Software Engineering Process

This description does not account for any software engineering standards, like IEEE, RUP, CMM, CMMI, etc. For a more complete description, see the Wikipedia description.

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Many people think that the creation of software should take place (or does take place) according to a process. A process is a series of steps or a way of going about something.

A number of software engineering processes have been suggested or articulated. Some of them are:

• extreme programming
• agile methods
• OO design
• hacking
• top down design
• test driven development
• waterfall model
• spiral model
• prototyping
• high production
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• Introduction to Software Engineering

• Software Engineering Processes
• U.S. Department of Education's list of recognized institutions offering a degree program in Computer Software Engineering