Software engineering

Definition

For the moment, please consult the following Wikipedia articles

• software engineering
• Software development
• Software design
• Software development process.

Software engineering and educational technology

Why do we need this ?

1. Software enginneering provides us with two rough categories of methods that are needed to develop educational software:
   • Models for development (i.e. global design methodology)
   • Models for computer programming.
2. In educational technology there are similar debats around the merits of "waterfall top-down" methods v.s "agile" iterative methods and compromises.
3. Software engineering did develop analysis and evaluation methodology that can be useful. E.g. UML/Use case analysis.

Links

• A Spiral Model of Software Development and Enhancement, arry W. Boehm, TRW Defense Systems Group

• Stop More Bugs with our Code Review Checklist, Blog post, January 8th, 2015 by Gareth Wilson