Essays on Software Engineering

Software engineering over the past decade has seen a tremendous drop in their level of professionalism. Risk factors associated with the decline in professionalism level are poor software qualities, a high cost of software development, failed deadline, poor implementation, poorly coordinated stages of software development, lack of proper staff motivation, and low return on investment. More surprisingly, a lot of unqualified and inexperienced software developers regularly are being hired to run software development at the expense of qualified software developer who has abandoned the industry and left to ruin. Statistics indicates that over 80 percent of software developments projects ...

Almost every aspect of life has taken an online approach with the emergence of the computer error. The whole concept of globalization could not have turned into a reality were it not for the sake of computers and related technology. As a result, therefore, software engineering, which is the basis of technological revolution, has been largely embraced to enhance efficiency and reliability in most processes. In the current society, complex tasks and functions have been successfully broken down into extremely simplified processes with the use of computer programs. Software engineering refers to the use of computer programs to design ...

Describe the software engineering process, the challenges in managing software development activities and the potential interface issues from the software development perspective. Software engineering process is a well-defined and orchestrated process involved in the conceptualization, design and development of the software. Software engineering should be viewed as a roadmap that explains the path to be taken by the project participants and the methods to be adopted to achieve the goal of building the software. IEEE defines software engineering as the application of engineering in building the software that includes the implementation of a systematic and quantifiable approach to design, ...

The objective of this paper was to carry out a comprehensive assessment of the possible security vulnerabilities that an organization’s computer and network operating systems may have; and also to provide appropriate techniques in order to boost protection based on the findings of the said assessment. The organization, whose computer and network operating system framework would be focused on, that was chosen is Target, operator of one of the largest network of malls in the United States’ retail industry. What makes this computer and network operating system security case analysis significant is that any form of risk involving ...

Introduction

The world of programming is huge and complex, so huge and complex that it can arguably be considered as an ecosystem on its own. There are numerous niches, product compatibilities, native programming languages, application program interfaces and platforms, among other possible variables that may be used for grouping and stratification. In this paper, the author focuses on one of the most commonly occurring problems in the realm of programming—compatibility. It is important to note, however, that the discussion was centered on one application development framework only and that is Apache Cordova (formerly known as Phone Gap, although some ...

Since my childhood, I have always been curious about how things work and loved to create the new ones or make them work better. My father was a computer engineer in The Air Force, and I used to watch him working all the time. One of my most vivid childhood memories is when my father took me to his workplace. It was a massive data center of the Air Force, and I was so absorbed in watching giant supercomputers that I left the tour and got lost. According to my father, they were searching for me for hours, but ...

Software testing is defined as the process of executing software to determine its functionality. The goal is to demonstrate to the developers as well as the users that the software meets the technical and business requirements (Homè̀s, 2012). Standards on the other hands are documents outlining guidelines, specifications, characteristics, or requirements to ensure that products are consistent and meet their purpose. There are national and international standards that guide the development and testing processes for software. In Australia, the AS/NZS ISO/IEC 25062:2006 is a standard that provides User Interface (UI) designers or software usability professionals procedures for testing ...

CMMI was developed by an integration of many different models into one single framework with the aim of improving the usability of maturity models especially for software engineering and other engineering disciplines by members of industry, government and the Software Engineering Institute. As one of the engineering and manufacturing methodologies used to eliminate waste and improve productivity, the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) is a process improvement training and appraisal approach that provides the essential elements of effective processes to organizations, guiding process improvement across a project in the organization, a division in the organization or across the entire ...

Crowd Working

INTRODUCTION The nature of work is changing. From a fixed-hour, fixed-place and fixed pay job design, more recent job offers in current market suggest new developments in employment. In older work arrangements, employees are hired based on fixed-period contracts (usually renewable at employer's will and most consistently cancelled during periods of economic crunch and mass layoffs) and are compensated in return for labor hours spent in more or less fixed location and/or workplace layout design. The emergence of ICT innovations, particularly web-based workflow systems, has, however, introduced interesting novelties into how work can be done but also, probably more ...

Internship Opportunities for a Software Developer

Introduction There has never been a time when the job market has been as competitive as the present time and age. The job market is saturated with a highly educated job seekers competing for the same employment opportunities as everyone. Consequently, it takes more than just a diploma certificates to secure a good job and curve out a professional niche. Employers in the present job market are looking for that one extra milestone that sets a potential employee apart from the rest of the crowd. Therefore, it is important that job seekers should ensure that have a unique selling ...

Individual Report

The initial idea presented in the group report of robot Chef and intelligent kitchen equipment has been very innovative as they follow the latest trend of a human computer interface (HCI). The origination of design idea has a very humble origin as it focuses on solving the problems of cooking meals for friends thereby allowing the host to have a free time to entertain the guest. The group report presents the final product as the smart pan. According to the group report, the initial ideas led to the final product. The task undertaken for evaluating the final product came ...

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Annotated Bibliography

Dalirian, Zohreh, Alienation in Edward Hopper's and Jackson Pollock's Paintings (Wichita, Kan.: Wichita State University, 2010. In this published dissertation, Zohreh Dalirian compares Pollock’s alienation to that of Edward Hopper as expressed through their different artworks. He views Pollock’s art as a metaphor for his life. The alienation captured in his artwork can be used to explain his psychological characteristics. This work may be used to explore the link between artistic expression and psychology. Fisher, K, "Expressing The Age: How The Painting Of Jackson Pollock Displayed The Political Culture Of Abstract Expressionism.", Philogia, Vol. 2, ...

One issue that Hogan (2007) notes with software engineering development is that of reliability. There is the need to ensure that the applications are reliable. The information systems run on platforms and operating systems. The compatibility that the operating system and the application running on them has depends talks a lot of the reliability of the application. There are operating systems that are considered more reliable in running software applications that are installed on them than others. When developing s software, there is the need to make sure that the platform that will be run is considered. Software reliability is ...

Re: Career research assignment

The main purpose of this assignment is to present the findings of the research I have done concerning the career that I can comfortably work in. It has three sections Career decision-making is one of the most important decisions that one has to make in a lifetime. The career that one makes will determine the work that someone will engage in their entire lifetime. Some of the factors that need to be considered when making career decisions include assessing what one values in life. The assessment criteria will include factors like what one likes to do and if a career is ...

Unified Modeling Language (UML) is perceived to be a multi-purpose modeling language; basically employing graphical language for envisioning, identifying, assembling and documenting the artifact of software intensive system. It is a design language that focuses on objects. It aids in standardizing diagramming processes and is commonly being used in software engineering. Together with data modeling, business modeling, object modeling and component modeling, Unified Modeling Language is used in the software development life cycle. It plays a core role in constructing or changing the information systems. It constantly provides a regular approach to visualize system’s architectural designs. Unified Modeling Language is ...