Software Engineering

Software Engineering

The term 'Software Engineering' was coined at NATO sponsored conference held in Europe in 1960's to discuss the growing software crisis and need to focus on software development. In Software Engineering we are not dealing with programs that people build to illustrate something.

Definition of Software Engineering

Software Engineering is a discipline whose aim is production of fault free software that satisfies users need and delivered on time and within budget.

 According to IEEE -
"Software Engineering is application of systematic disciplined approach to development, operation and maintenance of  software".

Need of Software Engineering 

• Improving productivity of program development process
• Controlling and predicting the cost of software
• Producing what the customer want
• To solve complex programming problems
• Better programming practices
• Producing the software that have features like reliability, clarity and extensibility