ืnical process is the analytical effort necessary to transform an operational need into
-a software system description
-a software design of the proper size configuration and quality
-software system documentation in requirements and design specification
-the procedures necessary to verify test and accept the finished software product and
-the documentation necessary to use operate and maintain it
SwSE is not a job description. it is process that many people and organizations perform: system engineers, managers, software engineers,programmers,and-not to be ignored-acquirers and users.
As large system solution become increasingly dependent on software, a system engineering approach to software development can help avoid the problems associated with the software crisis.
Software developers often overlook system engineering and SwSE in their projects. They consider system that are all software or that run on commercial off-the-shelf computers to be just software projects of Software development contributes to our long-running software crisis