Question:
Sommerville's Chapter 1 continues to define SE in terms of professional software development and ethics. These topics are significant and are highly applicable to the project team while developing software. SE's goal is also to help meet software development quality and standards as specified in the ISO organization and the CMM framework.
Videos of Interest. Something to Think About.
Ives Behar is a well-known figure in the world of millennium gadgets design. In this video, he relates his creative roots and how a simple redesign can bring new and exciting objects to the market. Some of his creations include the bluetooth headset, XO laptop, and LED leaf lamp. In the world of software engineering, developing software is an art and a science similar to developing objects for everyday use. What lessons can be learn from Behar's approach of redesigning objects that we could apply to software development?
TED Ideas Worth Spreading. (2008, May). Yves Behar: Designing objects that tell stories. Retrieve from http://www.ted.com/talks/yves_behar_on_designing_objects_that_tell_stories.html
Required Reading
Sommerville, I. (2011). Software Engineering. 9th ed. Boston, Massachusetts:
Adison-Wesley. Retrieved from http://www.softwareengineering-9.com/ [Chapter 1: Introduction PDF]
Sommerville, I. (2011). Software Engineering. 9th ed. Boston, Massachusetts: Adison-Wesley. [Chapter 1: Introduction PPT]
SLP Assignment
After reading the course materials, please write a 2-3 page paper answering the following.
What are the four important attributes that all professional software should have? Suggest four other attributes that may sometimes be significant.
Explain why there are fundamental ideas of software engineering that apply to all types of software systems.
Your assignment will be graded according to the MSITM SLP Grading Rubric, which aligns with the following expectations. (To see the rubric, go to Assessments>Rubrics. Click the arrow next to the rubric name and choose Preview.)
APA formatted references and proper citations a must.