Software Engineering Syllabus

• Internal Assessment- 40 Marks• External Assessment-60 Marks• Instructions for paper setter– The question paper will consist of two sections A

and B. Sections B will have Six questions and will carry 10 marks each. Section A will have 10 short answer type questions, which will cover the entire syllabus uniformly and will carry 20 marks in all.

• Instructions for Candidates– Candidates are required to attempt four questions

from section B and the entire section A. Use of nonprogrammable scientific calculator is allowed

• Software: Characteristics, Components Applications, Software Process Models: Waterfall, Spiral, Prototyping, Fourth Generation Techniques, Concepts Of Project Management, Role Of Metrics And Measurement.

• S/W Project Planning: Objectives, Decomposition Techniques: S/W Sizing, Problem Based Estimation, Process Based Estimation, Cost Estimation Models: COCOMO Model, The S/W Equation, System Analysis: Principles Of Structured Analysis, Requirement Analysis, DFD, Entity Relationship Diagram, Data Dictionary.

• S/W Design: Objectives, Principles, Concepts, Design Mythologies: Data Design, Architecture Design, Procedural Design, Object – Oriented Concepts.

• Testing Fundamentals: Objectives, Principles, Testability, Test Cases: White Box & black box Testing, Testing Strategies: Verification & Validation, Unit Test, Integration Testing, Validation Testing, System Testing.