Software Development
Till early 1970s, computer software systems were still unknown to the most of general public. Mega – software companies like Microsoft didn’t exist. It was rare to find computer superstores dedicated to selling computer software. Internet was in its primitive stages and was known to only a few researchers and academics. All that has dramatically changed in the last two decades.
Computer software has become a driving force today. From flying aero planes to managing and operating the largest businesses, from multimedia entertainment to controlling military operations software is at the heart of virtually in system or product today.
Computer based information system have influenced organizations of all types and sizes. It is embedded in systems of all kinds: transportations, telecommunications, industrial, processes, educational systems, textile products …the list is almost endless. It is not only embedded in the products that we use ,but also drives systems-computers and other kinds-that are used to produce other products.Therefore,software plays a dual role-it becomes a product and also a deliverer of products.
Definition of Software Engineering
Software Engineering is the discipline that covers principles of specification, systematic development, management and evolution of software systems. It is concerned with the application of engineering concepts, techniques and methods to the development of software.
It ensures that the method followed in developing software, is such that the end product is a quality product. We build skyscrapers and are confident that they will not collapse. This is because these have been constructed using Civil Engineering principles. Civil Engineering outlines methods and procedures to be followed that ensure buildings are strong.
Similarly Software Engineering outlines methods and procedures to ensure that appropriate emphasis is laid upon each activity of the software development process, and not just programming.
Similarly Software Engineering outlines methods and procedures to ensure that appropriate emphasis is laid upon each activity of the software development process, and not just programming.
Definition 1 : “Software Engineering is a systematization of the process of software development to ensure the best solution most economically”.
This definition lays emphasis on to aspects of software engineering
1. Systematic process of software development
2. Economical solution that results from the use of methods, tools and procedures
Definition 2 : “The application of systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, maintenance of software: that is the application of engineering to software”. (IEEE)
The above definition is more evolved .Apart from the systematic and economic factor it speaks of the software development process becoming a disciplined (as opposed to chaotic) one as also one that is better controlled through measurement of various software parameters.
Definition 3 : “ Software Engineering is the application of science and mathematics by which the capabilities of computer are made useful to man via computer programs, procedures and associated documentation”.(Barry Bohem)
This definition looks at the application of science and mathematics to the process of software development.
Definition 4 : “The systematic to the development, operation, maintenance and retirement of software “(Charette-1986)
This definition goes a step ahead and includes the retirement of software in its fold. Some modules of software become defunct and have to be retired, the others continue to function, needing a changed function every now and then. This means that software has to be continuously synchronized with the current business needs of the user.
Definition 5 : The essence of software engineering is captured by Parnas (1989) who defines it as “multi-person construction of multi-version software”.
The definition highlights the essential difference between a programmer and the software engineer. While the former writes programs, the latter writes a software component that will be able to communicate with the components written by other software engineers to make a system.
The important thing to remember about this component is that it may be reused by others, modified by them, and plugged into different, though appropriate parts of a modified system and yet it must perform. These components are continuously revised and changed by multiple people there by making the software that they are a part of, multi- version as mentioned above.
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Why
Outsourcing to India ?
With the process of Business
Outsourcing being proved an effective method over the time, it
was evident that CLAVE LAND learns and moves with the racing
market.
Accommodating specifically cost controlled budget on a comparative study, accompanied by highly skilled professionals working with cultural ethos, India has always been with the reputation as being the forerunner in Outsourced services.
CLAVE LAND maintains an Offshore software Development Company (ODC)
in India essentially to provide budget software development
outsourcing services to its clients.
Offshore
Software Development Approach
Keeping in mind the
needs of our clients, CLAVE LAND's software outsourcing approach
in India was initiated by facilitating services, extending the
resources in a country developing rapidly in the IT sector.
With the contemporary best of software professionals, web
designers, conceptualists and skilled software developers
available in hand, CLAVE LAND's Offshore Outsourcing decision
has been justified over the period of time.
Quality
Assurance
Quality is an ever-extending goal - the
better you are, the better you need to be.
Outsourced software quality assurance is the best bet to assure the performance of any software without sacrificing on deadlines and resource utilization. Design and development usually get a lot of attention while putting software together. What usually gets sacrificed due to a rush to market is quality.
The improvement quality process is infinite, and marked only by
milestones, never by completion! We recognize that, to fulfill
our goal of self-evident quality, we need to constantly improve
our deliverables to match the increasing expectations of our
customers. With standardization being the key to all growth - we
review all software development processes periodically and
enhance them regularly to move towards standardization.
CLAVE LAND 's periodic quality training sessions of coding
standards, best coding practice, documentation standards and
quality assurance to enhance the performance of all employees.