Software

o Software characteristics vs hardware characteristics

o Software development life cycle

$*$ Software engineering: Why? Its goals, etc.

$*$ Maturity Process concepts and goals.

$*$ Paradigms $$ waterfall, RUP, etc

o Stages$/$phases and their purpose

o Underlying principles$/$characteristics$,$

o Advantages and disadvantages

$*$ Software development process:

o Goals$/$purpose

o Pros and cons $($Advantages$/$disadvantages$)$

$*$ Requirements$/$specification $$ goals. Elicitation

o Analysis $-$ the purpose of$.$

o The personnel involved

$*$ Use$-$case concept, purpose; identifying use case and actors

$*$ Basic concept of reliable software

$*$ Quality $$ characteristics