Need for Software Engineering, Software Characteristics – Software Process models: Waterfall Model, Incremental Model, Evolutionary Model, Prototyping Model, Spiral Model – Rapid Application Development- Agile Principles–Agile Project-Scrum and Self-Organizing Teams-Basic pattern for a Scrum Project

Functional and Non-Functional requirements – Enduring and Volatile – Requirement Engineering Process –Feasibility Studies – Elicitation, Analysis and Negotiation, Validation, Requirements Traceability, Software Requirement Specification (SRS),: Data – Functional and Behavioural Models – Structured Analysis and Data Dictionary

Design Process, Design Concepts Modularity – Coupling and Cohesion – Architectural Design – Modeling with UML: Use Case Diagrams - Class Diagrams - Interaction Diagrams - Sequence Diagrams - Activity Diagrams - User Interface Design – Real Time Software Design– Case Study on Monitoring & Control System and Data Acquisition System

Coding standards, Software testing fundamentals - White box testing - Basis path testing - Control structure testing - Black box testing: Equivalence Class Partitioning, Boundary Value Analysis, Cause effect graph - Regression Testing-Levels of Testing: Unit Testing – Integration Testing - Validation Testing - System Testing and Debugging, Agile Testing: Agile Testing Techniques.

Software Metrics – Software Cost Estimation: Function Point Models – COCOMO Model Delphi Method – Earned Value Analysis - Software Configuration Management Software Maintenance – Project Planning – Project Scheduling– Risk Management – CASE Tools