Homework: Software Engendering
1) (i) What are functional and non-functional requirements?
(ii) Explain the steps involved in the prototyping.
(iii) Enumerate the reasons for the failure of Waterfall Model.
2) (i) Define Software Reliability.
(ii) What is Modularity?
(iii) Explain why professional software is not just the programs that are developed for a customer.
3) (i) What is the most important difference between generic software product development and custom software development? What might this mean in practice for users of generic software products?
(ii) What are the four important attributes that all professional software should have? Suggest four other attributes that may sometimes be significant.
(iii) Apart from the challenges of heterogeneity, business and social change, and trust and security, identify other problems and challenges that software engineering is likely to face in the 21st century (Hint: think about the environment).
4) (i) Based on your own knowledge of some of the application types, explain, with examples, why different application types require specialized software engineering techniques to support their design and development.
(ii) Explain why there are fundamental ideas of software engineering that apply to all types of software systems.
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
(1) The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
(2) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
(3) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.