Software Processes

The software process: a structured set of activities required to develop a software system

Software process involve:

Ø  Specification

Ø  Design and implementation

Ø  Validation

Ø  Evolution

Process descriptions may also include:

Ø  Product

Ø  Roles

Ø  Pre and post conditions

Plan driven and agile processes:

Ø  Plan driven processes are processes where all of the process activities are planned in advance and progress is measured against this plan

Ø  In agile procsses, planning is incremental and it is easier to change the process to reflect changing customer requirements

Software process models:

Ø  The waterfall model

Plan driven model. Separate and distinct phases of spesification and development

Ø  Incremental development

Ø  Rause oriented software engineering

 

The waterfall models