Introduction to Software Engineering

<p>Maintenance costs</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>$System demands</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The economies of ALL developed nations are dependent on software. More and more systems are software controlled. Expenditure on software represents a significant fraction of GNP in all developed countries.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Software costs often dominate computer system costs. The costs of software on a PC are often greater than the hardware cost. Software costs more to maintain than it does to develop. For systems with a long life, maintenance costs may be several times development costs.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Software engineering is concerned with theories, methods, and tools for professional software development, as well as cost-effective software development.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Software engineering ethics are briefly introduced as ethical issues that affect software engineering.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Increasing system complexity, as new software engineering techniques help us to build larger, more complex systems, changes the demands and contributes to software project failure.</p> Signup and view all the answers