Contents

1. Introduction to System Concepts 

1. Definition, Elements of System  

2. Characteristics of System 

3. Types of System     

4. System Concepts     

2. Requirement Analysis

1. System Analysis     

2. System Analyst

3. Requirement Anticipation  

4. Feasibility Study   

5. Fact Gathering Techniques 

6. User Transaction Requirement    

7. User Decision Requirement 

8. Software Requirements Specification (SRS)   

3. Introduction to Software Engineering  

1. Definition and Need for Software Engineering

2. Software Characteristics  

3. Software Qualities (McCall’s   Quality Factors)   

4. Software Development Methodologies    

1. Introduction  

2. Waterfall Model     

3. Spiral Model  

4. Prototyping Model   

5. RAD Model     

5. Analysis and Design Tools 

1. Introduction  

2. Entity-Relationship Diagrams    

3. Decision Tree and Decision Table

4. Functional Decomposition Diagram

5. Data Flow Diagrams (DFD)  

6. Data Dictionary     

7. Pseudocode    

8. Input and Output Design   

9. Case Studies  

6. Structured System Design  

1. Modules Concepts and Types of Modules 

2. Structured Chart    

3. Qualities of Good Design  

7. Software Testing    

1. Introduction  

2. Test Characteristics

3. Types of Testing    

4. Testing level

5. Software Verification and Validation