Software is pervasive throughout our economy and culture. Demand for quality software is strong and growing. Average industry performance on software projects is unenviable. Especially worrisome are spectacular failures. The root causes of software project failure. High failure rates are not inevitable. (Music: Kevin MacLeod)

Introduction to Software Engineering

Engineering is the application of scientific knowledge and practical experience to the production of useful objects. Software engineering aspires to apply the same systematic, disciplined and quantitative approach to the production of software. This lecture series offers some of the "highlights"* from the software engineering classes I teach at the School of Computing and Engineering at the University of Missouri--Kansas City. (*My students suggested I put the word 'highlights' in quotes. --Eddie Burris)

Introduction to Software Engineering

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