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Details Title: CSE420W Midterm 1 Chapter 1 Description: Why Software Engineering? Total Flash Cards: 40 Created: 03/28/2006 16:56:40	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term Analyzing Definition breaking a problem up by breaking it into pieces that we can understand and try to deal with Term Synthesis Definition putting together a large structure from small building blocks Term Method (technique) Definition formal procedure for producing some result Term Tool Definition an instrument or automated system for accomplishing something in a better way Term Procedure Definition a combination of tools and techniques that produce a particular product Term Paradigm Definition it represents a particular approach or philosophy for building software. Term Fault Definition human makes a mistake (error) in performing some software activity. Term Failure Definition departure from the system’s required behavior. Term Safety-critical Definition something whose failure poses a threat to life or health Term Transcendental view Definition quality is something we can recognize but not define Term User view Definition quality is fitness for purpose Term Manufacturing view Definition quality is conformance to specification Term Product view Definition quality is tied to inherent product characteristics Term Value-based view Definition quality depends on the amount the customer is willing to pay Term Return on investment Definition the investment in terms of what is given up for other purposes Term Customer Definition company, organization, or person who is paying for the software system to be developed. Term Developer Definition the company, organization, or person who is building the software system for the customer Term User Definition the person or people who will actually use the system Term COTS: Definition commercial off the shelf software. Term Subcontractors Definition additional developers who build a subsystem and deliver it to the developers to be included in the final product Term Turnkey system Definition code is incorporated whole (without additional code for integration), or it may require a separate integration process for building the links from the major system to the subsystem(s) Term Boundaries Definition what is included in a project and what is not Term Activity Definition something that happens in the system Term Objects (entities) Definition elements involved in the activities Term System Definition a collection of things Term Incremental development Definition incorporates a series of stages, each of which frees the previous system from another such constraint Term Software development process Definition any description of software development that contains some of the nine activities listed, organized so that together they produce tested code Term Requirements analysts Definition works with the customer, breaking down what the customer wants into discrete requirements Term Designers Definition generate a system-level description of what the system is to do Term Programmers Definition write lines of code that implement what the requirements specify. Term Testers Definition catch faults that the programmers overlook Term Maintenance team Definition fixes faults that are discovered in a system after it has been accepted Term Librarians Definition prepare and store documents that are used during the life of the system, including requirements specifications, design descriptions, program documentation, training modules, test data, schedules, and more Term Configuration management team Definition maintains correspondence among the requirements of the design, the implementation, and the tests Term Transformation Definition input converted to output Term Transaction Definition input determined which function would be performed Term Abstraction Definition description of the problem at some level of generalization that allows us to concentrate on the key aspects of the problem without getting mired in the details Term Transformation Definition translate the problem to another environment that we understand better Term User interface Definition the part of the system with which the user interacts Term Embedded systems Definition systems where the software functions are not explicitly visible to the user