SE (BCA 4th)

SECTION A

Software: Characteristics, Components Applications, Software Process Models: Waterfall,

Spiral, Prototyping, Fourth Generation Techniques, Concepts of Project Management, Role Of

Metrics And Measurement.

SECTION B

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 Methodologies: Data Design, Architecture Design, Procedural Design, Object –

Oriented Concepts. 

SECTION C

Testing Fundamentals: Objectives, Principles, Testability, Test Case Design: White Box &

Black Box testing, Testing Strategies: Verification & Validation, Unit Testing, Integration

Testing, Validation Testing, System Testing.

SECTION D

Advanced topics in Software Engineering:

Reengineering: Reverse Engineering, Restructuring, Forward Engineering.

Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE): Taxonomy of CASE tools.