Software engineering

Software engineering

The systematic application of scientific principles and disciplines to the development, operation, and maintenance of software to perform prespecified functions with maximum economy and efficiency.

Industry: Computer; Software

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Cash-flow statement

Computer; Software engineering

One of the main financial statements, it shows how the company is paying for its current operations and future growth by detailing the actual flow of cash between the company and the outside. It ...

Continuous risk management

Computer; Software engineering

The process of analysing the progress of a planned activity, project, or programme on a periodic, ongoing basis and handling identified risk factors; includes developing options and fallback ...

Integration testing

Computer; Software engineering

An orderly progression of testing of incremental pieces of the software programme in which software elements, hardware elements, or both are combined and tested until the entire system has been ...

The process of (1) identifying all functional and physical characteristics relevant to the interfacing of two or more configuration items provided by one or more organizations, and (2) ensuring that ...

Software configuration status accounting

Computer; Software engineering

The process of recording and reporting of information needed to manage a configuration effectively. This information includes a listing of the approved configuration identification, the status of ...

Constraint

Computer; Software engineering

A semantic condition or restriction that describes a limitation or state. For example, a constraint might be a limitation on some data's range of values or on some behaviour of the application, or it ...

Configuration control

Computer; Software engineering

An element of configuration management consisting of the evaluation, coordination, approval or disapproval, and implementation of changes to configuration items after formal establishment of their ...