Software Engineering Essentials

Pluralsight
Course Summary
Software engineers are in high demand, yet software engineering is often misunderstood. What is software engineering and why is it important? What are the building blocks of software engineering? And what are the processes and methods that differentiate it as a discipline? This course aims to answer all of the above questions, and give the audience the absolute essential knowledge about software engineering.
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Course Description
The IEEE defines Software Engineering as "the application of a systematic, disciplined, and quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software; that is, the application of engineering to software." Software engineering is a discipline applied throughout the entire software lifecycle, spanning the early phases of system specifications all the way to maintenance after system deployment. So why use an engineering approach to software? Quite simply, because the alternative would be to use an ad-hoc or disordered approach. An engineering approach means predictability and quantifiable results through the application of theories, methodologies, frameworks, and tools. When applied efficiently, the result is high-quality software created in a cost-effective manner.
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Course Syllabus
Introduction- 19m 20s
—Introduction 1m 24s
—What Is Software Engineering? 2m 21s
—Software Process and Process Model 5m 11s
—Software Engineering Methods 0m 57s
—Software Engineering Tools 1m 55s
—The Role of Software Engineer 1m 10s
—Software Engineering and Project Management 0m 50s
—SWEBOK and Software Engineering Knowledge Areas 1m 1s
—So What Is Covered in This Course? 2m 36s
—Summary 1m 49sSoftware Processes- 47m 54s
—Introduction 0m 45s
—Waterfall (Linear) 2m 49s
—Iterative/Incremental 5m 7s
—Prototyping 2m 54s
—Spiral 5m 31s
—Agile 8m 4s
—RUP 5m 42s
—Specialized Models 3m 54s
—So Which Process Model to Use? 4m 4s
—IMPORTANT: Does Process Model Choice Affect Future Modules? 2m 50s
—More Resources 0m 26s
—Summary 5m 18s
—What's Next? 0m 23sRequirements Engineering- 39m 36sRequirements Modeling – Structured Analysis- 23m 41sRequirements Modeling – Object Oriented Analysis- 40m 7sDesign – Essentials- 30m 38sDesign – Methodology- 47m 24sConstruction- 17m 4sTesting- 32m 3s