems, but also management issues, such as directing programming teams, scheduling, and budgeting.
•E-mail this definition to a colleague• For internet.com pages about software engineering . Also check out the following links! Consortium for Software Engineering Research (CSER) Contains background information and news about the Candian Consortium for Software Engineering Research (CSER), an organization established to advance software engineering practices in Canada. European Software Institute Home page of the European Software Institute, an industry initiative focused on promoting and disseminating good software management practices. Their site contains links to their activities, products and services, projects, software events, and related Web links. Software development checklists Provides links to more than two dozen checklists covering all aspects of software development, including requirements definition, architecture, design, coding, and subcontract management. Software Engineering Archives Information archives for the comp.software-eng newsgroup, with links to FAQs, tools, standards information, newsletters, information about CASE tools. Software engineering FAQs Contains a four part FAQ from the comp.software-eng newsgroup. Software Engineering Resource List Collection of software engineering links that includes categories such as: indices, archives, research sites, conferences, real time and embedded systems, visual programming research, Apple Macintosh, software configuration management, and formal methods in software architecture. Software Productivity Centre Offers a collection of tools for the software development process including templates, handbooks and guides, as well as training and seminar information, conference listings, related Web resources, and information about the Software Productivity Centre. Software Productivity Research home page Contains information on software measurement, assessment, and estimation products and services from Software Productivity Research. Additionally, there are articles and white papers devoted to software engineering topics such as process improvement, cost estimating and benchmarking. The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Contains links to the SEI's activities, technical programs, publications, and events. The SEI a component of Carnegie Mellon University and sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Yahoo!'s software engineering tools page Yahoo!'s directory of software engineering tools.	Programming abstraction brute force computer science functional specification localization software engineer UML Give Us Your Feedback Shopping software engineering Products Compare Products,Prices and Stores Shop by Category: Software 61 Store Offers Books 363 Model Matches Magazine and Newspaper Subscriptions 7 Model Matches