SECTION A
Software: Characteristics, Components Applications, Software Process Models: Waterfall,
Spiral, Prototyping, Fourth Generation Techniques, Concepts of Project Management, Role Of
Metrics And Measurement.
SECTION B
S/W Project Planning: Objectives, Decomposition Techniques: S/W Sizing, Problem Based
Estimation, Process Based Estimation, Cost Estimation Models: COCOMO Model, The S/W
Equation, System Analysis: Principles Of Structured Analysis, Requirement Analysis, DFD,
Entity Relationship Diagram, Data Dictionary. S/W Design: Objectives, Principles, Concepts,
Design Methodologies: Data Design, Architecture Design, Procedural Design, Object –
Oriented Concepts.
SECTION C
Testing Fundamentals: Objectives, Principles, Testability, Test Case Design: White Box &
Black Box testing, Testing Strategies: Verification & Validation, Unit Testing, Integration
Testing, Validation Testing, System Testing.
SECTION D
Advanced topics in Software Engineering:
Reengineering: Reverse Engineering, Restructuring, Forward Engineering.
Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE): Taxonomy of CASE tools.